Brand Designer

My client is a well-established food business supplying a broad mix of branded and private-label products across the Irish market. Working across retail, foodservice and related commercial channels, the business has built a strong reputation for practical product development, category understanding and commercially focused food brands.

About the Role

They are now seeking a Brand Designer with a minimum of 5 years' experience to join their in-house marketing team. This is a varied, hands-on design role suited to someone who can bring strong creative ideas to life, while also having the technical discipline to produce accurate, polished, production-ready artwork.

Responsibilities

• Developing creative design concepts across a multi-brand portfolio, interpreting briefs with originality, commercial awareness and strong visual judgement.
• Designing a wide range of marketing and brand materials, including packaging, brochures, flyers, sales presentations, pitch decks, trade-show graphics, reports, digital ads and social media content.
• Translating brand guidelines into fresh, engaging and consistent visual outputs across print and digital channels.
• Working closely with the Head of Marketing and internal stakeholders to understand campaign objectives, business priorities and project requirements.
• Presenting design thinking clearly and responding positively to feedback, amendments and evolving priorities.
• Helping to build and maintain an organised library of brand assets, including templates, master layouts, icons, patterns, imagery treatments, approved typography and reusable design components.
• Ensuring design assets are easy to find, clearly named, version-controlled and usable by other members of the marketing and artworking team.
• Supporting the development of practical usage guidance so that brand materials are applied consistently across the business.
• Identifying gaps in existing brand assets and contributing to ongoing improvements in templates, systems and shared resources.
• Creating artwork for packaging and wider marketing collateral to a high professional standard.
• Preparing print-ready files, including correct use of bleeds, colour profiles, production specifications and preflight checks.
• Adapting and resizing existing creative assets across different channels, formats, markets and campaign needs.
• Maintaining strong attention to detail across typography, layout, brand compliance, file setup and final delivery.
• Taking ownership of design projects from initial brief through to final output, with minimal supervision.
• Using appropriate AI and design-support tools to improve speed, workflow and production efficiency without compromising quality.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience as a brand designer, either in-house or within an agency environment.
• Strong brand design ability, with the confidence to move from a brief to an original and well-considered creative solution.
• Proven experience producing finished artwork across both print and digital formats.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• A solid understanding of typography, layout, colour, visual hierarchy and brand consistency.
• A good eye for food, product and packaging presentation, with an understanding of how to make products look appealing and commercially effective.
• Experience working across multiple brands, sub-brands or brand families at the same time.
• The ability to manage a varied workload and deliver across multiple deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills and a structured approach to files, templates and production workflow.
• The confidence to work independently while staying aligned with wider team priorities.
• A practical, resilient attitude to feedback and creative review.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly when preparing artwork for production.

Preferred Skills

• Experience contributing to brand asset libraries, design systems, template suites or shared creative toolkits.
• Experience in a B2B, FMCG, food, retail, wholesale or product-led marketing environment.
• Familiarity with PowerPoint and Word template design.
• Experience designing for social media, email campaigns, web banners and other digital formats.
• Basic video editing skills and some understanding of motion graphics.
• Interest in AI tools for design, artworking, image generation, video or workflow improvement.
• A willingness to test new tools and share useful creative or production improvements with the wider team.

Pay range and compensation package

This is a full-time, permanent role with a structured hybrid pattern. The role is office-based three days per week in Dublin, with two days working remotely.

What’s on Offer

• A varied design position across multiple food brands.
• The opportunity to influence the visual direction and consistency of a growing brand portfolio.
• A strong mix of creative concept work and hands-on production.
• Exposure to packaging, trade marketing, presentations, digital assets and campaign collateral.
• A collaborative in-house environment with genuine ownership of projects.
• Hybrid working with a clear weekly structure.
• The chance to contribute to a more organised, scalable design system for the wider team.

Application

To apply, please send your CV and a link to your portfolio. Relevant portfolio examples might include brand concept work, packaging, food or product design, multi-brand campaigns, production artwork, template systems or design asset libraries.