Brand & Packaging Designer - Graphic

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2023?

Do you want to help design materials and create style guide lines for some of the biggest brands in UK consumer goods

Ultimate Products are looking for talented and career-driven individuals to join our Brand Team and be a part of our rapidly expanding and stable company.

At UP we pride ourselves on providing opportunities to our talented colleagues, with over 50 internal promotions given in the past 2 years with many more available as the company continues its ambitious plans to become a £500 million turnover company in the next 5 years.

In a recent survey, 88% of our employees agreed that they can see that they are building a career at Ultimate Products. With structured training and a get-stuck-in approach, we're here to support you through every step.

What you will be doing

As a Brand Designer, you will be integrating into the Brand Design Department. This fast-paced, exciting and versatile role involves creating and developing designs which fall in line with our heritage brands. Working alongside the Brand Artwork, Photography and Brand Marketing teams, you will be responsible for maintaining the brand guidelines as they are developed across the various products we offer.

• Brand style guides - produce brand guidelines from beginning to end, covering all potential touchpoints including online, marketing and packaging
• Create on-trend and market led designs based on the product brand and specification.
• Develop marketing material required for both internal and external to brand guidelines.
• Ensure brand consistency across all touchpoints. Enforcing the correct brand style guide and communicating the brand ethos
• Cross transfer your skill set over to other teams within the Brand Department in order achieve important deadlines.
• Produce Corporate material to promote Ultimate Products both internally and externally.
• Supply support during busy Trade Show periods - producing graphics to tight deadlines
• Art direct photography shoots to support our in-house photography team. This will involve a hands-on approach from researching to food styling.

The UP story

From a spark in Oldham to a global success. We're the cogs in the retail machine, designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative branded products at the best prices to a mass market. Our brand portfolio includes Salter, Beldray and Progress. Each has a reputation for high quality and on trend design, and they're faithful household names - some that even your grandparents love.

Ultimate Products has been bringing branded kitchen and laundry products to the market since 1997. Now a public limited company, our annual turnover exceeds £150 million. We've established strong working relationships with Internationally recognised retailers, including Tesco, Asda and Primark, filling the shelves of the world's favourite stores across 38 countries. Despite our continued growth, strong corporate values remain at UP's core; we are committed to supporting local charities and initiatives to give back to the community that helped build us.

Our people are a key driver to our success, and we are proud of creating an environment that enables our colleagues to thrive both professionally and personally, which is why we recently invested £2M in a brand-new office at our Oldham headquarters. With newly implemented employee mental health and environmental committees, we are dedicated to empowering our people to have a voice and share their views. We recognise how important it is to recharge, which is why we've also introduced complimentary yoga and boxing sessions this year. In a 2022 survey, 84% of our employees said that they would recommend Ultimate Products as a great place to work, a figure that we're hoping to improve even further in 2023!

What we look for

Candidates must be ambitious, driven and enthusiastic with an interest in pursuing a career in a leading international business. Application requirements:

• A degree in Graphic Design
• Minimum 5 years experience
• Must have experience and be proficient with MAC
• A high knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign are essential and any other industry packages would be beneficial
• Hard working, motivated and able to manage multiple projects at one time
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Local to Greater Manchester
• Willingness to work from our state of the art office in Oldham, rather than working from home

What is in it for you?

We invest in our People

• Competitive salary starting from £28,000
• Ongoing salary reviews as you take on more responsibility and progress your career
• Structured training from both internal and external providers
• Personal development plans during your career with us
• Development programmes including leadership, sales and recognised qualifications
• Employee Save As You Earn share save scheme
• Optional salary sacrifices pension contribution of an additional 10% on top of your standard pension contribution
• Multiple nice touch benefits across all areas including large staff discounts on products
• Opportunity to join a stable and growing business that offers job security and career progression

We always strive to do the right things

• New £2M state of the art head office in Oldham
• Babylon GP, online private doctor service - new for 2023!
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays after your first 12 months
• Access to wellbeing support, including 24-hour access to Employee Assistance Helpline
• Charity, Environmental and ESG committees, created to encourage positive change within the company and our wider community
• Every UP employee is authorised to complete a day of paid charity work volunteering
• High levels of employee satisfaction- Glassdoor rating of 4* and above

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