Handle Recruitment
Creative Artworker - Packaging

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About the Role
We're working with a leading business specialising in innovative packaging and gifting solutions that is looking to recruit a detail-oriented and highly organised Creative Artworker to join its growing design team. Working across a wide range of packaging and product projects, you'll be responsible for transforming approved design concepts into accurate, production-ready artwork while ensuring consistency, quality and brand compliance throughout.
Working closely with designers, production teams and external suppliers, you'll play a key role in delivering engaging, commercially successful products within a fast-paced creative environment. This role requires excellent technical skills, exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines.
This is a hybrid position, with the successful candidate required to work from the Romsey office four days per week, with one day working from home.
Responsibilities
- Create, amend and prepare packaging and product artwork from approved design concepts.
- Produce accurate, print-ready artwork that meets brand and production specifications.
- Develop packaging layouts, cutter guides, mock-ups and production files.
- Ensure all artwork is accurate, brand-compliant and technically suitable for print production.
- Thoroughly check artwork for copy, colour, dimensions and technical accuracy.
- Manage artwork revisions and approval processes with internal stakeholders.
- Liaise with suppliers and printers to resolve technical artwork queries.
- Maintain organised artwork libraries, brand assets and version control systems.
- Support artwork adaptations across multiple product ranges.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time and to agreed deadlines.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of artwork processes and best practices.
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Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in a Creative Artworker, Packaging Artworker or similar role.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
- Strong understanding of packaging artwork and commercial print production processes.
- Experience preparing print-ready files for commercial printing and production.
- Excellent attention to detail with a strong eye for typography and brand presentation.
- Strong organisational, time management and stakeholder communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with file management and version control.
- Experience within packaging, retail, consumer goods or FMCG sectors is desirable.
- Knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, colour management or retailer brand guidelines would be advantageous.
- A proactive, collaborative approach with a passion for packaging, design and delivering high-quality work.
- Must be able to travel to the Romsey office four days per week, with one day working remotely.


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Benefits
In return, you'll join a collaborative and creative environment with a competitive salary, company pension and the opportunity to work on innovative packaging and gifting solutions for recognised consumer brands.
Diversity and Inclusion
Handle actively welcomes applicants from under-represented backgrounds - we pride ourselves on attracting the best talent for every opportunity through a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
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