Creative Artworker – Packaging (18 Month Fixed- Term Contract)

Company Description

Because we strive to put people first. Culture, our way.

Marketing & Brand at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

We are seeking a talented Creative Artworker with a strong interest in packaging and labelling design to join Primark’s in‑house design team in Reading on an 18‑month fixed‑term contract. Working within a small, collaborative studio and reporting to the Packaging Design Manager, you’ll use your initiative to deliver high‑quality, print‑ready artwork at pace. The role involves supporting compliance updates, range extensions, and fast‑tracked design rollouts, while working closely with designers, packaging coordinators, and wider creative teams to ensure accuracy, consistency, and exceptional production standards across all outputs.

Job Description

What You’ll Do as a Creative Artworker - Packaging

In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day:

• It’s Create accurate packaging and labelling artwork, prepare final layouts on cutter guides, and ensure all files are print ready, supplier friendly, consistent, and guideline compliant.
• Adapt and update artwork to meet business and compliance requirements, including RFID rollout, local market updates, and redesign changes.
• Update and maintain Primark’s Core Packaging & Labelling manuals and correctly archive all packaging artwork.
• Support the Design team by thoroughly checking and art working outputs, creating considered back of pack/label layouts, and executing range extensions from existing designs.
• Deliver high quality, accurately executed artwork while managing multiple projects simultaneously under short deadlines and fast turnaround times.
• Liaising closely with Designers, Packaging Coordinators, wider creative teams, and the B&M team to ensure alignment and smooth workflow.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role:

• Hold a design degree (or equivalent) with 2+ years’ artwork/graphic design experience, ideally including packaging and labelling artwork; strong Mac-based Adobe Creative Suite skills (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and desirable iconography/visualisation abilities.
• Demonstrate meticulous attention to detail, accuracy, and consistency, with the ability to analyse large volumes of data while also maintaining a high level overview.
• Highly organised, capable of prioritising and multitasking in a fast paced environment, meeting tight deadlines, and operating with a proactive, “can do” attitude.
• Possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills, with the emotional intelligence to collaborate, influence, coach, and professionally push back when required; able to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Display high integrity, confidentiality, diplomacy, tact, sound judgement, and commercial awareness, coupled with an innovative and creative mindset and an interest in fashion (fashion retail experience preferred).
• Able to work both independently and within a creative studio team, upholding strong planning/organisation skills, maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information, and operating with transparency, professionalism, and trust.
• Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

Additional Information

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.