Shopper & Packaging Designer

About the Role

The Shopper & Packaging Designer is responsible for creating, adapting, and delivering high-quality shopper marketing, retail, point-of-sale, and packaging artwork. This role combines strong design and artwork execution with print and packaging production knowledge, supported by the communication skills needed to interpret briefs, clarify requirements, and coordinate feedback.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and adapt creative assets for shopper marketing, retail, POS/POSM, and packaging.
• Develop layouts and adaptations while maintaining brand and campaign consistency.
• Interpret creative and production briefs and translate them into clear design executions.
• Prepare accurate, production-ready artwork for print and packaging.
• Manage artwork adaptations, resizing, versioning, and amendments across SKUs, formats, and markets.
• Apply strong knowledge of typography, layout, colour, imagery, and brand guidelines.
• Review artwork for accuracy, consistency, and production readiness before Quality Control.
• Collaborate closely with Producers, Project Managers, Creative, Quality Control, and production teams.
• Communicate clearly on brief requirements, design considerations, dependencies, and artwork changes.
• Coordinate and incorporate stakeholder or client feedback accurately across revision cycles.
• Manage multiple assignments while meeting agreed deadlines and quality expectations.
• Proactively flag unclear briefs, conflicting feedback, missing information, and production risks.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Good understanding of print and packaging production requirements.
• Good understanding of colour, resolution, dielines, bleed, and production-ready artwork preparation.

Qualifications

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interpret briefs and coordinate feedback.
• Strong experience in shopper marketing, packaging, retail, or print design and artwork.
• Strong layout, typography, and artwork adaptation skills.
• Experience working within brand guidelines and adapting master creative.
• Experience managing adaptations, versioning, or multiple SKUs and formats.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong focus on artwork accuracy.
• Ability to communicate confidently with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables and changing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving and time-management skills.