Mid-weight Designer / Fragrance & Beauty

ABOUT US:

Precious Brands is a specialized award-winning creative studio collaborating globally with brands of all sizes across beauty, wellness, lifestyle, and fragrance. We’re based in a creative space in Kingston where we have our very own in-house creative and photographic studios. We are a small, friendly team, which means each team member plays an extremely important role and must have a proactive and flexible working approach that in turn will be rewarded by developing with an exciting, high-growth entrepreneurial company.

THE ROLE:

We are looking for a highly creative and forward-thinking Mid-weight Designer to join our design team, crafting brand identities and designing innovative products & packaging for our beauty industry clients. This role is a great opportunity for an ambitious mid-level, multidisciplinary designer looking for the next step in their career. You will be joining the growing design team and the wider creative team of 12, seeing each project from concept sketch through to factory files & artwork, ensuring all design output of the agency is of the highest excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team with big ambitions working for both UK and US clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design assets for various media, online and offline.

• Conceptualise and design for product and packaging briefs from brand identity to packaging design and art direction

• Taking designs all the way through to print-ready artwork is a must

• Present ideas & concepts articulately and engagingly both internally and to external clients

• Find fresh, new, and innovative ways of looking at the fragrance and beauty sector

• Manage freelancers as needed to complete briefs on schedule

• Help manage workflow between the team and the wider agency

• Take responsibility for own deadlines and work independently to meet deadlines when needed

• Be able to work in a fast-paced environment

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Someone who is passionate, driven, enthusiastic, and ready for a new challenge

• An out-the-box thinker and a lover of all things design, art & strategy

• An agile, proactive, and reliable team player who can work collaboratively in a small team

• Sketching and creative visualization skills

• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite

• Ability to produce technical artwork with a strong understanding of production and print processes

• Digital knowledge across programs such as Figma and Sketch

• Product design skills (3D skills or a keen interest in learning 3D are a bonus)

• POS design skills working in SketchUp are a bonus

• Exceptional attention to detail

• A problem-solver with a can-do, positive attitude

• Versatile creative abilities and style that can be adapted to many different brands

• 4+ years of related experience with an impressive, varied portfolio

• Agency experience is preferable

• Ideally available to start by early September 2024

• Applications close 26/09/2024.

The salary for this role is dependent on the candidate's experience.