Description

Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) is a branding business, founded in 1990 and proudly independent ever since.

We started out in the world of packaging, but now we're worldwide — from three founders, to more than 350 of us across the UK, USA and China. Together, we build and deliver brands across the entire consumer experience. But even more important than what we do, is why we do it. We're here to inspire brands and people to be their true selves.
To be brave. Be tenacious. And above all, be yourself. Because we believe that's the only way to truly be distinctive, everywhere.
JKR are looking for a realisation designer to join the team for a 6 month fixed term contract. In this role you will be working between the conceptual design team and the artwork production team to bring to life brand design system for packaging and identity projects and then taking that through to the output of comprehensive guidelines.
Realisation Designer Purpose
Inspire and produce charismatic creative solutions that adhere to the creative integrity of the brand.
Team Purpose
Translating creative concepts into viable systems and creative outputs across a variety of mediums, meeting technical requirements while maintaining the creative integrity
Day to Day Role
Externally: To ensure that all stages of the work meet or exceed the clients’ objectives, challenging and interpreting feedback wherever appropriate to get to better creative.
Internally: To work closely with multiple teams, acting as the lead realisation creative on multiple projects and effectively supporting the Design Director. To inspire, mentor and share knowledge with the creative team, to help them to reach their potential.
Reports to: Design Director
Responsibilities
Brand Guardianship
Using detailed brand knowledge, experience and technical insights to aid creative execution.
Through early involvement and partnership in projects fully understands what the brand stands for and the charisma it strives to evoke.
Keeps up to date with the brand’s core values and the design elements it uses.
Acts as a source of creative knowledge, experience and reassurance to the team and wider JKR teams.
Creativity
Provides outstanding Brand First design solutions that answer the brief and beyond and instilling that within the rest of the team.
Demonstrates and encourages a high level of critical awareness and the ability to discuss realization projects in detail.
Thinks creatively about the brand as a whole and makes suggestions as to what is right and wrong for the brand.
Actively offers a fresh perspective on design and encourages a discussion around alternative solutions that maintain the creative intention.
Creative Delivery
Supporting effective and efficient time management within the team.
Displays a high level of professionalism towards the work and fellow colleagues,
always communicating clearly if deadlines or meetings cannot be met.
Liaises with the relevant teams or people to communicate potential problems or solutions throughout the project.
Takes and encourages ownership and responsibility for projects within the team.
Demonstrates and encourages a meticulous eye for detail in terms of design.
Technical Expertise
Use your understanding of the fundamentals of the technicalities involved with packaging to help deliver the best design solutions.
Actively encourages thoughts about how the creative idea can be delivered, considering obstacles as a challenge rather than a constraint.
Encourages innovative thinking for how to translate creative concepts into brand systems, extending ideas across different mediums and touchpoints.
Provide expertise and guidance with technical aspects of the finished product, such as colour, collaborating with
Production to ensure smooth delivery of creative output. Pro-actively asks and encourages the right questions to be asked to ensure the design solution is feasible and to push for optimising and enhancing the design.
Considers the future scope of projects (eg. e-commerce/digital).
Is able to think and articulate more broadly than the pack to consider the requirements for other projects.
Communication
Encourages clear and confident presentation of work with clear rationale and recommendations.
Demonstrating awareness and ability to adapt your communication style, depending on the situation and audience.
Proactively encourages of expressing own thoughts and ideas.
Listens actively and openly in all situations.
Constructively discuss a project with the lead designer/account manager and challenge when appropriate.
Encourages integration and communication across the wider teams at JKR.
Actively shares and asks for insights and learning's about on-going jobs.
Build the collaboration between all teams and develop partnerships with the design teams.
Leadership
Displays integrity, honesty, reliability, openness and responsiveness to the team and wider JKR teams.
Supports and inspires the team to deliver outstanding design solutions.
Supports in the mentoring and development of team members.
Inspires the team to take responsibility for their own work and personal development.
Motivates, supports and directs the team effectively and responsibly to manage situations to a positive outcome.
Actively appreciates colleagues, clients and suppliers to recognise and reward great work. Lead on Realisation scheduling requirements with Creative Services and have oversight of all realisation work in the studio.
Represent Realisation internally (pre-production meetings etc) and act as the key point of contact for specialist Realisation design queries or escalations.
Requirements
To apply for this role you must be able to show:
A portfolio that clearly shows your experience with packaging and brand systems (ideally FMCG) and roll out
Experience working in fast paced, ambiguous environments
Big picture thinking coupled with sweating the detail
Benefits
Pension Plan
Training & Development
This role is offered as a a 6mth contract, starting asap, the salary will be pro rata'd accordingly.
Location: Shoreditch
Hybrid working: min 2 days pw in the studio (or as required by the team)

Skills Required

Creativity
Packaging
Time Management

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