About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Packaging Senior Lead Creative to join our team on a fixed-term contract (6-12 months). 

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in packaging design, print processes, and materials, with a proven track record of working on major consumer brands. You will play a key role in quality assurance, brand alignment, and ensuring creative briefs are strategically sound and production-ready.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Quality Control & Brand Alignment

• Serve as the lead QC for all packaging creative, ensuring assets are on-brand, print-ready, and meet quality standards.
• Approve creative briefs, ensuring they are clear, actionable, and aligned with brand guidelines and strategic objectives.
• Work closely with the Brand Creative Director on packaging-specific QC tasks to ensure brand protection and consistency.

Creative & Strategic Support for NPD & Packaging Teams

• Collaborate with New Product Development (NPD) teams, ensuring briefs are fit for purpose and optimised for execution.
• Guide and support the packaging creative team with constructive and strategic creative feedback, raising the overall standard of work.
• Act as the subject matter expert for packaging best practices, ensuring designs are both creatively excellent and commercially viable.

Process Improvement & Efficiency Gains

• Enhance turnaround times for packaging creative, streamlining the approval process and removing bottlenecks.
• Help free up capacity within the Creative Director’s remit, enabling the team to increase efficiency and throughput.
• Ensure packaging creative is optimised for print production, material constraints, and sustainability considerations.
• Working with Project Management to support delivery of projects on time and budget. 

What We’re Looking For

• Senior-level experience in packaging design within a major consumer brand or agency setting.
• Deep knowledge of packaging materials, print processes, and production best practices.
• A proven track record of delivering high-quality packaging creative for big brands.
• Strong ability to review, critique, and elevate creative work, ensuring strategic alignment and technical excellence.
• Experience working within fast-paced, high-volume creative environments.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, particularly with NPD teams, brand teams, and studio creatives.
• Excellent attention to detail and brand guardianship skills.

 

What’s in it for me?

Career Development

• Access bespoke development programmes that have been designed and developed by our in-house L&D team.
• Continued development through our upskilling programme that is delivered in partnership with an industry-leading training provider.

Enhanced Leave

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Don’t want to work on your birthday? We don’t either! Enjoy your day off on us!
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, depending on length of service.
• Up to 10 days compassionate leave.
• Buy back up to 3 days each year.
• Unlock 2 days volunteer leave after 12-months.

Wellbeing Support

• Access face-to-face and virtual appointments with our in-house GP.
• Access our in-house CBT therapist.
• Access our 247 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which is provided by Bupa.
• State-of-the-art on-site gym.
• Access to our on-site physio.

Other Perks

• Save up to 12% on the cost of personal tech through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Subsidised bus pass from Manchester City Centre to our ICON office.
• Up to 50% staff discount on THG brands.
• On-site staff shop.
• Access to on-site barber.
• Know someone who would be perfect for THG? Refer them and get up to £1000 when they pass their probation.
• Anniversary gifts when you hit 5 and 10 years of service.