Senior Packaging​/Product Designer

Position: Senior Packaging / Product Designer Permanent)
Position:
Senior Packaging / Product Designer

Location:

Churcham, Gloucestershire
Type:
Full-Time, Permanent
Salary:
Competitive

About the business:

An established UK manufacturer in bespoke thermoformed food packaging is seeking an experienced Senior Packaging / Product Designer to join its in-house design team. The business is known for delivering innovative, functional, and sustainable packaging solutions to major food brands. This is an excellent opportunity for a designer with strong technical capability and a passion for packaging innovation to work on products that reach real consumers.

Purpose of a Senior Packaging / Product Designer:

You'll play a key role in the end-to-end design of thermoformed packaging solutions, working closely with commercial, engineering, and production teams. Candidates with 3+ years' experience in thermoforming are ideal, though experience from other plastic packaging sectors will also be considered.

Key Responsibilities of a Senior Packaging / Product Designer:

Design innovative thermoformed packaging solutions aligned to functional, aesthetic, and market requirements
Create and modify CAD models using Autodesk Inventor
Produce high-quality, photorealistic renderings using Keyshot for customer presentations
Collaborate with Business Development to understand customer briefs and attend site visits where required
Apply Design for Manufacture (DFM) principles to ensure designs are production-ready
Work closely with engineering teams through prototype development and validation

Key skillset for a Senior Packaging / Product Designer:

Degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, or similar (or equivalent industry experience)
Minimum 3 years' experience in packaging or product design
Background in thermoforming preferred; other plastic manufacturing sectors considered
Strong CAD capability (Autodesk Inventor preferred)

Experience with Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office
Confident communicator with strong attention to technical detail
Collaborative, adaptable, and open to feedback

What's on Offer

Competitive salary: (dependent on experience)
Creative, collaborative working environment
Opportunity to work on high-impact consumer-facing products
Long-term career development within a growing business
Potential for hybrid working depending on project requirements

If you are interested in this opportunity, please email apply today.

For more information, please call Olivia on (phone number removed)