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Lead Graphic Designer – Beauty
Nottingham – 2 days onsite per week
£450 per day
Inside IR35
ASAP start
I’m recruiting for a Lead Graphic Designer to join a fast-paced creative team, working across a high-volume retail and beauty environment.
We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of creative projects, translate briefs into engaging customer-focused design and deliver high-quality work across multiple channels.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the development and delivery of creative across visual merchandising, print, email marketing, and paid social
- Take creative concepts from initial brief through to final, production-ready artwork
- Ensure strong layout, typography, and brand consistency across all creative
- Work closely with wider creative and stakeholder teams to understand briefs and deliver against requirements
- Manage multiple projects and deadlines within a fast-paced retail environment
- Provide creative input and help maintain a consistently high standard across all design output
- Produce polished, customer-focused creative that works across different formats and channels
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What we're looking for:
- Proven experience as a Senior/Lead Graphic Designer
- Experience within retail and/or beauty environments
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality commercial creative
- Extensive experience across print, visual merchandising, email, and paid social
- Advanced Figma skills, including design development and artwork production
- Strong Adobe Photoshop skills, including image creation, compositing, and retouching
- Strong understanding of layout, typography, and brand consistency
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Strong print design experience
- Available to start ASAP
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If you're an experienced Lead/Senior Designer with strong retail or beauty experience and are available for a new contract, I'd be keen to hear from you.
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