Midweight Packaging Designer - Guildford, Surrey

£30,000 plus benefits

We are recruiting for a Midweight Packaging Designer to join a highly successful global company based in Guildford and the ideal candidate must be a highly skilled Packaging Designer with experience in the toy/youth market or FMCG sector.

Proficiency in logo generation and quick-fire style guide / concept development is crucial. Experience of pack structure is essential, as well as a thorough understanding of creative graphic design layout, art direction and expertise in current graphic software.  A good understanding of current production techniques is required. For the project management side of the role, excellent communication skills, written and oral, are key.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work in a hybrid role for a supportive and dynamic company that values creativity, innovation, and passion in everything you create.

Main duties:

• Brainstorm and research initial concepts / designs
• Understand and interpret briefs from the global product design and marketing departments
• Provide written briefs for artwork, illustrations, photography and translations to external suppliers as required, being sensitive to building good working relationships
• Co-ordinate and attend photo shoots – then direct as agreed with Marketing
• Consult with the product designers and engineering on the features, function, costs & manufacturing issues.
• Record all relevant project details, maintaining current project files (to be archived there after)
• Attend all relevant project meetings, be responsible for / complete pack specification.
• Analyse all quotes to confirm content and conclude all possible value engineering solutions.
• Negotiate competitive costs for all outsourced artwork, mock-ups, pack construction, illustrations, translations and photography
• Co-ordinate and analyse information between the global offices
• Work with and build strong relationships with colleagues, suppliers and licensors
• Occasional international travel and off-site meetings
• Effectively plan your own time with regards to projects using the milestone and planning documents provided
• Monitor schedules / timelines through to production for review with your manager