Graphic Designer
About Radnor Hills
Radnor Hills is an award-winning leading soft drinks producer based in beautiful countryside at Heartsease in Knighton, Powys.
Established in 1990 by founder William Watkins, independent and family-owned, Radnor Hills produces over 400 million still, sparkling and flavoured water drinks every year. Radnor is a multi-format facility manufacturing glass, PET, cans and Tetra Pak all from one site. Our customers include all the major multiples as well as schools and independent retailers.
The Role:
As the business continues to grow from strength to strength we are recruiting for another creative and dynamic Graphic Designer. As a Graphic Designer at Radnor Hills you will play a crucial role in shaping the visual identity of Radnor Hills and its current brands. This creative position is integral to the Marketing and Product & Innovation teams. The role will involve designing a variety of assets, such as digital content, print materials, POS, supporting visuals for campaigns, product launches, retail activations, brand decks, marketing collateral, and social media assets to name a few.
You will also play an essential role in managing the creative output of the agencies we work with, maintaining relationships and ensuring work is completed on time, in full, within budget and within our brand guidelines. A passion for food and drink is essential.
Main duties will include:
· Collaborate with all members of the marketing team to create eye-catching design assets with varying formats to be replicated across appropriate channels, digital platforms, social, print media, presentations, and one-pagers.
· Work collaboratively and directly with agencies ensuring any outsourced work is on-brand and adheres to brand guidelines.
· Support the sales team with individual customer asset requests and sales presentations.
· Checking and improving brand health online, optimising visuals for online point of purchase.
· Source and/or create photography, illustrations, and graphics for individual projects.
· Design and create/print POS.
· Check and verify the quality of proofs for print materials.
· Create and design assets for brand activations and for trade/consumer events.
· Create and design content for a variety of internal promotions liaising with key stakeholders across departments.
· Keep up to date with the latest design trends.
Candidate requirements:
· Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or related field or five years of relevant role experience.
· Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Experience using Animation and motion graphics using Adobe After Effects to enhance digital content would be advantageous.
· Knowledge of marketing principles and design trends.
· Strong attention to detail and creative flair.
· Strategic thinker and constantly putting forward new and exciting ideas to better our business.
· Typography skills.
· Exceptional time management skills.
· Experience working within the food and drink industry and/or experience of packaging design would be advantageous.
Hours and Location:
Based full time at our Head Office at Heartsease, Knighton. Your normal working hours will be 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary based on experience - Please advise on your expectations upon application.
If you have what it takes to join our team, we’d love to hear from you!
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Are you able to reliably commute to our head offices in Heartsease, Knighton, LD7 1LU?
Work Location: In person
