Senior Creative Designer (full time)
K TWO Products
K TWO Products is an award-winning Edinburgh-based company that specializes in the design of planners and organisers. We are looking for an experienced and highly creative Senior Designer to join our team and help lead the creative development of the K TWO Product range and associated marketing material. Our products supply the UK gift stationery market, which includes well-known high street retailers as well as mail order and independent retailers. We also have a growing export market and sell directly to the consumer via our web site.
K TWO is looking for a creative ‘visionary’ with excellent commercial awareness and branding experience to lead and inspire a small in-house design team. The right candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of design experience at a senior level and have proven project management skills.
Responsibilities:
Design – Product range and marketing material
• Bringing visual innovation and lateral thinking to the design team.
• Creating multiple concepts to choose from, for individual products and ranges (both new products and refreshing existing products)
• Creating a variety of visual ideas for marketing material (catalogues, mailers, advertising, merchandising)
Experience
• Commercial awareness
• Proven track record in creating highly creative visual concepts
• Proven skill in working with illustration and illustrators
• Evidence of capability to convert creative concepts into commercial reality
• Design agency background preferred
• Bachelors degree in graphic design preferred
• Essential Computer Skills: Adobe Creative Suite (CS4 or 5) — InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Photoshop.
Salary £28,000 - £30,000 dependant on experience
Please apply to Kerri Middleton, MD, K TWO Products, including:
• A current CV • A covering letter or e-mail explaining why you would be well suited to this role
• Some examples of your work
E.mail: kerri@ktwoproducts.com
Address: K TWO Products, 27A Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH15 2DF

for a more detailed job description sheet please email kerri@ktwoproducts.com

Graduate Level Graphic Designer
Second Nature Ltd. is an independent greeting card company that is renowned for its innovative and market-leading hand finished products.
We are currently seeking a Graduate level Graphic Designer to work closely with our Creative Director.
Working alone and as part of a team, the successful applicant will use specialised industry standard graphics and multimedia software packages to design a broad spectrum of greeting card and related products for the craft and scrapbook market.
Particular duties and responsibilities will include the following:
· assist with management of design projects from conception to completion;
· work on a range of briefs for a broad client base;
· design and create material for the company;
· work with CAD, Quark Express, Freehand, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Director, Dream weaver and Flash; and
· assist with presentations to prospective clients.
The following attributes would be advantageous:
· several years relevant industry-based work experience in graphic design.
Application by sending your CV and cover letter to: Joan O’Callaghan, Second Nature Limited, 10 Malton Road, London W10 5UP. (no agencies please).
Closing date for applications: 20th July 2010

Primark are currently seeking to recruit creative and inspired freelance graphic designers who have a strong passion for fashion!!
Purpose of the role:
To support our existing in-house design team/ buyers in designing and developing innovative graphics for use on our range of products, across all departments - (Womens/Mens/Kids/Nightwear/Lingerie/Swim/Home)
Requirements:
The skills/knowledge we are looking for are:
• Experienced and innovative designer.
• Strong interest in fashion/retail.
• Good working knowledge of photo & vector based design packages.
• Ability to understand a design brief.
• Ability to work on own initiative and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication & organisational skills.
• Will need to create innovative ways to execute and implement design ideas.
• Have excellent attention to detail.
• Work with creativity and flexibility at a highly professional level.
Please apply with CV and include 3-4 samples of your best up to date designs to :
careersireland@primark.ie
Closing date for applications: 2nd July 2010

www.paperandcloth.net

Caroline Gardner are currently seeking :

Middle Weight and Junior Designers
We are now looking for two designer to join our busy studio team in Barnes, SW London. A passion for creativity and all things design plus an excellent knowledge of Adobe Suite essential. Please send in your CV and samples of your work.
Senior Designer/ Art Director
We are looking for a senior designer/ art director who has the talent and skills to direct & steer the company’s artistic output: • highly creative • a thorough understanding of illustration, typography & printing • have excellent interpersonal & communication skills • work well in a team, with a range of people & the innate ability to direct • strong interest in social, cultural trends and fashion. Please send in your CV if you feel you have what it takes.
Type Setter/ Artworker
We are now looking for a type setter/ artworker to join our busy studio team in Barnes, SW London. Excellent knowledge of Adobe Suite essential, web experience a plus. Please send in your CV to the email address below.

Contact: Angus Gardner jobs@carolinegardner.com

Freelance watercolour artists/print designers wanted.

We are currently looking for 3-4 experienced freelance print designers specialising in hand painted print design using watercolours or inks on paper for the apparel market. Applicants should have a strong individual yet commercial style and an ability to produce beautiful hand painted printed textile designs. Our customers are looking for all types of floral prints from ditsies to bold tropical florals and also ‘conversationals’ and abstracts. Corio Studio is a textile design studio/agency based in London, established in 1989 and representing over 30 selected freelance designers from all over the world. Designers send their work to us on a ‘sale or return’ basis. We sell original hand painted and digital printed textile designs to a wide range of clients in USA, Japan and Europe.
Designers should e-mail 3-4 low resolution j-pegs of their work (no zip files please!!) and CV to corio.studio@googlemail.com

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Freelance fabric print designers wanted

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We are currently looking for 3-4 experienced freelance print designers specialising in producing their own printed fabrics for the apparel market. Your work could be digitally printed on fabric or hand painted using dyes, or screen printed onto fabric, ideally silk. Applicants should have a strong individual yet commercial style and an ability to produce original and contemporary printed textile designs. Our customers are looking for all types of prints from ditsies to bold tropical florals and also ‘conversationals’ and abstracts. Students may also apply if they have college degree show work on fabric. Corio Studio is a textile design studio/agency based in London, established in 1989 and representing over 30 selected freelance designers from all over the world. Designers send their work to us on a ‘sale or return’ basis. We sell printed textile designs to a wide range of clients in USA, Japan and Europe.

Designers should e-mail 3-4 low resolution j-pegs of their work (no zip files please!!) and CV to corio.studio@googlemail.com

FREELANCE DESIGNERS WANTED

gibson holt are a group of designers recognised for producing trend led, innovative images and patterns to the greetings and giftware industry. they are currently looking for new freelancers to join their portfolio for details email info@gibsonholt.co.uk

DESIGNER WANTED - uk

Yellow Label Designs is a fast paced, contemporary design studio based in Macclesfield, Cheshire. We specialise in providing modern and original designs to the international furnishing and wallpaper industry.
We are looking for a highly creative, full time in-house designer with extensive experience within the industry to join our hardworking design team. You will need to be able to create and develop original and contemporary artwork for our collection and also respond to specific design briefs.
CAD knowledge is essential with AVA preferable.
Please send your C.V and samples of your work to Catrina or Sara at designstudio@yellowlabeldesigns.co.uk

FREELANCE DESIGNERS WANTED

Globe IQ Ltd and Meadow Kids ® are expanding their freelance network of graphic designers in the Bristol and Bath Area.
We generate a constant and rich supply of innovative and dynamic project by project opportunities in the field of:

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Children's book illustration

Toy Design and Packaging-

Adult Household and Lifestyle Product Packaging

If any creative’s with experience want to submit their work for consideration. Email only a link to their portfolio or attach PDFs less than 1MB to graham@globeiq.com
we will interview end of March, beginning of April.
Absolutely no Phone calls please.

Meadow Kids & Globe IQ

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