Brand Designer – Food & Drink Packaging & Campaigns

Volcano Coffee Works; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Breakfast on site

On-site café coffee

Company pension

Cycle to work

Learning & development

Job summary

Volcano Coffee Works roasts specialty coffee in Brixton and provides design support for brand materials across print, packaging, digital, and POS. You will convert briefs into finished artwork that respects brand guidelines and tight turnaround times, while collaborating with photographers, illustrators, and motion designers.

You will work at pace, making bold design decisions from brand principles, and contribute to print-ready packaging, menus, decks, and marketing assets.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a professional design role, ideally in food and drink or consumer brands.
• Portfolio covers print, packaging and digital, including applying an existing brand system to new formats.
• Ability to make design decisions from brand principles, not only templates or past examples.
• Hands-on print production knowledge and interest in print and packaging.
• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and familiarity with Figma or equivalent.
• Openness to using AI tools in your work.
• Clear communication: you can take a loose brief, ask the right questions and say when something won't work.
• Excellent organisation across several projects and deadlines.
• You'll enjoy turning ideas into finished work and get the details right without slowing down.

Responsibilities

• Turn briefs into finished artwork that meets brand standards and turnaround times.
• Apply brand principles to solve new design problems, e.g., co-branded menus or sales decks.
• Design pitch decks, point of sale, taste cards, case studies, and partner materials.
• Create assets for our website, email, social media, and paid channels with the Content Producer.
• Prepare print-ready artwork for packaging and labels; manage proofs with suppliers.
• Brief and manage external illustrators, photographers and motion designers when needed.
• Experiment with tools like Figma and AI to speed production without lowering quality.

Skills

Brand design

Print packaging

Digital design

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

AI tools

Communication

Time management

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Figma

Job description

Volcano Coffee Works roasts specialty coffee in Brixton and provides design support for brand materials across print, packaging, digital, and POS. You will convert briefs into finished artwork that respects brand guidelines and tight turnaround times, while collaborating with photographers, illustrators, and motion designers.

You will work at pace, making bold design decisions from brand principles, and contribute to print-ready packaging, menus, decks, and marketing assets.