Creative Artworker

Poole, England, United Kingdom

8/5/2025

Application Deadline: 26 August 2025

Department: Artwork

Location: Poole - Unit 1

Compensation: £30,500 - £39,000 / year

Description

Diversity matters
We are building a brand that represents the people of the world. It’s what you do that counts, and we are always looking to expand perspectives and voices to shape our future.

We see you, we celebrate you, we want you!

Who we are
You might know us as the inventors of the bath bomb, but there’s more to this great-smelling, partly employee-owned, family-run company than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes and demonstrate that capitalism can be a force for good.

The Living Wage Foundation’s statement 'a hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay' is one that we are proud to commit to in the UK. As an accredited Living Wage employer, we put our people first and fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that it is what’s inside that counts - whether that’s an ingredient in a product, or the minerals in a smartphone.

The role
Our Artwork Team are positioned in the heart of the LUSH business, and deliver work to support the journey of all our lovely products as they are developed by our product inventors - right until they reach our customers’ hands.

This experienced artwork role will have you join a thriving and agile global team - working across all support teams, including Manufacturing, Shop & Space Design, Brand Marketing and Retail areas of the business. You will be supporting product through R+D to delivery - from product labels to signage, from retail touchpoints to window campaigns, packaging concepts and non-cosmetic product - with an essential role in team projects and opportunity for individual ownership once established. Based primarily at our vibrant R&D hub in Poole, you will be working closely alongside key creative people and teams at the forefront of innovation in product presentation and delivery.

Supporting Creative and Senior Leads to deliver against stakeholder expectations, always with an eye on ethical standards and the detail. Lush is an exciting place to be - we don’t follow trends, we want to lead them - and all of our creative output should reflect this. You will be expected to deliver on the work with a flexible, multi-skilled approach - and to communicate your part in the work to support our global peers too.

You are able to be an all-rounder too...a creative to help deliver at both ends of the process - with inhouse prototyping, through to artworking for print production.

Dierection
LUSH grabs each opportunity presenting itself with equal fervour and unrivalled enthusiasm. Whether direction comes through a formal process, with steerage from Creative Leads, or the need to initiate an artwork solution, keeping eyes peeled for connecting work and most importantly knowing to ask the right questions, to expand both project and personal growth. You will have the experience to look around you, and responsibility to nurture juniors as well as having the ability to look for senior support - connecting with project teams to the point of delivery. Understanding the bigger picture is critical.

Development & learning
This is a midweight position, which offers good progression into brand development at the heart of the business. Brand values and ethical production directly related to LUSH can be developed for this role.

Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.

Key Responsibilities

• Creation of on-brand artwork assets - product labels, signage, POS signage, face sticker illustrations, shop-hoarding and gift asset support - using a range of Adobe Creative Cloud software
• Ensuring artwork is consistent, accurate and in line with LUSH brand guidelines
• You will be able to be your own proof-checker, prior to output
• Set up of artwork for digital and litho print processes, supporting Creatives and consulting where applicable with appropriate Buyers and print suppliers
• Taking responsibility for assigned projects - supreme levels of communication to report on progress to team leads
• Contributing to creative brand projects and new concept work once established
• Checking printer’s proofs and attending supplier press-passes off-site, where necessary
• Sharing skills with fellow team members, mentoring juniors and supporting global peers - building your network!
• Housekeeping and administrative support when required - including label order picking, artwork localisation comms etc.
• Assisting with hands-on (non-artworking) Creative Production project work - team building and practical project development
• Excellent customer service is a core skill and value within all our teams. You will be employing a strong customer service mindset - seeking to connect people, projects and reflect this for our Artwork Team as a whole
  
  
  

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Proficient in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
• Strong layout and typographical skills essential
• Knowledge and experience of artwork setup for digital and lithographic print processes
• Great communication skills to engage with creatives and suppliers
• Collaborative approach to work closely with project managers and adjacent teams
• Confidence to share and talk through your work to peers and global colleagues
• Strong visual concepting skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Self-motivation and the ability to work on multiple projects at once in a fast-paced environment
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to know when to ask for help
• A methodical approach to work and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to take instructions and follow direction from team leads and stakeholders
• Take ownership over certain aspects of projects
• Work towards clear goals and deliverables with critical time management
• Offer dynamic solutions in times of pressure
• Peer-to-peer mentorship of juniors and colleagues - in a strong feedback culture
  
  
  

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• 6 months of full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver must qualify for SMP)
• Enhanced paternity leave*
• Bonus scheme
• Day off for weekday birthdays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• 50% discount on Lush products and spa treatments
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted rail and bus season tickets
• Employee assistance programme
• Financial childcare support on return to work*
• We’re 10% Employee Owned - all colleagues play a role in protecting our ethics, our independence, contributing ideas for the future and share in the rewards of success when the company is doing well.
• Support groups, film nights, yoga, meditation sessions and much more
• *Tailored gender affirming care

*qualifying period/hours required

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