Assistant Design Manager
| Posting date: | 29 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive salary and benefits package |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 0XG |
| Company: | Card Factory |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | cardfac/TP/1875117/30914 |
Summary
Job Introduction
We have a great opportunity for an Assistant Designer Manager to join the studio team on 12-month basis. The Studio is a friendly, fun and full of exciting challenges that will help you develop your skills, as well as seeing your ideas come to life! Our managers encourage teams to get out and see what’s happening in the wide world of retail, where they can find new ideas and inspiration.
This is a hybrid role will 2-3 days in our Wakefield office just of Junction 41 of the M1 with free parking.
Main Responsibilities
- Planning briefs for new products requested from the commercial teams
- Briefing the design team and supporting them throughout
- Providing input to help form creative strategies and supporting manager to fulfil creative strategy requirements
- Supporting management to ensure deadlines are met
- Supporting with the development and innovation programs
- Liaising with relevant stakeholders in the business
The Ideal Candidate
- Related degree or equivalent qualification and experience working in the greetings industry
- Excellent time management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Keen commercial eye for design. Understands strong use of typography, font choices, colour, composition and can adapt to different genres.
- MS Office knowledge
- Working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
About the Company
Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.
In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Benefits
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave
This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.
For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email)
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly.
No agencies, please.
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