Packaging Design Lead - Senior Designer (Hybrid)

Lakeland Ltd; Windermere; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Group personal pension plan

29 days’ paid holiday

Discounts on Lakeland products

Job summary

Lakeland Limited in Windermere is seeking an experienced Senior Designer to lead the creative output across our Marketing team. You will head two designers and collaborate in a broader creative group to bring our products and brand to life with high-quality packaging, print and digital assets.

Across packaging, you’ll manage end-to-end design from brief to final artwork and supplier submission, develop packaging guidelines, and ensure brand consistency while meeting deadlines and commercial

Qualifications

• Strong experience in packaging design, ideally in a multichannel retail environment.
• Proven experience leading or managing a design team.
• Excellent project management with complex timelines and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience briefing, developing and approving creative work.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of three designers, overseeing packaging, print and digital output.
• Manage end-to-end design for product packaging from brief to final artwork and supplier submission.
• Collaborate with Buying to align commercial priorities and seasonal timelines.
• Develop and implement packaging guidelines for consistency across ranges.
• Act as quality control lead for all packaging output (design, photography, artwork).
• Build critical paths for seasonal and campaigns; ensure on-time delivery.
• Support Marketing with creative assets across retail POS, website, email and social.

Skills

Packaging design

Leadership

Project management

Brand campaigns

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Photoshop

InDesign

Monday.com

Notion

Job description

Lakeland Limited in Windermere is seeking an experienced Senior Designer to lead the creative output across our Marketing team. You will head two designers and collaborate in a broader creative group to bring our products and brand to life with high-quality packaging, print and digital assets.

Across packaging, you’ll manage end-to-end design from brief to final artwork and supplier submission, develop packaging guidelines, and ensure brand consistency while meeting deadlines and commercial