Designer

Finsbury Food Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialty bakery manufacturer in Hamilton is seeking a talented Designer to produce compelling visual designs for various marketing efforts. The role requires a degree in Graphic Design and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite. You will collaborate with multiple teams and create designs for both digital and print media. This position offers hybrid working options and a focus on employee development.

Benefits

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Death in Service Benefit

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts

Company shop with discounted products

Refer a Friend Scheme

Employee Recognition Awards

Learning & Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Graphic Designer.
• Strong portfolio showcasing design skills across various media types.
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

Responsibilities

• Produce visually compelling designs for various platforms.
• Collaborate with teams to develop product concepts and visuals.
• Create designs for digital and print media including packaging and advertising.

Skills

Graphic design

Adobe Creative Suite

Time management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Graphic Design for Print/Visual Communication

Job description

Overview

Location: Hamilton
Shift: Weekdays
Salary: Competitive with Opportunity for Growth

We are seeking a talented and creative Designer to join our team at our Hamilton site. Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards, and build long-term relationships with major retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make a large percentage of the UKs sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes. This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special.

Role and responsibilities

The successful candidate will join our Design Studio and, working as part of the current design team, be responsible for producing visually compelling designs that support our brand, marketing, and communications efforts across various platforms. Working with internal teams across our various sites, you will use your creative skills to help develop product concepts, visuals, packaging, photographic and social media communications, trade advertising and much more in conjunction with some of the biggest brand licenses in the world (from Disney and Warner Bros. to Mars and Thorntons). You should have a strong portfolio, a keen eye for aesthetics, and a passion for turning ideas into effective visual content.

This is a fast paced role, where the successful candidate will have a degree level qualification in Graphic Design for Print/Visual Communication with proven experience as a Graphic Designer. They will also require a high degree of proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).

This role is based in Hamilton with hybrid working as an option, however a willingness to travel is required, as occasionally may be asked to visit our other sites.

What you’ll actually do

As the Designer you will create designs for digital and print media including social media graphics, website assets, email campaigns, brochures, posters, presentations, advertisements, signage, packaging and product components using style guides to create product and packaging concepts for licensor approvals. You will utilise and manage artwork for licensors online approval systems as well as collaborating with marketing, product, and category/sales teams to understand project goals and translate these into visual concepts and required designs for internal and own label brands.

You will be taught the basics of product photography and photographic/media editing and will work with the senior media designer and communications manager to maintain and evolve company brand identity across all materials.

Ideal candidate

• Degree level qualification in Graphic Design for Print/Visual Communication
• Proven experience as a Graphic Designer
• High degree of proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
• Strong portfolio showcasing design skills across various media types
• Excellent visual, communication, and time-management skills
• Ability to take constructive feedback and iterate quickly
• Confident personality, capable of collaborating with a large multi-department/site teams
• Optional: Basic knowledge of photography, photo and video editing

What’s in it for you?

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform
• Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, yummy products)
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral, terms and conditions dependent)
• Employee Recognition Awards and extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course)
• An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!