About the role
The Aldi Brand Team, as part of the Buying Department, overseas all Aldi Own Label Packaging of which there are around 130 brands (20 of which are specific to Aldi Ireland). The objective of the Brand Team is to support the design to print aspect of the product launch process with a focus on driving exciting creative, efficiently managing costs, reducing speed to shelf, guaranteeing consistency, and ensuring effective communication.
The Brand Assistant will need to manage the design to print process for a set of retail categories.
If you are passionate about design, have good attention to detail, are organised and want to join a fast paced, forward-thinking team, please get in touch.
Please note that this role is a Maternity Leave cover for a fixed period of 18 months.
Key responsibilities
- Managing the design to print process for a set of retail categories
- Ensuring packaging designs and artwork follow approved brand guidelines
- Creating cost estimates based on approved rate card
- Putting together critical paths and managing timelines of all stakeholders
- Overall Project Management, including hosting weekly Buying Team meetings
Benefits
- You’ll get 5 weeks’ paid holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Hybrid working model which will allow employees to work 3 days a week from office and 2 days a week from home.
- Company Pension (after 4 years).
- Private Employee Medical Insurance (after 4 years).
- Long service awards and sick pay entitlement.
- Maternity, paternity, neonatal and adoption leave after 1 year.
Essential Requirements
- 1 year working in a Buying role OR minimum of 2 years working for a packaging agency specialising in packaging design to print
- Strong organisational skills and highly analytical
- Creative Mindset with a can-do attitude
- A good understanding of the retail pack change process
- Experience of managing a project using critical path management
- Strong communication skills
- Full Irish Driver’s License
Desirable Requirements
- Design and Artwork agency experience
- Retail packaging experience
- Knowledge of design and print processes
- Experience in writing design briefs and approving artworks
- Advanced Excel