Lead Graphic Designer

Talent; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Nottingham is seeking a Lead Graphic Designer to join a fast-paced creative team, working across a high-volume retail and beauty environment.

You will own creative projects from brief to production-ready artwork, ensuring strong layout, typography and brand consistency across channels.

The role requires advanced Figma and Photoshop skills, a standout portfolio, and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines; ASAP start.

Qualifications

• Senior/Lead graphic design experience in retail/beauty.
• Strong portfolio of commercial work.
• Extensive experience in print, visual merchandising, email and paid social.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisation.
• Available to start ASAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and delivery of creative across visual merchandising, print, email marketing and paid social.
• Take creative concepts from initial brief through to final, production-ready artwork.
• Ensure strong layout, typography and brand consistency across all creative.
• Work closely with wider creative and stakeholder teams to understand briefs and deliver against requirements.
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines within a fast-paced retail environment.
• Provide creative input and help maintain a consistently high standard across all design output.
• Produce polished, customer-focused creative that works across different formats and channels.

Skills

Lead design

Retail experience

Portfolio

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Typography

Brand consistency

Tools

Figma

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Lead Graphic Designer – Beauty

Nottingham – 2 days onsite per week

£450 per day

Inside IR35

ASAP start

I’m recruiting for a Lead Graphic Designer to join a fast-paced creative team, working across a high-volume retail and beauty environment.

We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of creative projects, translate briefs into engaging customer-focused design and deliver high-quality work across multiple channels.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the development and delivery of creative across visual merchandising, print, email marketing and paid social
• Take creative concepts from initial brief through to final, production-ready artwork
• Ensure strong layout, typography and brand consistency across all creative
• Work closely with wider creative and stakeholder teams to understand briefs and deliver against requirements
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines within a fast-paced retail environment
• Provide creative input and help maintain a consistently high standard across all design output
• Produce polished, customer-focused creative that works across different formats and channels

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience as a Senior/Lead Graphic Designer
• Experience within retail and/or beauty environments
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality commercial creative
• Extensive experience across print, visual merchandising, email and paid social
• Advanced Figma skills, including design development and artwork production
• Strong Adobe Photoshop skills, including image creation, compositing and retouching
• Strong understanding of layout, typography and brand consistency
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills
• Comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Strong print design experience
• Available to start ASAP

A portfolio is essential and will be required as part of the application process.