Designer

Valio; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Finnish food company is seeking a skilled Designer to join their Brand & Design Team in Helsinki. The successful candidate will focus on packaging and brand design, delivering high-quality visual assets that align with the company's ambitious goals. This role requires expertise in user-centered design, collaboration, and hands-on creativity. The company offers a hybrid work model and values employee development and well-being.

Benefits

Employee well-being initiatives

Development opportunities

Access to benefits of a large food company

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio showcasing hands-on experience in packaging design, brand identity, and graphic design execution.
• Ability to take concepts from idea to flawless, production-ready deliverables.
• Experience working with complex brand ecosystems, guidelines, and multi-channel touchpoints.
• Ability to translate insights and research into purposeful, desirable design solutions.
• Team-oriented attitude with experience working across disciplines, agencies, and suppliers.
• Familiarity with design workflows, tools, and asset management to ensure quality and consistency.
• Openness to learning and exploring new areas.
• Proactive mindset with the ability to elevate and inspire design quality within the team.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop packaging concepts that balance functionality, brand storytelling, and design excellence.
• Deliver high-quality visual assets to support brand and communication needs.
• Translate guidelines into concrete executions across multiple channels.
• Ensure brand guidelines are effectively applied and continuously updated.
• Maintain and improve design standards, workflows, and tools for efficiency.
• Organize, manage, and create design assets.
• Manage contacts and cooperation with suppliers for smooth production.

Skills

Proven design expertise

Craftsmanship and attention to detail

System thinking

User-centered mindset

Collaboration skills

Process orientation

Adaptability and curiosity

Drive for excellence

Job description

Overview

WE ARE LOOKING DESIGNER TO DEVELOP AND DESIGN VALIO´S BELOVED BRAND IDENTITIES

Headquarter, Helsinki, Finland

At Valio, people have always looked forward. Today, we are an ambitious and international food company whose products are sold in 50 countries. We encourage our people to experiment and learn, and we are proud of our warm and supporting company culture. Committed and capable Valio people are our most important competitive advantage and thus at the core of our strategy.

Join the Valio Brand & Design Team

The Valio Design team creates purposeful and inspiring brand experiences that shape how people interact with the world. As a dynamic new team within the Brand organization, we believe in user-centered design and the power of creative confidence.

Our mission is to make an impact through engaging visual storytelling and responsible, meaningful design solutions. We work across multiple consumer touchpoints—from packaging and retail to events and digital services.

At Valio Design, we define the creative direction for our brands in close collaboration with agencies, and we play a key role in ensuring consistency and design excellence across every touchpoint.

We are seeking a driven and detail-oriented Designer to join the Valio Design team. In this role, you will bring concepts to life across packaging and brand design, turning ideas into high-quality, tangible outcomes. You are a visual storyteller with good knowledge of design methods and proven ability to carry work seamlessly from direction to polished execution. You understand how to balance user experience, business goals, and technical feasibility.

You combine curiosity with craftsmanship—eager to experiment, learn, and push creative boundaries, while ensuring every detail is purposeful and precise. Translating insights and research into impactful, production-ready design solutions is second nature to you.

We value designers who are hands-on, collaborative, and proactive—team players who elevate both the quality of work and the skills of those around them. In this role, you will have the opportunity not only to shape the future of our beloved brands, but also to leave a lasting mark on Finnish food culture.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Creative Execution

• Packaging Design – Create and develop packaging concepts that balance functionality, brand storytelling, and design excellence.
• Graphic Design – Deliver high-quality visual assets to support brand and communication needs.

Brand Identity & Governance

• Brand Identity Execution – Translate guidelines into concrete executions across multiple channels.
• Digital brandbook Implementation & Evolution – Ensure brand guidelines are effectively applied, continuously updated, and embedded across the organization.

Processes & Collaboration

• Quality, Process & Tools – Maintain and improve design standards, workflows, and tools for efficient, consistent execution.
• Asset Bank Management – Organize, manage, and create design assets.
• Supplier Collaboration – Manage contacts and cooperation with suppliers to ensure smooth production and delivery.

To be successful in this role, you would need to have

• Proven design expertise – Strong portfolio showcasing hands-on experience in packaging design, brand identity, and graphic design execution.
• Craftsmanship and attention to detail – Ability to take concepts from idea to flawless, production-ready deliverables.
• System thinking – Experience working with complex brand ecosystems, guidelines, and multi-channel touchpoints.
• User-centered mindset – Ability to translate insights and research into purposeful, desirable design solutions.
• Collaboration skills – Team-oriented attitude with experience working across disciplines, agencies, and suppliers.
• Process orientation – Familiarity with design workflows, tools, and asset management to ensure quality and consistency.
• Adaptability and curiosity – Openness to learning and exploring new areas.
• Drive for excellence – Proactive mindset with the ability to elevate, and inspire design quality within the team.
• This role requires fluency in both Finnish and English.

We work in a hybrid model that takes into account the employee and team’s wishes for office and remote work. We all share the same passion working at Valio: together we make life better. We invest in people-centered leadership, and the development of team collaboration. We want every Valio employee to have a clear understanding of their own job and goals, and the opportunity to influence their own work and expertise. We pay attention to, among other things, employee well-being and engagement at work and workplace safety with various metrics. You will also have access to the benefits of a large, renowned Finnish food company.

For more information

Contact: Tiina Aarras, Global Design Lead, 0504867559. Preferable on 2nd of Oct 12-13 or 8th of Oct 9-10 for any additional questions. She will be happy to answer and tell you more about this opening.

Please send your application by 12 Oct 2025 via application link. You don’t need to wait until the last minute, as we will start interviewing candidates already during the application process.