Creative Artworker & Designer (Midweight)

RDP Creative inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance (Single/Plus

Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Professional development & mentoring

Job summary

RDP Creative in London is seeking a Creative Artworker & Designer (Midweight) to develop and optimise bespoke product and packaging designs for manufacture. You will interpret concepts while applying manufacturing processes, print production and packaging specs to ensure designs are production ready.

The role focuses on accurate technical packs, artworking in multiple languages, and collaboration across internal teams and suppliers to maintain design intent through production.

Qualifications

• Experience in consumer products, licensing, or related industry.
• Strong production and packaging knowledge, with ability to translate concepts into manufacturing docs.
• Experience preparing artwork for manufacture and working with factories.
• Understanding of product construction, materials and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Product Development: tailor products for manufacturing capabilities, outline specs, materials, finishes; translate concepts into manufacturing; manage colour, proofing and sampling; collaborate with suppliers to optimise.
• Structural Packaging Design: create bespoke packaging for promo/retail; ensure packaging sustainability requirements; maintain client style guides; verify quality with suppliers.
• Day-to-Day: produce detailed tech packs; artworking across languages; manage workflow across multiple projects; collaborate with designers, sales, buying and compliance; mentor juniors.
• Compliance: work with internal compliance, ensure safety and end-of-life considerations.

Skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Multi-project management

Interest in film/entertainment/toy

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Rhino

3DZ-Brush

Keyshot

PowerPoint

Job description

Creative Artworker & Designer (Midweight)

London (5 days a week, in-office)

About RDP Creative

RDP Creative is a global creative production agency with a growing team of 80+ people across London, Hong Kong, LA, and Shenzhen. We work with some of the world’s most exciting brands to deliver outstanding creative and production solutions that push boundaries and bring bold ideas to life.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a collaborative, and fast-paced environment and build something from the ground up that has lasting impact.

Role Overview

This role requires a combination of technical design expertise and creative artwork skills to develop and optimise a vast range of bespoke product and packaging designs for manufacture. You will be able to interpret creative design concepts while applying a thorough understanding of manufacturing processes, print production, and packaging specifications to ensure designs are both commercially viable and production ready.

A key aspect of the role is producing accurate and detailed technical packs (tech packs) that clearly communicate construction, print, material, and finishing specifications to manufacturers. You will work closely with internal teams and suppliers to ensure design intent is maintained throughout production, providing clear technical guidance and resolving manufacturing queries where required.

The ideal candidate will have excellent attention to detail, strong technical knowledge of print and packaging processes, and the ability to translate creative concepts into precise manufacturing documentation that supports production. You must be able to work well in a collaborative environment.

Your Key Responsibilities

Product Development:

• Tailoring products for manufacturing capabilities and limitations
• Outlining specifications, sizing and materials, finishes.
• Translating visual concepts into manufacturing
• Colour management, proofing and matching
• Prototyping and Sampling
• Working with suppliers on optimisation and troubleshooting
• Working to ensure our products meet recycling/sustainability requirements
• Weekly sample meetings where you are presenting products to the team for assessment.

Structural Packaging Design:

• Creating bespoke packaging to suit promotional or retail markets
• Brand guardianship following client style guides
• Working to ensure our packaging meets recycling/sustainability requirements
• Working with suppliers to ensure quality

Day-to-Day:

• Producing accurate and detailed technical packs (tech packs)
• Creative artworking (incl. multi-language)
• Manage own workflow which will include multiple projects
• Collaborating with designers, sales, buying and compliance
• Supplier and client management
• Vigorous approval processes working through digital, photos and sample handling
• Versatile, on the spot problem solving
• Mentoring more junior team members

Compliance:

• Working with our internal compliance team
• legal requirements
• Safety considerations
• Materials and end of life

Requirements

• Experience in a role within consumer products, licensing, or a related industry.
• Strong skills in: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rhino, 3DZ-Brush, Keyshot, and Power Point.
• Commercial awareness and an appreciation of retail trends and consumer behaviour
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• An interest or passion for film, entertainment and toy industries.
• Skills and experience within industrial product design.
• Experience preparing artwork for manufacture and working with factories.
• Understanding of product construction, materials and manufacturing processes.
• Background in product design, textiles, fashion, apparel/accessories or a related discipline.

About You:

You enjoy translating well-loved brands into exciting physical products that consumers want to own, balancing creativity with commercial thinking and an understanding of how products are made.

If you're passionate about design, excited by the opportunity to work on licensed consumer products in a collaborative studio environment and want to help create products for some of the world's best-loved brands, we'd love to hear from you.

Take a look at our work and client base here: www.rdp-creative.com

This is a full-time, office-based role. We believe the collaborative nature of our design process is best supported by working together in the studio, so this position is not suitable for remote or hybrid working.

What We Can Offer:

• 23 days annual leave.
• Base salary in line with experience + non-sales staff bonus scheme.
• Generous Private Medical Insurance (Single or Family options available)
• Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Professional development, Workplace training and Mentoring.