Junior Designer - JSM Recruitment Limited : Job Details

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
• Apply brand guidelines to product packaging, labels, instructions
• 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.
• Possesses excellent teamwork skills, effectively collaborating with colleagues and suppliers to achieve project goals.
• Excellent communication skills – confident speaking to internal and external customers.
• Ability to establish, develop and maintain relationships with professionalism.
• Organisation and prioritisation skills, with an exceptional eye for detail and ability to manage workloads efficiently.
• Highly motivated, creative and eager to conceptualise new designs.
• Proactive and solution driven individual who uses initiative and thrives on having responsibility and ownership.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload effectively.
• Positive and committed person who loves a varied working day and is involved in many different projects.

Only relevant candidates will be contacted