Lead Packaging Production Designer: Innovate Artwork

Lotus Bakeries UK`; St Albans; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lotus Bakeries UK is seeking a brilliant packaging production specialist to join the in-house Creative Studio. You will lead packaging production across BEAR, TREK, nakd., Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard, while actively artworking and rolling out packaging across brands and markets.

You’ll mentor the packaging production team, partner with printers and internal teams, and drive smarter, scalable workflows. A hands-on role with a focus on quality, collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience in packaging artworking and production within FMCG or consumer brands.
• Ability to mentor and develop a packaging production team while taking greater responsibility.
• Advanced proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign in multilingual artwork contexts.
• Experience collaborating with printers, repro houses and production suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop packaging production across the studio with high technical standards.
• Actively artwork and rollout packaging across multiple brands, formats and SKUs.
• Collaborate with Project Manager, Global Packaging, Brand teams and external partners to ensure smooth handoff from approved creative to final production.
• Identify improvements to workflows, simplify processes and scale production.
• Explore and implement AI tools and workflow automation to enhance artwork checking and versioning.

Skills

Packaging artworking

Mentoring

Team leadership

Multilingual artwork

AI tools

Workflow automation

Strong communication

Quality alignment

Problem solving

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Lotus Bakeries UK is seeking a brilliant packaging production specialist to join the in-house Creative Studio. You will lead packaging production across BEAR, TREK, nakd., Kiddylicious and Peter’s Yard, while actively artworking and rolling out packaging across brands and markets.

You’ll mentor the packaging production team, partner with printers and internal teams, and drive smarter, scalable workflows. A hands-on role with a focus on quality, collaboration and innovation.