Senior Designer

🎨 Senior Designer (Packaging) 📍 Location: Liverpool (Hybrid – Minimum 1 day in the studio) 🌟 Level: Mid-Weight 🧭 Reports to: Creative Director 💷 Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 DOE 🕒 Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent 🚀 About the Role Our agency partner is an independent branding and packaging design agency with studios in Liverpool and Stockport. They specialise in helping consumer brands stand out through strategic thinking, distinctive branding and exceptional packaging design, working with both household FMCG names and exciting challenger brands. They're looking for a talented Senior Designer with a passion for packaging design to join their growing creative team. This is a brilliant opportunity to work across a wide variety of food and drink brands, developing creative concepts, crafting beautiful packaging and collaborating with strategists to create work that delivers real commercial impact. Alongside packaging projects, you'll also have the opportunity to work on wider brand activations, retail design and shopper marketing campaigns. You'll work closely with the Creative Director and wider team, playing an important role in shaping both client work and the future growth of the agency. IMPORTANT: Packaging design agency experience is essential for this role. Unfortunately, designers from digital, UX or purely marketing backgrounds won't be considered. 🎯 Key Responsibilities 🎨 Brand & Packaging Design ✅ Develop creative concepts and packaging designs for leading FMCG brands and emerging challenger brands. ✅ Produce beautifully crafted packaging artwork from concept through to final presentation. ✅ Create branded visuals for retail activations, shopper marketing and wider brand campaigns. 💡 Creative Collaboration ✅ Work closely with the Creative Director and strategy team to bring ideas to life. ✅ Collaborate with the technical production team to ensure designs translate seamlessly into print. ✅ Contribute ideas that strengthen both client brands and the agency's own creative output. 🚀 Agency Life ✅ Support the development of the agency's own brand and marketing assets across digital channels. ✅ Confidently manage multiple projects while maintaining exceptional attention to detail. ✅ Work collaboratively across a small, ambitious team where everyone gets stuck in. 🌟 What We're Looking For ✅ Proven experience within a packaging design agency working on FMCG brands. ✅ A strong portfolio showcasing packaging design, conceptual thinking and exceptional creative craft. ✅ Excellent Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills. ✅ Strong Mac visualising skills. ✅ A solid understanding of branding and designing to a strategic positioning. ✅ Excellent attention to detail and a genuine passion for producing outstanding creative work. ✅ Strong presentation and communication skills. ✅ A collaborative, positive attitude and willingness to roll your sleeves up. IMPORTANT: We can only consider designers with experience working in a packaging design agency on major FMCG brands. Applications from Digital Designers, UX Designers or candidates without packaging agency experience won't be considered. 💡 About You ✅ You're passionate about branding and packaging design. ✅ You love developing big creative ideas as much as crafting beautiful final designs. ✅ You're looking for an opportunity to make a real impact within a growing agency. ✅ You enjoy variety and thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same. ✅ You're a team player who enjoys collaborating and going the extra mile to create brands that truly stand out. 🎁 What's in it for You? 🚀 Join a growing independent branding and packaging agency working with household FMCG brands. 🥫 Work across exciting food and drink brands, from established market leaders to ambitious challenger brands. 🎨 Collaborate closely with an experienced Creative Director and strategy team. 🤝 Be part of a friendly, welcoming and ambitious creative culture where your ideas are valued. 📈 Genuine opportunity to help shape a growing business and continue developing your career. 🏡 Hybrid working with a minimum of one day each week in the Liverpool studio. 💰 Performance Bonus Scheme – Share in the success we create together. 🎉 Team Celebration Days – Two agency-wide days each year to connect, celebrate and have some fun. 📚 Invest in You – A dedicated annual learning budget to help you build new skills and continue developing your career. 🌟 Ready to create packaging that stands out on the shelf? If you're a talented Mid-Weight Designer with a passion for packaging and branding, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your creativity, conceptual thinking and eye for craft, and you'll have the opportunity to work on some fantastic FMCG brands while helping shape the future of a growing independent agency. Please note: To be considered, you'll need previous experience working within a packaging design agency and examples of packaging design work within your portfolio. Applications from candidates without this experience cannot be considered.