Senior Packaging Designer

Our Role

As Senior Packaging Designer, you will lead the creative development of packaging across The White Company’s product categories, bringing inspiring ideas to life from initial concept through to production-ready artwork.

Combining strong creative vision with technical expertise, you will create thoughtful, distinctive packaging design that enhances our products and reflects the quality of our brand. You will explore graphics, materials, structures and finishes, balancing fresh ideas with commercial requirements, sustainability considerations and a consistent brand identity.

Collaboration is central to this role. Working closely with Creative, Buying, QA, Sustainability teams, you will translate briefs and seasonal direction into beautifully resolved packaging, ensuring every detail is considered through development and production.

The role also requires graphic design skills, which may be applied to wider projects across the Home department as needed.

This is a hands-on role for an imaginative, experienced designer who can inspire others, present ideas confidently and take ownership of design delivery across multiple projects and categories.

What you'll be doing

• Creative concept development: interpret briefs and seasonal direction to develop inspiring packaging concepts, presenting clear creative routes through sketches, mock-ups and material references.
• Design across multiple categories: create packaging for Home, Fragrance, Clothing and The Little White Company, responding to each category’s needs while maintaining a cohesive brand identity.
• Take designs from concept to artwork: develop approved ideas into complete packaging schemes, producing accurate artwork, specifications and production-ready files across formats and SKU ranges.
• Explore materials, structures and finishes: propose thoughtful combinations of typography, colour, illustration, print techniques and construction that elevate the product and customer experience.
• Collaborate across the business: work closely with Creative, Buying, QA and Sustainability to resolve design requirements, incorporate specialist input and balance creative ambition with cost, functionality and production feasibility.
• Deliver against the agreed critical path: work closely with Project Managers and relevant teams, taking accountability for design milestones, providing clear progress updates, incorporating feedback and securing approvals on time, and flagging risks early to support timely delivery.
• Create and assess prototypes: produce mock-ups and work with Buying and suppliers to review samples, print proofs, materials and finishes, refining designs to achieve the intended result.
• Maintain design and artwork quality: check layouts, typography, colour references and file preparation, incorporating approved copy and technical information supplied by the relevant teams.
• Apply graphic design skills across wider projects: where required, contribute design expertise to other projects across the Home department, ensuring a cohesive and considered brand aesthetic.
• Work to the critical path: partner with the project management team to plan design stages, communicate progress and flag risks, ensuring concepts, reviews and final artwork are delivered on time.
• Bring fresh inspiration: share relevant developments in packaging, design, materials and customer experience, identifying opportunities to evolve our approach.
• Build consistent design systems: develop packaging guidelines, templates and artwork standards that support quality and consistency across categories.

What Skills & Experience You’ll Need

• Significant experience in packaging design within a premium retail, lifestyle, beauty, fragrance or home brand, or a relevant design agency.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating original thinking, refined design judgement and delivery from initial concept through to finished packaging.
• Excellent graphic design skills, with a confident understanding of typography, layout, colour, materials and finishes.
• Strong technical knowledge of packaging artwork, print processes, colour management and production requirements.
• High proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, with the ability to create compelling design, mock-ups and accurate production-ready artwork.
• Experience developing packaging across multiple product categories and formats.
• A collaborative approach, with the confidence to present ideas, build relationships and work through feedback with creative and technical stakeholders.
• An understanding of how sustainability, cost and functionality inform packaging decisions without compromising design quality.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage your own design workload across multiple projects and deadlines.
• Experience reviewing supplier samples and print proofs, identifying issues and communicating clear amendments.
• Experience in surface pattern, illustration or design for stationery and gifting would be an advantage.

What we’ll offer you

At The White Company, we value our employees for always going the extra mile for every one of our customers; we reward this with great benefits and competitive salaries.

• Discount -Up to 50% discount and access to regular Sample Sales
• Holiday - 25 days rising to 28 with length of service
• Holiday Buy – opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday
• Pension Scheme - enrolled in our Group Personal Pension schemes upon joining the business.
• Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
• Wagestream Money Management app - access to Wagestream gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing
• Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub
• Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles (dependent on grade and meeting policy eligibility)
• Continued Development - Inclusion on our Leadership Development Programme (eligibility for contracts of 6 months plus Grade D & E roles only)
• Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub
• Private Healthcare with additional Babylon Digital Healthcare (based on contract duration)
• Life Assurance
• White City House (Soho House Group)Tenants Membership at a discounted rate, offering access to facilities in the House

Additional Benefits

• Fruit basket daily
• Tea and coffee provided
• Working from Home - option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays
• Social - Christmas party/social events throughout the year
• Seasonal Sample Sales
• Volunteer Day - with a charity of your choice
• Great Location - Close to transport links - over ground Shepherds Bush station /underground White City & Wood Lane stations. Westfield shopping centre with shops restaurants/bars/cinema and gyms

Our Equality Diversity and Inclusion statement of commitment

At The White Company we are committed to creating an inclusive culture that welcomes and celebrates a diversity of backgrounds and identities.

We are working together to ensure our environment is one where people can bring their authentic selves to work, where their contribution is valued, ability enhanced, and perspective appreciated. Where difference is respected, encouraged, and celebrated. Where you can feel you belong.

We are committed to an active Equality Diversity and Inclusion Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process.

We'd love you to join us on our journey.

Our Sustainability statement of commitment

We are committed to building a sustainable legacy that will enable a brighter future for people and our planet.’ We believe this should be reflected in everything we do.