About the Role
As a Packaging Design Admin Assistant, you will provide vital support to the Design team, with a particular focus on Packaging Design, helping to bring Harrods Collection packaging concepts to life from initial research through to final delivery. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will coordinate administrative activities, assist with creative development, and collaborate closely with Design, Buying, Technical, and Merchandising teams to ensure projects remain on track and key deadlines are achieved. You will play an important role in maintaining accurate design documentation, managing supplier communications, and supporting the successful execution of seasonal packaging collections.
Key responsibilities
- Support the Packaging Designer in developing and delivering packaging collections, including concept boards, colour palettes, artwork updates, and design packs.
- Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and seasonal reviews, including printing, sample management, board preparation, and note-taking.
- Maintain accurate design documentation, technical packs, online files, reference samples, and presentation materials to ensure information is current and accessible.
- Liaise with suppliers and stakeholders, coordinating samples, materials, print techniques, design information, and project communications.
- Monitor key dates and support cross-functional teams to ensure packaging projects are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.
Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working - this is what we refer to as Hybrid. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs. Please see our policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.
About You
You will be a highly organised and proactive individual who thrives in a creative, fast-moving environment. You enjoy balancing administrative responsibilities with hands-on design support and are confident managing multiple priorities at once. You will be a collaborative team player with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a positive, solutions-focused approach. Comfortable working across different stakeholders, you take pride in delivering accurate work and meeting tight deadlines. Most importantly, you will bring enthusiasm, creativity, and a genuine passion for packaging and luxury products.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Previous packaging experience within a luxury brand environment, a qualification in Packaging Design, or equivalent transferable experience.
- Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator and Photoshop, alongside PowerPoint and other presentation tools.
- The ability to translate sketches into digital artwork, create high-quality CAD visuals, and work confidently with packaging design documentation.
About Us
Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.
Our Promise to You
Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.
Uniquely You
While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role.
We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.
If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.
Additional Information
Time Type: Permanent Department: Own Label Buying (Celia Dipple) As one of the world’s most prestigious brands, and a highly sought-after employer within luxury retail, we aim to provide a working environment in which we can exceed both our customers’ expectations and the expectations of each other. To maintain our high standards, we invest as heavily in our people as we do in our products and store. As well as offering an unforgettable experience for our customers, we offer an exciting, challenging and motivating environment for our employees. We demonstrate how we value our team through an extensive pay and benefits package, as well as through a number of programmes that reward and recognise employees for exceptional performance. Our employees can also accelerate their careers through opportunities to work with talented people, development training, and chances to raise their profile in the luxury retail sector.
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Packaging Design Admin Assistant in London employer: Harrods
At Harrods, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of Knightsbridge. Our commitment to employee growth is reflected in our supportive culture, where collaboration and innovation are encouraged, and opportunities for career advancement abound. With a hybrid working policy that promotes work-life balance and a focus on diversity and inclusion, we ensure that every team member can thrive while delivering world-class service to our customers.
