Creative Designer - Print & Illustration (Manager) - Family Leave Cover

At Seasalt, creativity is in our DNA. We began in 1981 in a small shop in Penzance, crafting workwear for local mariners and artists. Today, we're a modern lifestyle brand with over 80 shops across the UK, Ireland and North America, 400+ wholesale stockists, and a growing global presence. We may have grown, but we've always stayed true to our roots with Cornwall's artistic influence and maritime heritage woven into every garment.
As a certified B Corp and winner of Drapers “Best Place to Work” in 2024, we're proud to balance our culture with long term growth. It's an exciting time to join us as we build on our distinct creative handwriting, brand differentiation, and expanding both internationally and in the UK.
As a Creative Manager – Print & Illustration, you'll lead the Graphic Design team to ensure Seasalt's brand is represented across multi channels of the business. This role requires an understanding of print based design, a strong creative flair, passion for engaging designs and layouts, excellent understanding of typography and illustrative skills.
The Creative Manager will work closely alongside the Director of Creative to develop the visual direction of the Seasalt brand while leading a group of creatives in the completion of all creative briefs, ensuring these are completed within agreed time frames, budgets and with innovative solutions that combine both visual and written elements.
This is a full-time, temporary role to cover family leave, expected to last approximately 12 months. Please note, as part of our Seasalt Connected approach to ways of working, this role will be based flexibly across our Cornwall head office locations (minimum 40% of working week but the nature of some roles may require more working time in our head offices) and remotely within the UK.
Please note that this role is internally referred to as ‘Creative Manager – Print & Illustration'.
You'll help us by:

• Leading the look and feel of our seasonal catalogues, point-of-sale materials and brand concepts.
• Managing the design and execution of graphic layouts and illustrations for 12 seasonal launches, ensuring alignment with brand vision, creativity, and timely delivery.
• Researching and designing new layout concepts, proposing new creatives using selected imagery, type, illustration, and finishes to keep each catalogue visually compelling.
• Designing with a deep understanding of the Seasalt customer, balancing creativity with commercial objectives, sales targets user experience in mind.
• Collaborating cross-functionally with teams including Design, Content, Visual Merchandising, Buying, Merchandising, and Tech to ensure designs are clearly communicated to customers.
• Creating and developing concepts and final artwork for packaging, product and garment branding.
• Following structured approval workflows and adhere to critical path timelines to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Bringing a passion for exploring new print formats, techniques, and materials to push creative boundaries.
• Producing high-quality mock-ups for review and sign-off.
• Preparing accurate, print-ready artwork and maintaining clear communication with both national and international suppliers.
• Leading and developing a talented team of creatives, fostering a culture of motivation and inspiration.
  

The skills you'll be sharing with the team:

• Degree within a Creative Field.
• Proficient at Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Strong illustration skills.
• Demonstrable experience working in a print based creative profession.
• Freelance, agency or in house experience.
• High general creativity.
• Confident presentation skills when presenting to stakeholders, including board members.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written.
• A strong interest in fashion and creative media.
• Experience leading or mentoring team members.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• The ability to work on multiple projects to deliver images to a high standard and within deadlines/budget.
• The ability to work closely with other departments and build cross-functional relationships
• A self-motivator: clear organisation, planning, initiative and administration.
  

Please provide a copy of your portfolio as part of your application, either by attaching a document or including a link within your CV/ cover letter.
Why we hope you'll love working with us:
The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.
As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:

• Salary: up to £43,000 depending on experience (Band 3)
• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Attractive 50% employee discount
• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package
• Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support
• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions
• Life assurance programme
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities
• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion & Belonging Network
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub
  

At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles.
We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow – so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at [email protected]
Close date: 28th November
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