Drinks Designer

Lucy Lawson Creative Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucy Lawson Creative Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Designer or Design Director for a London-based drinks branding and packaging agency. Hybrid working in London with salary negotiable depending on experience.

The role requires a portfolio of premium spirits, wine, beer and non-alcoholic drinks, plus strong typography, brand identity development, and the ability to mentor junior designers or lead creative direction.

Qualifications

• UK resident with current eligibility to work in the UK
• Experience at a drinks branding/packaging design agency
• Strong portfolio of premium drinks packaging and brand design
• Excellent typography, composition and craft
• Ability to present ideas and defend creative rationale
• Experience leading design directions and mentoring designers

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction and maintain high creative standards across projects
• Develop concepts from initial idea through to final identities and packaging
• Mentor designers and collaborate with strategy and client services
• Present work and articulate creative rationale to clients and stakeholders

Skills

Drinks packaging

Brand design

Packaging concept

Typography craft

Creative direction

Client collaboration

Portfolio

Tools

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Senior Designer / Design Director

London | Hybrid

Permanent

Salary negotiable depending on experience

ONLY APPLICANTS ALREADY BASED IN THE UK WILL BE CONSIDERED

I’m looking for an exceptional Senior Designer or Design Director to join an established, award-winning branding and design agency.

There's flexibility around the level of this appointment, so I'm keen to hear from both outstanding Senior Designers and established Design Directors who still love being close to the creative work.

Role essentials...

• Drinks packaging experience across premium alcoholic and alcohol-free brands is essential
• Ideally currently working, or previously worked, within a design agency specialising in drinks branding and packaging
• A beautifully crafted portfolio demonstrating premium drinks packaging and brand design
• Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to develop distinctive, original creative ideas
• Experience taking brands from initial concept through to fully realised identities and packaging
• Excellent typography, composition and exceptional attention to craft and detail
• Strong understanding of packaging structure, hierarchy and how brands perform at shelf
• Experience extending packaging identities into wider brand worlds and multiple consumer touchpoints
• Confidence presenting creative thinking and articulating the rationale behind your work
• Ability to combine creative ambition with commercial understanding
• Comfortable collaborating closely with strategy, client services and other creatives
• For Design Director-level candidates, experience providing creative direction, mentoring designers and maintaining exceptional creative standards across projects

This is a specialist appointment, so relevant drinks experience really is essential. I'm particularly interested in portfolios showing sophisticated work across premium spirits, wine, beer and/or alcohol-free drinks brands, rather than general FMCG packaging alone.

The position can be appointed at Senior Designer or Design Director level, with salary negotiable depending on experience.

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