If you are a creative problem-solver with a passion for producing high-quality designs and animations, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

On behalf of our client, a leading natural foods company, we are seeking a talented Middleweight Designer to join their dynamic team. This role is pivotal in producing creative designs and artwork for print and digital, including animation, for their leading 100% natural fruit & nut bar brands.

Location: St Albans (Hybrid work-from-home options available)

Key Responsibilities:

• Producing creative designs and artwork for print and digital, including animation.
• Multi-tasking to ensure attention to detail remains, and having the ability to accept critique and build on creative work.
• Interpreting different briefs and working collaboratively with the Creative Manager across a wide range of projects.
• Ideally, a middleweight designer with experience in a creative agency or a similar flexible in-house role.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Adobe software; InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and AfterEffects, and the experience to know which software to use for each task. Skills using 3D software packages would be an advantage.
• A solid commercial knowledge of print - specifically packaging and POS – and be confident working with single and multiple language designs across all media.
• Experience in taking direction and the ability to apply this creatively across print and digital projects, from packaging and POS to social media and animation.
• Experience using Adobe AfterEffects.
• Confidence with the MS365 suite including PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• A meticulous nature to ensure accuracy and brand consistency across multiple tasks.
• A flexible, broad-minded attitude to protect our brands’ integrity but also push boundaries where appropriate.
• A calm head to work on multiple assignments directly or in association with other members of the team as directed, ensuring that all projects are carried out efficiently, of a high standard, and in a timely manner.
• An organized brain to develop and maintain creative asset libraries and centralized resources, following established studio operating procedures.

About the Company:
Founded in 2006, they have grown quickly to now be one of the UK’s leading Cereal Bar suppliers by offering consumers a healthy, wholefood alternative to the over-processed snack bars that previously dominated the shelves in UK Grocery.