Design Manager - Christchurch, United Kingdom - Dovetail Recruitment Ltd

Dovetail Recruitment Ltd

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Christchurch, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Design Manager Job in Christchurch

Are you looking for an interesting and very varied Design Manager role where you can cover a huge range of projects and use your creativity to its full potential? We have a Design Manager position available for a long-standing client who works with someof the biggest household names.

As the Design Manager, you will be required to lead, research, present and produce high standard concept designs.

You will be expected to take projects through from start to finish and provide print ready artwork, enabling you to be in control of the fullprocess.

The Design Manager will also have responsibility for the in house creative designers.

Benefits:

Hybrid Remote
With some travel to our office locations to our Head Office in Christchurch, offices in the North of England, and Factory visits in the UK and Europe
Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff
Great learning and development and progression opportunities
Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
Generous Company Sick Pay
Pension Scheme Contribution
Solent social events run by our inhouse Social Team
Cycle to Work scheme
Dress down Fridays

Duties & Responsibilities:

Line manage creative designers to implement customer focused concepts
Making visual mock ups of new packaging designs, both digitally and physically
Creating designs and style guides for use with packaging, and products
Art working designs and prepping files to send to printers/suppliers
Push brand development and efficient ways of working within the design team
Manage workflow into the design team to ensure that high quality work is maintained
Take ownership of projects from idea conception to artwork delivery under the guidance of the Senior Designers
Working closely with the Senior Designers to manage and maintain workflows on a daily basis to ensure a smoothrunning team and category
Design of presentations for internal teams and new business pitches
Maintain brand consistency across all brands with the ability to translate across events and experiences
Attend internal and external meetings with colleagues and customers to present trends and ideas
Assist the Product Development Managers with artwork approvals, to ensure accurate, consistent and welldesigned products are delivered on time
Adhere to the deadlines and briefs set out by the Product Development Team
Ensure graphic skills within the studio are of an industry standard by running training and development sessions, to keep Solent Group at the forefront of design.

Knowledge & Experience:

Experience working within a creative design role
Able to product print ready artwork
Able to work towards branding guidelines and style guides
Ideally experience within a tangible product based business

This Design Manager job in Christchurch is an excellent opportunity for a creative person to develop further in their career.

It will provide you with exciting projects and clients, and a wonderful company culture.

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