About the Role
Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) is seeking an ideas-led Senior Designer with a passion for FMCG, CPG, and packaging design for a 9-12 month fixed-term contract starting August 2026. The role involves developing iconic packaging and brand identities from concept to delivery, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior designers.
Responsibilities
- Develop iconic packaging and brand identities from concept through to delivery.
- Create bold, original packaging and brand concepts rooted in strategic thinking.
- Craft distinctive visual identities that stand out on shelf and beyond.
- Refine and edit concepts until only the strongest remain.
- Present and sell creative work confidently to clients.
- Collaborate across strategy, design, and client teams to create better solutions.
- Mentor and inspire junior designers, raising the creative standard.
- Champion exceptional craft, typography, composition, and storytelling.
- Build trusted relationships with clients by becoming a genuine creative partner.
Requirements
- 5+ years' experience in FMCG / CPG packaging and brand design.
- Worked on recognised consumer brands with strong examples of packaging in their portfolio.
- Thinks in ideas first, not just execution.
- Exceptional craft across typography, layout, identity, and packaging systems.
- Can move confidently from concept to beautifully resolved design.
- Understands how strategy shapes creative decisions.
- Enjoys collaborating, giving feedback, and elevating the work of others.
- Comfortable presenting creative thinking to clients.
- Wants to make world-class work with equally ambitious people.
- Outstanding packaging and brand design craft.
- Experience working across multiple creative projects simultaneously.
- A passion for storytelling through design.
- Confidence blending conceptual thinking with technical execution.
- Curiosity, positivity, and a genuine love of design.
Skills
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Figma
Location
- Shoreditch studio location
Work Type
- Fixed-term contract
- Hybrid working policy, minimum 2 days pw in the studio
- 2 weeks work from anywhere, by agreement with line manager
Experience Level
- Senior Designer
- 5+ years' experience
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Bupa Healthcare, including dental option
- Income protection & life insurance
- Classpass credits
- Group personal pension
- 25 days holiday + time given at Christmas and New Year
- Summer Fridays x 2
- Birthday day off
- Season ticket loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced parental leave policies
- Referral scheme for new hires
About the Company
- Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) is a branding business, founded in 1990 and proudly independent.
- We build and deliver brands across the entire consumer experience.
- We're here to inspire brands and people to be their true selves.
- We believe diverse perspectives create better brands, so we're committed to building an inclusive studio where everyone can do their best work and feel they belong.
- Our goal is to create an equitable, diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects and creates for the societies we live in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is a long-term business imperative and a commitment at JKR, not an initiative that sits under one department.
Equal Opportunity
- You will demonstrate being a DE+I advocate and champion with your actions and participation.
