Creative Director - Food & Beverage Packaging - Croydon

Creative Director - Food & Beverage Packaging
Location: Purley, Croydon
Hours: 40 per week

Salary: Upto 85k

A well-established packaging design business with over 35 years' experience is looking for an exceptional Creative Director to lead and evolve its in-house creative team. Renowned for creating bold, distinctive brands that stand out on shelf, the business delivers a seamless 360 design-to-artwork service across FMCG and retail.

Purpose of a Creative Director:

This is a hands-on leadership position combining strategic vision with creative excellence. You will define and drive the creative direction across all clients and categories, elevating standards across packaging, branding, print, and artwork.

You'll inspire and mentor a multidisciplinary team, introduce smarter systems and digital innovation (including AI-driven workflows), and ensure consistently world-class output. Working closely with client service and production teams, you'll ensure projects are delivered on brief, on brand, and on time.

Day to day duties of a Creative Director:

• Lead internal and client presentations with confidence
• Attend client meetings and take briefs
• Oversee colour, repro, and retouching quality across all SKUs
• Recruit, develop and manage creative talent
• Represent the creative function at senior leadership level

What they are looking for in a Creative Director:

• Proven senior creative leadership experience within FMCG, private label or packaging
• Strong background in food & beverage packaging
• Outstanding portfolio demonstrating craft, strategic thinking and brand storytelling
• Experienced across both own-label and national brands
• Deep knowledge of print and production processes
• Advanced Photoshop and retouching skills
• Commercially aware, highly organised and detail-driven
• Confident presenting to leading retailers
• Experienced building, reshaping and leading high-performing teams

Values

• Innovative and forward-thinking
• Collaborative and supportive
• Committed and accountable

If this opportunity is of interest, please apply today or contact Olivia on (phone number removed) for more information.