Junior Packaging Designer - Bradford, United Kingdom - Kairos Recruitment Group

Kairos Recruitment Group

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Bradford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Junior Packaging Designer

Bradford

Salary; Dependant on experience

Brief:

Under direction you will provide creative design amends and development for a wide range of product and branded offers.

As your confidence grows you will lead the concept creation on some projects and help deliver others as part of a wider team - includingamends, audits, research, building presentations and generally assisting on a variety of projects.

You will also update templates, presentations, create mock-ups and assist prop and product sourcing for shoots.

Company:
Working for a global packaging and branding agency on some of the major FMCG clients

Roles & Responsibilities:

Provide design amends and creative support on a wide range of collateral to support your colleagues
Follow the creative direction of your Design Head, but also offer interesting solutions where appropriate
Support your peers and your seniors, offering to help when you perceive someone is overly stretched and needs your input to share some of the workload
Learn and follow brand guidelines when amending concepts
Identify areas of personal development and devise a plan with your line manager to develop your skills and technical knowledge
Learn to present concepts with confidence to deliver their full impact
Have fun and produce the best work you can
Work with other designers in creating design work that answers the client's brief
Ensure the creation of your design work/files meets the criteria
Selfmonitor work in progress liaising with senior members of the team to ensure it meets quality, time & cost standards in line with creative objectives and budgets
Develop a working knowledge of the print process and develop the ability to work with artwork files, cutter guides and brand guidelines to ensure your designs are fit for purpose

Experience Needed:

This role is fully hands on so a good working knowledge of Apple Macintosh technology / DTP systems and Adobe Creative Suite is essential especially Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.
A working knowledge of print process (flexo, lithographic, gravure) and the ability to work with artwork files, cutter guides and brand guidelines.
Degree level in Graphic Design/equivalent or proven design industry experience.
Experience in relevant industry role would be ideal but if a recent graduate examples of personal projects and other related experience will be considered
A portfolio of work which demonstrates your creative credentials and ability to answer briefs appropriate to the role.
Ability to work within Brand guidelines and consistently interpret them into online solutions.
Knowledge and delivery of design for web processes and techniques.
Understanding of how visuals and copy work together
An understanding of FMCG Brands, categories and retail packaging, pos, npd and trends would be beneficial
Experience in Art direction would be preferable
Highly motivated individual with excellent communication and presentation skills
Flexible attitude to working patterns to reflect the business requirement
Typography skills and understanding of message hierarchy
Ability to present concepts
Quality Control: Accuracy to brief, follows appropriate file set up, naming conventions and colour set up and checks spelling and grammar.

Interviews are being conducted as soon as possible for this vacancy, so if you are interested please get in touch as soon as possible and register your details with us

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