Lead Designer - Wine & Drinks Packaging

Job Type: Full-time Location: Onsite – Chiswick London

About Barlow & Co.

Barlow & Co. is a boutique design agency based in West London. We specialise in packaging design within the drinks industry (with a focus on wine) for some of the UK’s leading drinks retailers.

Culture is extremely important to us as an agency, it's as much about the talent as it is about how we operate as a team. We are a nimble team of wine, food and music loving humans (and occasionally dogs) who like spending time together. We’re full-time in the design studio in Chiswick, London and we’d love to welcome someone to join the fun!

About the Role

As an experienced Design Art Director you will be delivering design solutions for some of the most well-known drinks retailers in the UK. You will offer a new dynamic to an already established, ambitious creative agency with excellent conceptual thinking and leading design skills.

You’ll have experience being client facing and presenting creative solutions, visualising concepts, and realising the desired vision, collaborating with our incredible artwork and production team. Working from concept through to final delivery, executing everything to the highest level. Your key focus will be leading and being hands on for wine label packaging design briefs but will have the chance to contribute to the evolution of our digital and creative campaign offering.

This is a hands-on role rather than a people management role, though, you will be responsible for sustaining and elevating the visual output across the studio. You must be a creative problem solver who can encourage others’ creativity as well as express your own.

The role would suit someone either already at a senior level or someone who is ready to take the next step.

Key Responsibilities

• Ability to deliver on multiple projects and delegate work efficiently.
• Guide and collaborate with designers to develop effective visual designs.
• Create, develop, and produce original and innovative creative ideas that deliver results and align with client briefs.
• Communicate and advocate creative thinking and technical execution to the team throughout the projects.
• Confidently back your ideas.
• Collaborating with clients and relevant employees.
• Making changes directed by clients and overseeing edits.
• Maintaining passion and energy, willing to challenge and push new creative thinking in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications, Experience & technical requirements

• Wine qualification(s) or industry experience or a strong interest in wine packaging.
• Experience working in packaging design.
• Technical understanding of artistic concepts including typography and colour theory.
• Verbal and written communication skills, including active listening, to understand briefs and share them with creative team.
• Good organisation skills with the ability to multi-task and work well under pressure.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Self-motivated and a self-starter, you are driven to make a mark and develop the role into your own with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years in a design studio environment.

What we offer

The opportunity to make a real impact and be instrumental in shaping the future of an already established, ambitious and exciting agency. Based in West London (Chiswick) you’ll work with some of the world’s best brands and the region’s best talent to produce award-winning creative work.

In addition, we offer the following;

• A competitive salary
• Regular wine tastings
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays
• Tailored professional development conversations and plans.
• A relaxed studio environment.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application and perform at your best, please do not hesitate to contact us to make a request.

You must have UK working rights now and in the future as we are unable to issue spnsored visas.