Senior Graphic Designer

We are currently have an opportunity for a Senior Graphic Designer to join our Design and Packaging Department for a period of twelve months on a fixed term contract on a part time basis.

Reporting to the Design Manager, the Senior Graphic Designer plays an important role within the Design and Packaging Team 

The Senior Graphic Designer will be responsible for creating own label branding solutions for small and large ranges from concept through to final art work design. A lot of work will be seasonal designs across various categories both for packaging and POS for store. 

The Senior Graphic Designer will work closely with Buyers, Artworkers, Marketing within the buying Team, Artworkers and Marketing. 

The role is based at our Customer Support Centre (CSC) in Walsall, with the ability to work agile between 'home' and the CSC.

This role comes with the ability to study for an apprenticeship qualification.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Love our Customer

• Understanding the Poundland customer and implement this into the designs
• Increase footfall by using creative thinking to generate new POS campaigns
• Creating concepts for instore seasonal POS
• Provide photography briefs to maintain a consistent style across own label packaging

Care for our Colleagues

• Working collaboratively with the rest of the design team to ensure all projects are on track against critical paths
• Working alongside artworkers to provide layout boards, implementing the design at the style guiding stage
• Responsible for Brand Style Guidelines
• Provide cover for the Design Manager 

Protect the Pound

• Driving sales by conducting marketing research and designing concepts for brands and own label brands.
• Presenting designs to Design Manager and attending design review sessions

• Extensive Experience as a Senior Graphic Designer, particularly within designing packaging for GM, FMCG, Food, drinks and Beauty
• Experience of Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience within a discount retailer would be desirable
• Ability to manage multiple projects and various deadlines
• Experience in designing and creating concepts for instore POS and marketing campaigns 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Competitive salary 
• Potential to earn bonus 
• Free on-site car park 
• Onsite coffee lounge
• Discount Card – 10% discount on most purchases in-store
• Family Friendly Benefits
• Loyal Service Awards
• My Staff Shop – exclusive discount portal
• Apprenticeships & Career Development  
• Life Assurance Cover
• Health & Wellbeing – employee assistance programme to support you
• Holiday Allowance – increasing by one day per year (up to 33 days), along with the option to purchase additional holiday (annually)
• Pension
• Birthdays are important, so each year, you can take the day off as an extra day’s holiday

Since our humble beginnings in 1990, Poundland has evolved into a retail powerhouse with over 900 stores and nearly 18,500 dedicated colleagues across the UK and Republic of Ireland. The addition of Dealz in 2011 further solidified our presence, enabling us to reach millions of customers with our unparalleled value offerings.

At Poundland & Dealz, we don't just offer products at unbeatable prices; we cultivate an environment where every colleague can thrive and contribute to our mission of providing amazing value to millions of customers. Our commitment to excellence, inclusion, and sustainability forms the foundation of our culture, empowering our team members to be the best versions of themselves while making a meaningful impact on the communities we serve.

It is our behaviours and the hard work, commitment and passion of our wonderful colleagues that make it all possible.

We like to keep things simple, so we have just three behaviours that lie at the heart of everything we do, and they keep us on track.

They are Love our customers, Care for our colleagues and Protect the Pounds & Euros...

By living our behaviours every day, we've created a land which is fun, friendly and full of surprises — a place where our people can truly be the best version of themselves!