Mid-Weight Graphic Designer

TransLED; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based spirits subscription service is seeking a mid-weight graphic designer to join their Brand team. You will take ownership of various design projects, from print to digital assets, shaping the brand's visual storytelling. This hybrid role allows for creative collaboration across teams, with responsibilities including creating magazine layouts, packaging designs, and developing digital ads. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Adobe tools and experience in dynamic brand environments. Competitive salary and great benefits offered.

Benefits

Salary of £35–41K DOE

Hybrid working (remote Mon/Tue/Fri)

25 days holiday

Gin and rum tasting

Generous staff discount

Career progression opportunities

Dynamic working environment

Regular social events

Qualifications

• Experience with FMCG, D2C, or lifestyle brands.
• A portfolio demonstrating print, digital, packaging, and brand design.
• Understanding of print processes and production artwork.

Responsibilities

• Design layouts for print magazines and subscription box collateral.
• Create digital ads and CRM visuals.
• Support on-set during photoshoots for visual consistency.

Skills

Mid-weight graphic design experience

Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud

Strong typography and layout skills

Highly organised

Collaborative and proactive approach

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

The Company

Were Craft Gin Club – the UK’s biggest spirits subscription service. For almost a decade we’ve been redefining how people discover and enjoy new drinks from the comfort of their homes. From our successful Dragons Den debut to launching a new rum subscription and seeing our products land on some of the UK high streets’ most prestigious shelves, it’s been quite the journey so far.

The Team

This role reports into our Chief Brand Officer and sits within the Brand team, a part of the wider Sales & Marketing function alongside Acquisition, Website, Customer Marketing and Commerce teams. The Brand team drives our brand metrics up and produces all collateral across our business, including advertising, on‑site visual assets, photography, and our monthly print magazines and drinks guides.

You’ll collaborate closely with our editorial team and across the other Sales & Marketing teams, as well as with other teams across the business, including Commercial and Product Development teams.

You will also oversee our use of external artworkers, and partner with agencies when required.

About The Role

This role is ideal for a mid‑weight designer ready to take ownership of projects while still growing and developing their craft. We’re looking for a creative, detail‑driven designer with experience across print, packaging, digital, and an eye for beautiful, effective brand storytelling. It’s a hands‑on role working across a wide variety of projects, while also managing additional freelance or agency designers as needed.

Your work will play a key role in driving brand love, customer acquisition and retention, shaping everything from the look and feel of our subscription boxes to campaign visuals, photography and digital assets.

What You’ll Be Doing

Print & Editorial Design

• Layout and design of our monthly print magazine
• Print inserts and other physical collateral included in subscription boxes

Retail point‑of‑sale and trade materials

Packaging & Label Design

• Designing bottle labels, gift packaging, limited‑edition product ranges and other packaging formats
• Working closely with the Product Development team to translate concepts into print‑ready artwork

Ensuring all packaging aligns with brand guidelines, production requirements and regulatory standards.

Digital Brand Assets

• Designing static digital ads, paid social assets, email templates and CRM visuals

Creating clean, consistent on‑brand assets for the website and landing pages.

Photoshoot Creative Support

• Helping develop moodboards, visual references and creative elements for monthly photoshoots

Supporting on‑set where needed to help ensure visual consistency and creative direction.

Owning The Internal Design Function

• Acting as the guardian of our new brand identity
• Scoping, briefing and managing external artworkers, illustrators or specialists when needed
• Reviewing external work, ensuring quality and consistency before delivery
• Managing workflows, timelines and priorities across multiple teams
• Supporting campaign concept development with the wider brand & creative team

Requirements

• Mid‑weight graphic design experience, ideally with strong exposure to FMCG, D2C or lifestyle brands.
• A portfolio that demonstrates excellent print, digital, packaging and brand design.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
• Understanding of print processes, packaging specifications and production artwork.
• Strong typography, layout and brand identity skills.
• Confident working as the primary in‑house designer from planning to final production.
• Comfortable briefing, managing and providing feedback to external creative resources.
• Highly organised with the ability to move between projects and maintain quality under tight deadlines.
• A collaborative, proactive approach someone who enjoys shaping ideas and solving creative challenges.

Benefits

• Salary of £35–41K DOE
• Hybrid working Wed/Thu in our Farringdon offices, remote Mon/Tue/Fri
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days holiday rising with length of service
• Gin and rum tasting
• Generous staff discount on our online store
• Opportunity to take part in regular product tastings and attend industry events
• Real career progression opportunities, with the chance to grow as we do
• Dynamic working environment
• Regular social events