Senior/Midweight Graphic and Packaging Designer

Critical Playground LLC; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

I Love My Job, a London-based recruitment agency, is partnering with a fast-moving product design studio near Richmond. They’re seeking a Senior or Midweight Designer to dream up playful, innovative product ranges and bold packaging concepts.

You’ll build style guides, turn briefs from the Product Development team into standout visuals, adapt design thinking to fit each retailer’s brand and audience, and present ideas confidently to clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior or Midweight Designer in packaging or consumer product design.
• Strong typography and packaging design sense.
• Portfolio showing bold graphics and packaging work.

Responsibilities

• Create bold, commercial style guides and product identities for major retailers.
• Turn briefs from Product Development into standout packaging concepts and visuals.
• Adapt design thinking to fit each retailer’s brand and customer base.

Skills

Strong portfolio

Packaging design

Typography

Project juggling

Commercial mindset

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Job ref.: 3654087.

Competitive salary

Richmond + hybrid

• I Love My Job is a B Corp-certified, London-based recruitment agency specialising in consumer goods, beauty, gifting, homeware and lifestyle. For over 15 years we've been connecting talented people with the businesses that need them, because when someone's in the right seat, everyone benefits. We're partnering with a fast-moving product design company known for turning bold ideas into products that stand out on shelf. As they continue to grow they're looking for a Senior or Midweight Designer to help them dream up the next generation of playful, innovative product ranges. You'll be joining a fast-paced, friendly studio where creative energy is the norm and no two briefs are ever quite the same. One day you're building a style guide, the next you're designing packaging that has to stop shoppers in their tracks. If you've got a versatile portfolio bursting with great graphics and vibrant packaging work, we'd love to hear from you. This is a permanent, full time role offering hybrid working, based near Richmond (5-minute walk from mainline station and direct 15/20-minute train from Clapham / Vauxhall / Waterloo)

What you'll do:

• Creating bold, commercial style guides and product identities for major retailers
• Turning briefs from our Product Development team into standout packaging concepts and visuals
• Adapting your design thinking to fit each retailer's brand and customer base.
• Presenting your ideas with confidence to colleagues and clients alike
• Preparing final artwork ready for mass production

What you'll bring:

• A strong portfolio and proven experience as a Senior or Midweight Designer, ideally withing packaging or consumer product design
• A sharp eye for typography, a nose for emerging trends, and the ability to translate both into packaging and product design that sells
• Strong Adobe Suite skills, especially Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop
• A commercial mindset - you understand shelf impact and what makes consumers pic one product over another
• The ability to juggle multiple projects without breaking a sweat
• A positive, can-do attitude, and the drive, efficiency and reliability to match

Why join:

• We believe in the power of play and the joy of a challenge well solved. Our studio is busy, ambitious and constantly evolving - but never at the expense of a good laugh. If you want your work seen by millions, get in touch!

Diversity & Inclusion:

• ILMJ values diversity, equality, and inclusion and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and identities.