Creative Artwork Manager

Kingfisher Plc; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement company in Southampton is seeking a Creative Artwork Manager responsible for creating and managing all packaging artwork templates across its brand portfolio. The ideal candidate will have advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills and experience in managing artwork systems. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency and quality across packaging designs. A competitive benefits package and a flexible working environment are offered.

Benefits

Private Health Care

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

25 Days' Holiday

Staff Discount

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan

Life Assurance

Competitive bonus scheme

Training & Development

Qualifications

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills are essential for this role.
• Experience in managing artwork templates and brand toolkits is required.
• Understanding of print production and packaging processes is necessary.
• Strong communication skills are vital for collaborating effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain packaging artwork templates across the OEB portfolio.
• Develop concepts for new launches and brand updates.
• Ensure clarity and compliance of packaging artwork guidelines across regions.
• Review artwork to enhance consistency and reduce rework.

Skills

Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)

Experience managing artwork templates, systems or brand toolkits

Understanding of print production, repro and packaging artwork processes

Clear communication skills to collaborate and provide creative direction

Job description

We’reKingfisher, A team made up of over74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, BricoDepot, Castorama and Koctas- to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher, our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

The Creative Artwork Manager is responsible for creating, owning, and governing all packaging artwork templates across the OEB (Own exclusive brand) portfolio. This includes the development and management of artwork templates and visual guidelines for packaging across markets and categories. The role is the central custodian of packaging artwork visual identity ensuring brand consistency, quality, scalability, and alignment with business strategy. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure every detail reflects quality, scalability, and brand excellence.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and continuously improve packaging artwork templates and visual systems across the OEB portfolio.
• Develop artwork concepts and visual routes for new launches, redesigns and brand updates within established brand frameworks.
• Own and maintain packaging artwork visual guidelines and rulebooks, ensuring clarity, consistency and compliance across regions.
• Collaborate with Brand, Packaging Engineering, Regulatory, Sustainability and external creative partners to deliver high-quality artwork.
• Support and optimise end-to-end artwork workflows, master assets and scalable design toolkits.
• Review and audit artwork to identify improvements, enhance visual consistency and reduce rework.
• Guide internal teams and suppliers on effective use of artwork templates, tools and processes.

Qualifications

• Advanced Adobe Creative Suite skills (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Experience managing artwork templates, systems or brand toolkits.
• Understanding of print production, repro and packaging artwork processes.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to collaborate and provide creative direction.

Our Core Behaviours

• Be Customer Focused – consistently improving our customers’ experience; I use available data to help make decisions.
• Be Human – acting with humanity and care – I do the right thing, I am respectful.
• Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious – I build and share new ideas, I try new things and share my learnings.
• Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility – I have courage to be creative; done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20.
• Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together – I embrace belonging, I have self‑awareness and a desire to learn.
• Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth – I own my actions, I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role.

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

Benefits

Private Health Care

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with AXA. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Immediate eligibility through auto‑enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.

25 Days' Holiday

25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro‑rated for part time colleagues).

Staff Discount

20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.

Life Assurance

x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS‑MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.

Bonus

Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.

Kingfisher Share Save

Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That's why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren't selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

Application Process

What to expect from our application process...

Step 1: Application

Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.

Step 2: Review

A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.

Step 3: Interview 1

You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.

Step 4: Interview 2

As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.

Step 5: Feedback

Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!