Creative Artwork Manager

Kingfisher•Lower Southampton Township, PA

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, 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.

Requirements

Strong portfolio demonstrating packaging artwork or high-volume visual design.
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.
Be Customer Focussed – constantly improving our customers experience
I listen to my customers
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 allyship
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

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.