Design Manager
Zachary Daniels
Crewe
Salary
£40,000 – £50,000 a year
Job type
part time
Location
Crewe, England
Design Manager | Cheshire | £40,000-£50,000 | 35 hours | Flexible working
Love pop culture, great product and getting the best out of people?
We're working with an
award-winning, fast-growing licensed gifting and collectibles business
creating products across film, gaming, entertainment, music and sport, working with some seriously exciting global brands. They're looking for a
Design Manager
to lead and support their creative team during a maternity cover period. The 2027 product roadmap is already planned, so this is all about keeping the team on track, maintaining momentum and ensuring great products are delivered on time. What you'll be doing: Lead and support a team of designers. Manage workloads, priorities and capacity to keep projects moving. Provide creative direction, feedback and product/packaging sign-off. Run regular 1-to-1s and weekly creative team meetings. Work with the CEO, Sales and Marketing to align product launches. Manage relationships with key brand and licensing partners. Oversee high-profile projects across sports, entertainment and other licensed categories. Support, coach and develop the team, dealing with any people issues when required. About you You could come from a
Design r Product Development
background. We're looking for someone who is an excellent people manager, highly organised and commercially aware, with a great eye for design and a genuine passion for pop culture, gaming and entertainment. You'll be confident managing changing priorities, giving constructive feedback and working with external brands and suppliers.
Adobe Creative Suite experience is also required. What's on offer? £40k-£50k 35-hour working week Flexible working and strong work-life balance Private healthcare for employee and family* Birthday day off Company holiday apartment Corporate football club box Fun, entrepreneurial and genuinely creative environment Based in
Cheshire , right next to the train station. The preference is for someone predominantly office-based, although there is flexibility around home working and
part-time/school-hours arrangements
for the right person. If you're a creative people leader looking for something a little different,
we'd love to hear from you! BBBH37106
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award-winning, fast-growing licensed gifting and collectibles business
creating products across film, gaming, entertainment, music and sport, working with some seriously exciting global brands. They're looking for a
Design Manager
to lead and support their creative team during a maternity cover period. The 2027 product roadmap is already planned, so this is all about keeping the team on track, maintaining momentum and ensuring great products are delivered on time. What you'll be doing: Lead and support a team of designers. Manage workloads, priorities and capacity to keep projects moving. Provide creative direction, feedback and product/packaging sign-off. Run regular 1-to-1s and weekly creative team meetings. Work with the CEO, Sales and Marketing to align product launches. Manage relationships with key brand and licensing partners. Oversee high-profile projects across sports, entertainment and other licensed categories. Support, coach and develop the team, dealing with any people issues when required. About you You could come from a
Design r Product Development
background. We're looking for someone who is an excellent people manager, highly organised and commercially aware, with a great eye for design and a genuine passion for pop culture, gaming and entertainment. You'll be confident managing changing priorities, giving constructive feedback and working with external brands and suppliers.
Adobe Creative Suite experience is also required. What's on offer? £40k-£50k 35-hour working week Flexible working and strong work-life balance Private healthcare for employee and family* Birthday day off Company holiday apartment Corporate football club box Fun, entrepreneurial and genuinely creative environment Based in
Cheshire , right next to the train station. The preference is for someone predominantly office-based, although there is flexibility around home working and
part-time/school-hours arrangements
for the right person. If you're a creative people leader looking for something a little different,
we'd love to hear from you! BBBH37106
TPBN1_UKTJ
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