Lead Packaging Production Designer

Lotus Bakeries, Milan; St Albans; Presencial; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Lotus Bakeries, Milan is seeking a brilliant packaging production specialist to join our in-house Creative Studio. You will lead packaging production across multiple brands, ensuring top technical standards from artwork to final production.

You will actively artwork, adapt and roll out packaging for BEAR, TREK, nakd., Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard, while mentoring the team and driving smarter workflows. A collaborative, hands-on studio culture awaits.

Formación

• Strong hands-on experience in packaging artworking and production, ideally within FMCG or consumer brands.
• Deep technical knowledge of packaging and print production processes and preflight.
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills across complex ranges and multilingual artwork.
• Experience working with printers, repro houses and production suppliers to solve production challenges.
• Line management experience with a mentoring mindset.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and develop packaging production across the in-house Creative Studio.
• Artworking, adapting and rolling out packaging for multiple brands, formats, SKUs and markets.
• Collaborate with Project Manager, Global Packaging team, Brand teams, QA and external partners to ensure smooth production.
• Support and develop the packaging production team and share knowledge.
• Identify and implement smarter, simpler, scalable workflows.
• Explore AI and workflow automation to improve artwork checking, adaptations, versioning and quality control.
• Support shopper, POS, in-store and other printed materials with technical expertise.

Conocimientos

Artworking

Packaging production

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Printer liaison

Line management

AI tools

Workflow automation

Communication

Herramientas

Printers & repro houses

Descripción del empleo

We’re looking for a brilliant packaging production specialist who’s ready to take the next step in their career and join our in-house Creative Studio, working across our Natural Foods brands BEAR, TREK, nakd., Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard.

• You’ll work closely with our Head of Design to lead and develop packaging production across the studio, maintaining brilliant technical standards across artwork, masterfiles, colour, proofing, preflight and final production.
• This is a hands-on packaging production role. Alongside supporting and developing our packaging production team, you’ll be actively artworking, adapting and rolling out packaging yourself across multiple brands, formats, SKUs and markets.
• You’ll work alongside our studio’s Project Manager, Global Packaging team, Brand teams, QA and external production partners to make sure work moves smoothly and accurately from approved creative through to final production.
• You’ll support and develop the packaging production team, sharing your knowledge and building technical capability across the wider studio.
• You’ll help us improve how we work, spotting unnecessary complexity and recommending smarter, simpler and more scalable solutions.
• You’ll play an active role in exploring how AI, workflow automation and emerging technology can improve artwork checking, adaptations, versioning, quality control and the wider packaging production workflow.
• Your technical expertise will also support shopper, POS, in-store and other printed or physically produced brand materials.

Profile

To succeed in this role, we believe you should have:

• Strong hands‑on experience in packaging artworking and production, ideally within FMCG or consumer brands, with the desire to stay close to the work while stepping into greater senior responsibility. Ideally 10 years + professional experience.
• Deep technical knowledge of packaging and print production, including masterfiles, cutter guides, colour management, print processes, separations, trapping, overprint, finishes and preflight.
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign skills, with experience working across complex ranges, SKUs, adaptations and multilingual artwork.
• Experience working closely with printers, repro houses and production suppliers, with the confidence to solve technical production challenges.
• A natural ability to support, mentor and share knowledge with others. You’ve got some line management experience and should be excited by the opportunity to develop further as a mentor and manager.
• A curious and improvement‑focused mindset, you question how things are done, bring solutions rather than problems and look for smarter, simpler ways of working.
• Experience using AI tools and workflow automation in a creative, production or packaging environment will be highly valued. You are excited by their potential and are keen to explore, test and implement solutions that improve efficiency, quality and scalability across the packaging production process.
• Strong communication and relationship‑building skills, with the confidence to explain technical subjects clearly, challenge constructively and bring people with you.
• A positive, collaborative and hands‑on attitude. We’re a friendly, close‑knit Creative Studio, so we’re looking for someone who is approachable, engaging and good fun to work with.

I love the ownership you get in your role to work towards great results. Working in an international environment allows me to work together with people from different cultures and nationalities.

Grasp the opportunity to join an ambitious and driven Creative Studio with a brilliant mix of talents! You’ll have the opportunity to take the next step in your career, combining your packaging production expertise with growing responsibility and helping us shape how our production capability develops.

Being part of a fast‑growing, international company, you’ll get plenty of opportunity to learn, develop and make a real impact across some fantastic brands. You’ll also be part of a culture where passion, team spirit and open dialogue are our main drivers.

And of course, on top of that, you can enjoy delicious branded snacks every day!