Lead Packaging Designer

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role

Please note this is a 12-month FTC

We are looking for a talented Lead/Senior Packaging Designer to join our highly productive in-house team. You’ll have a minimum of 6-8 years experience in the beauty industry, and significant exposure to branding, primary and secondary packaging, and print collateral. You will be a conceptual designer with a great eye for typography and a thorough understanding of Adobe CC Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. Experience in 2D rendering is a must, 3D rendering is a plus! You should also be a confident illustrator who can sketch ideas and translate drawings into packaging design. You will be able to interpret briefs, be extremely organised and manage your own projects from conception through to completion.  

You will help to develop creative concepts and design ideation for primary and secondary packaging briefs, as well as the delivery of technical artworks. You will be an expert in packaging and print and production, and be confident in presenting your ideas, whilst keeping up-to-date with current beauty and fashion trends.

As a Senior Packaging Designer (2D) you will

• Design ideation and concept development of all projects 
• Manage own projects conception through to completion 
• Present design evolution and ideation of projects to Director of Design 
• Collaborate and communicate directly with cross-functional NPD, Packaging Development, Copy and Marketing teams 
• Communicate needs and production requirements to Senior Creative Artworker and Packaging Manager - Continue developing design and strategic skills
• Participate in weekly design and cross-functional meetings  
• Review relevant colour/design-sensitive components of packaging  
• Participate in 1-1 meetings and keep manager up to date  
• Be a reliable, responsible member of the team  
• Set a good example to peers and mentor junior team members  

Who you will work with

You will be reporting to the Director of Design

About you

• BA in graphic design of the Arts from a reputable design school and 6-8 years experience in the graphic design field 
• Computer skills: Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign are essential. 3D skills are a huge plus 
• Experienced and highly creative designer 
• Excellent typography/design and illustration skills 
• Good communication and presentation skills

Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key. Even though we have requirements, our experience and background are just a guide, we still love to welcome applicants with more or less experience stated, provided necessary skills can be demonstrated.

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your fury friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

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