Job Reference: -2
- Date Posted: 15 August 2025
- Recruiter: JSM Recruitment
- Location: City, Manchester
- Salary: £26,000 to £29,000
- Sector: Creative & design, Packaging, Print, Production
- Job Type: Permanent
Our client is looking to strengthen their design team with a driven and proactive individual, who is eager to learn and develop their existing skills, in an exciting and fast paced creative working environment.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Produce and modify design artwork for a range of products, brands and packaging
- Assist in creating design concepts and mood boards
- Prepare product specification sheets, artwork files, and design assets for manufacturers
- Ensure correct scaling, dimensions, and technical accuracy for production
- Support in preparing product and packaging visuals and mock-ups.
- Use the Adobe Creative Suite proficiently.
- Support and learn from other designers.
- Keep up to date with design technologies and best practices.
- Research competitor products, toy trends, and consumer preferences to inspire designs
- Design dielines, graphics, and layouts for packaging that is both functional and visually appealing.
- Work with suppliers and internal teams to check print proofs and samples
- Use your creativity and expertise identifying trends within the market to produce commercial and trend-led designs.
- Briefing and directing photographers on shots required within projects.




- Understanding specific retailer requirements
- Producing artworks tailored for a range of different customers and leading retailers.
- Problem solving for any issues that arise internally for a solution before approaching the customer.
- Willingness to assist colleagues in other departments during peak times.
**Experience, Knowledge and Skills Needed**
- Suitable for university/college leaver or someone with 1-2 years industry experience and a desire to learn from and progress within a team of experienced designers bringing to life fun and creative based products, brands and packaging designs
- Ideas focused with an understanding of commerciality to ensure solutions are achievable
- Capable of working on own brand and license brands and following guidelines whilst pushing the boundaries to achieve the best possible solution
- Capable of taking a concept through to full and final print ready artwork
- Having a good understanding of cutter guides, packaging, typography skills and art working skills
- Good knowledge of Apple Mac and Adobe Creative Cloud software, including Illustrator and Photoshop
- Understanding of basic Microsoft Office tools.
- Attention to detail to ensure accuracy and precision in all design work.
- Demonstrates a strong work ethic, consistently working hard and diligently.
- Adaptive to changing project requirements and open to incorporating feedback and suggestions.

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