Lead Graphic Designer

Location:

Tetbury, Gloucestershire, with one day a week working from home

Salary: £42,000–£48,000 per year (DOE)

Hours:

Full-time, 8.30am-5pm

Woodlodge is the UK’s leading supplier of gardenware, specialising in pots, planters and outdoor

living products stocked by garden centres and retailers across the UK and Europe. The family

business has been trading since 1987, prioritising product quality and end-to-end customer

service.

We are looking for an experienced Lead Graphic Designer to join our in-house Design team,

leading the day-to-day creative output of the team while remaining hands-on across a wide range

of projects.

This role will be central to the day-to-day running and creative output of our in-house Design team.

The Lead Graphic Designer will take ownership of the design workflow, managing and filtering

incoming briefs, setting priorities and allocating work across the team to ensure projects are

delivered efficiently, accurately and to a consistently high creative standard.

You’ll lead and support our Graphic Designer and Artworker, providing clear creative direction,

and constructive feedback, while remaining hands-on across key projects from initial brief and

concept development through to final delivery.

Working closely with Sales, Product and Category teams, you’ll help turn commercial

requirements into clear, effective creative briefs and ensure the team is focused on the right

priorities. You’ll also act as a guardian of Woodlodge and its portfolio of brands, maintaining

consistency while helping develop and evolve their visual identities.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong creative thinking, commercial awareness and

the ability to manage both people and processes effectively. You’ll be equally comfortable

developing a creative concept, designing a major catalogue, reviewing artwork, managing

competing priorities or improving the systems and workflows that help the team work efficiently.

• Lead the day-to-day creative output and workflow of the Design team.
• Manage and filter incoming design requests, challenging and clarifying briefs where needed, setting priorities and allocating work across the team.
• Manage, support and develop our Graphic Designer and Artworker, providing clear direction, constructive feedback and regular guidance.
• Develop creative concepts and design across packaging, catalogues, POS, exhibitions, sales materials and digital content.
• Take ownership of key projects from initial brief and concept development through to final delivery.
• Maintain a high standard of creative output across the Design team, reviewing work and providing creative direction where required.
• Act as a guardian of Woodlodge and its portfolio of brands, maintaining consistency while helping evolve their visual identities.
• Work closely with Senior Leadership, Sales, Product and Category Managers to translate commercial requirements into clear briefs and effective, engaging design solutions.
• Balance creative requests, business priorities, deadlines and available resource to ensure the team is focused on the right work at the right time.
• Manage multiple projects and changing priorities, ensuring work is delivered accurately, on time and to a high standard.
• Design and manage large, detail-heavy projects involving significant amounts of product and SKU information.
• Develop and maintain templates, guidelines and creative toolkits to improve consistency and efficiency across the business.
• Work closely with our in-house printer and external production partners to ensure designs translate accurately into finished printed artwork.
• Maintain clear and organised design files, assets and working processes across the team.
• Identify and implement…