Studio Designer

POLYTINT CARDS LIMITED; Bourne End; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

POLYTINT CARDS LIMITED in Bourne End, England, seeks an in-house designer to join a busy team creating greeting cards, gift wrap, crackers and partyware. You will contribute across diverse styles, stay ahead of trends, and work closely with colleagues to deliver on varied client needs.

The role requires 2+ years of industry experience, full proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, and strong collaboration skills. This in-house position is a temporary contract with potential to become permanent.

Qualifications

• Ideally 2+ years industry experience.
• Versatile across styles, products and client needs.
• Up-to-date with current design trends.
• Proficient across Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Translate trends into innovative greeting card concepts.
• Personable, approachable, and collaborative.
• Work well in a team and meet deadlines.
• Flexible to adapt in a changing studio.
• Articulate ideas and write edits for cards.
• Demonstrate creative brief interpretation.
• Strong time management and prioritisation.
• Enthusiastic, motivated, and idea-driven.

Responsibilities

• Create designs for greeting cards, gift wrap, crackers and partyware.
• Collaborate with design team to meet varied client styles.
• Translate trends into innovative concepts for new products.
• Contribute to group projects and support deadlines.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Time management

Team collaboration

Creativity

Trend awareness

Communication skills

Brief interpretation

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Working within a busy design team to create a diverse range of paper products, including greeting cards, gift wrap, crackers and partyware. We are a diverse studio of talented designers that each represents different strengths across the spectrum of paper design and are looking for the perfect fit to complement our team. The successful applicant will need to be somebody that can bring their own strengths and unique qualities to the table. We work for a wide variety of clients and are constantly evolving and adapting to meet their different house styles and expectations, as well as diversifying into new product areas and pushing ourselves to continue to stand at the forefront of a competitive industry.

Skills & Experience Required:

• . Ideally 2+ years industry experience
• Be versatile and able to work within a range of styles, across different types of products, and for clients with different needs and expectations
• . Keep up to date with current trends and show a keen interest in the changing design landscape
• . Be fully competent across the entire Adobe software suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• . Be able to translate current trends into exciting and innovative work that will help us as a studio to continue to be at the forefront of design innovation that moves with the times
• . Be personable, approachable and fit well into an established collaborative studio environment
• . Work well within a team and be confident to bring ideas to the table on group projects and to help other team members to meet deadlines
• . Be flexible and able to adapt within an evolving and expanding studio that changes with the times to branch out into new areas
• . Be articulate and able to express ideas, trends, and write the edit for greeting cards etc
• . Be able to display evidence of skills at responding to a brief creatively and within set parameters and criteria
• . Show good time management skills and have the ability to balance and prioritise multiple deadlines
• . Be enthusiastic and motivated, and able to generate new ideas and respond to new challenges

LOCATION & SALARY:

Salary and job title will be dependent on your experience and skillset. The role is for an in-house designer only, we are not looking for freelancers, and we cannot offer work from home. The role is a temporary contract with the potential to become permanent