Packaging Designer

Prospex Recruitment; West Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Prospex Recruitment in Bradford is seeking a Packaging Designer with a passion for conceptual design and experience in food packaging and branding to join a growing team on a hybrid basis.

You will create original concepts, work with brand guidelines, and ensure deadlines and budgets are met while collaborating across the creative department. Openings exist for junior, mid-weight and senior designers, with opportunities to drive the department forward.

Qualifications

• Experience in packaging design.
• Previously worked at a packaging and branding agency.
• Retail or brand experience.
• Food / Beverage packaging design.
• Confident user of Adobe CS.

Responsibilities

• Create new, original design concepts.
• Work with packaging and branding requirements.
• Ensure deadlines are met within project budgets.
• Attend design and project briefings.
• Collaborate across the team.

Skills

Packaging design

Branding

Adobe CS

Concept ideation

Tools

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Job description

Packaging Designer

Location: Bradford - Hybrid Working

Salary: DOE

Company: A leading packaging and branding agency.

Role: As a Packaging Designer, you will be passionate about conceptual design, and you will have experience within the food packaging and branding industry.

The company is seeking to add more designers to its team and have openings for junior, middle-weight and senior packaging designers.

• Create new, original, and exciting design concepts.
• Experience with packaging and branding.
• Help drive the creative department forward with your enthusiasm and passion for design.
• Ability to quickly conceptualise and create ideas.
• Work with style guides and brand guidelines to ensure brand compliance with a high attention to detail.
• Ensure that all deadlines are met within project budgets.
• Attend design and project briefings.

Requirements

• Experience within packaging design
• Previously worked at a packaging and branding agency
• Retail OR brand experience
• Will also consider creative artworkers
• Food / Beverage packaging design
• Confident user of Adobe CS
• You are positive and passionate about the power of design to shape our client's brands
• You are proactive in driving the standards of design within the department
• You are conceptual and balance strategic thinking with design craft
• You're comfortable rolling out style guide-based range extensions
• You thrive in a fast paced project environment
• You like to work collaboratively across team
• You take complete ownership of all assigned design projects
• You ensure that all deadlines are met within project budgets

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