Packaging Design Admin Assistant

Harrods; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrods is seeking a Packaging Design Admin Assistant to support the development of Harrods Collections luxury packaging, coordinating design administration across the seasonal product lifecycle.

You will work with Design, Buying, Technical and Merchandising teams to keep projects on track, manage supplier communications, and maintain accurate design documentation while translating concepts into deliverables.

Qualifications

• Packaging experience within a luxury brand environment or equivalent.
• Strong proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop and PowerPoint.
• Translate sketches into digital artwork and CAD visuals.
• Highly organised, proactive and detail driven.
• Collaborative with strong communication and multi-priority management.

Responsibilities

• Support packaging designer in developing collections, concept boards, colour palettes, artwork updates, and design packs.
• Prepare materials for meetings and seasonal reviews, including printing, sample management, and note-taking.
• Maintain accurate design documentation, technical packs, and online files.
• Liaise with suppliers and stakeholders, coordinating samples and project communications.
• Monitor key dates and support cross-functional teams to meet deadlines.

Skills

Packaging experience

Illustrator

Photoshop

PowerPoint

Education

Packaging Design qualification

Tools

CAD software

Job description

Harrods is recruiting a Packaging Design Admin Assistant to support the development of Harrods Collections luxury packaging by providing essential design coordination, creative administration, and project support across the seasonal product lifecycle. The Packaging Design Admin Assistant will provide vital support to the Design team, with a particular focus on Packaging Design, helping to bring Harrods Collection packaging concepts to life from initial research through to final delivery. Working in a fast-paced environment, the Packaging Design Admin Assistant will coordinate administrative activities, assist with creative development, and collaborate closely with Design, Buying, Technical, and Merchandising teams to ensure projects remain on track and key deadlines are achieved. Overall, this role is important for maintaining accurate design documentation, managing supplier communications, and supporting the successful execution of seasonal packaging collections.,

• Support the Packaging Designer in developing and delivering packaging collections, including concept boards, colour palettes, artwork updates, and design packs.
• Prepare materials for meetings, presentations, and seasonal reviews, including printing, sample management, board preparation, and note-taking.
• Maintain accurate design documentation, technical packs, online files, reference samples, and presentation materials to ensure information is current and accessible.
• Liaise with suppliers and stakeholders, coordinating samples, materials, print techniques, design information, and project communications.
• Monitor key dates and support cross-functional teams to ensure packaging projects are delivered accurately, efficiently, and on schedule.

Skills and Experience

• Packaging experience within a luxury brand environment, a qualification in Packaging Design, or equivalent transferable experience.
• Strong proficiency with Illustrator and Photoshop, alongside PowerPoint and other presentation tools.
• Ability to translate sketches into digital artwork, create high-quality CAD visuals, and work confidently with packaging design documentation.
• Highly organised, proactive individual who thrives in a creative, fast-moving environment.
• Enjoy balancing administrative responsibilities with hands-on design support and are confident managing multiple priorities at once.
• A collaborative team player with strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and a positive, solutions-focused approach.
• Comfortable working across different stakeholders, you take pride in delivering accurate work and meeting tight deadlines.
• Enthusiasm, creativity, and a genuine passion for packaging and luxury products.

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.

About Harrods

As the world's leading luxury emporium, we deliver a magical, memorable experience for customers. This is makes us uniquely challenging for creative minds, to protect and grow our brand demands extraordinary composure, creativity and commerciality. Harrods' global brand offers uniquely exciting challenges, and we nurture a supportive environment where creativity, resilience and commercial awareness make anything possible., Harrods is one of the world's leading luxury department stores and we're becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world's most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we'll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.