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About the Role

We're looking for an ideas-led Senior Designer with a passion for FMCG, CPG and packaging design to join JKR on a fixed-term contract from August 2026 for a 10-month period. If you're energized by creating distinctive brands, obsessed with craft, and love turning strategic thinking into packaging that stops people in their tracks, we'd love to hear from you.

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.
• Push ideas further, refining and editing 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

• Has 5+ years' experience in FMCG / CPG packaging and brand design.
• Has worked on recognised consumer brands with strong examples of packaging in their portfolio.
• Thinks in ideas first, not just execution.
• Has 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

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

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 ever since.
• We started out in the world of packaging, but now we’re worldwide; from three founders, to more than 320 of us across the UK and USA.
• Together, we build and deliver brands across the entire consumer experience.
• We're here to inspire brands and people to be their true selves. To be brave. Be tenacious. And above all, be yourself. Because we believe that’s the only way to truly be distinctive, everywhere.
• At JKR you'll join a team of designers who care deeply about ideas, craft and creating work that becomes part of everyday culture.
• 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.
• If you're excited by iconic consumer brands, ambitious creative challenges and collaborating with some of the best packaging designers in the industry, we'd love to hear from you.

Equal Opportunity

• At JKR, 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. You will demonstrate being a DE+I advocate and champion with your actions and participation.