Senior Homeware Designer

Liverpool Source: WhatJobs

£42,000–£64,000

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10% store discount at all our retail stores
MyHB colleague benefits platform with access to:
Discounts UK wide on retail, leisure, hospitality venues
Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential counselling and advice line
Low-cost voluntary insured health cash plans and cancer cover

Job Introduction

Are you an experienced design professional with a passion for retail and leading creative teams? We're looking for a Senior Homeware Designer to join our in-house design studio. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our visual identity across a key product category, ensuring every design is on trend, commercially focused and fully compliant.

As a Senior Designer, you will lead a team of designers within the homeware category, delivering standout designs and artwork that resonate with our customers. Reporting to the Design Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end design process, managing the critical path to ensure timely delivery of all creative assets.

Job Overview

Lead a team of designers within a key product category.
Manage the end-to-end design process, ensuring timely delivery of all artwork and creative assets.
Plan and maintain the design schedule in collaboration with the Design Manager and Category teams.
Oversee the creation, review, and sign-off of sample artwork and prototypes for products and packaging.
Ensure all designs are visually appealing, on trend, and compliant with branding, licensing, and regulatory requirements.
Develop artwork for production in line with style guides and category plans.
Conduct market research, trend forecasting, including competitor reviews and trade show visits, to inform design direction.
Set clear objectives and KPIs for your team, regularly reviewing performance and implementing improvements.
Foster a culture of creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement within the design function.
Collaborate with key stakeholders including Category Managers, Buyers, Product Approval Specialists, and external suppliers.
Recommend and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and quality of the design team’s output.
A degree in design or equivalent professional experience.
Proven experience managing a team of design professionals.
Strong knowledge of retail product design within a homeware category area.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
Demonstrable experience of developing artwork for production, including packaging.
A strong understanding of branding, compliance, and licensing in a retail context.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
A customer-first mindset, commercially aware with a drive for creative excellence.
Surface pattern and hand paint skills would be advantageous.
A proactive approach to innovation and continuous improvement.