Graphic Designer

About Lifestyle

Lifestyle is a leading retail destination, specialising in Beauty, Fashion, and Home products. Established in 1998, Lifestyle has consistently delivered a distinctive shopping experience, and an extensive selection of brands and products across colour cosmetics, perfumes, personal care, fashion accessories, home essentials and home fragrance. With its chain of more than 160 retail stores spread across the GCC, coupled with a rapidly growing E-commerce platform, Lifestyle has established itself as an omnichannel destination-of-choice for Beauty and Fashion serving more than 4 million customers every year.

About the role

We are looking for a Graphic Designer who will be primarily responsible for Package Designing.

Reports to: Buyer/Senior Buyer, Lifestyle

Key interactions: Buyers, Coordinators, Quality, Vendors (External)

Key Responsibilities

Should be well aware of tools and applications used for Graphic designing

Understand the creative and business needs

Apply advanced and diversified concepts to create the graphic representations on system with combination of different colour pallets

Create designs, concepts and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and aesthetic design concepts.

Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material according to the product requirement.

Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed

Continuously evolve packaging designs and patterns as per on-going trends globally

Come-up with new ideas with mood-board and trends as per global trends, market research

Make sure that packaging requirements are completed within timeline to meet on-time shipment

Research and keep abreast of the latest designs, market trends and needs of the customers and competition

Key Requirements

Basic Qualification: Graduate degree in the Fine Arts (Visual Arts) essential or design

Diploma/Certification in Graphic Design from any Accredited Institute (NIFT candidates are preferred)

Certification in Adobe illustrator & Photoshop preferable

Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience in Graphic Arts and Design

Knowledge of Coral Draw, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe InDesign

Knowledge of Windows & MAC Operating Systems

Working knowledge of MS PowerPoint

Creative Thinking

Visualizing ability

Attention to detail

Graphic design and print production mediums

Understanding of target customer