Job Description
Packaging & Product Artworker (6-Month FTC, Remote)
A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.
A fast-growing, profitable consumer brand group is looking for a Packaging & Product Artworker to join their Brand & Creative team on a 6-month fixed-term contract. This is a chance to own the technical artwork and production capability behind a rapidly expanding own-brand product range, working closely with the Lead Physical Product Designer.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare print-ready artwork files from approved designs across packaging formats including boxes, sleeves, wraps, labels, tubes, tins and tissue
Extend established design systems to create new SKU variants and size derivatives, adapting existing designs to new formats without requiring designer input on each version
Help codify design guidelines for product subcategories so variant creation is consistent, documented and repeatable
Manage artwork to supplier specifications: bleeds, colour profiles (CMYK/Pantone), dielines and technical tolerances
Liaise directly with print suppliers on technical queries, amends and physical proof sign-off
Maintain and organise the own-brand artwork library, including version control, file naming and asset management
Skills & Experience
- Strong designer who is equally comfortable artworking, not a purely executional artworker; you'll be trusted with creative input alongside solid technical output, not just told what to do
Deep, hands-on print production expertise: CMYK and Pantone colour management, dielines, bleed, trap and ink coverage
Strong systems thinking: confident working within an existing design system and extending it, knowing when a variant can be run independently versus when it needs designer input
Obsessively accurate, the kind of person who catches an unlabelled spot colour or a font that hasn't been outlined
Proven ability to manage a high volume of live files across multiple projects at pace
Comfortable collaborating closely with designers, flagging creative or technical concerns early
Actively uses AI-assisted tools and automated workflows for template generation, asset management or variant creation
Figma essential; broader Adobe Suite experience welcomed
Personal Attributes
- Brings creative judgement to the table rather than working in pure execution mode
Precise, organised and proactive under a high volume of live files
Collaborative, not siloed, happy working alongside designers rather than in isolation
Curious about smarter, AI-assisted ways of working
Comfortable owning judgement calls on when to run independently vs escalate
Details and Salary
- 6-month fixed-term contract, 4 days/week
£40,000 FTE, pro-rated to approx. £32,000 for 4 days/week
PLEASE READ: To apply, please attach your PORTFOLIO with packaging or print production artwork clearly visible (dielines, colour separations, or SKU variant systems). Alternatively, if you upload your CV, you must include a link to your portfolio on your CV. Applications without portfolios will not be considered. xwwtmva
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.