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Berkmann Wine Cellars are looking for a talented hands-on senior designer to join our busy in-house design team.

You will be working closely with the design manager and current designers, marketing and purchasing teams to ensure that the company’s image and values – and those of our wine/spirit agencies are translated into our design communications.

Your main responsibility will be creating fresh and highly creative design routes for the company’s own house wine and spirit labels. It is essential you have packaging design experience for this role. You will demonstrate an exceptionally high standard of conceptual thinking and balance your passion for design with a strategic mindset. Impressive design and typography skills are a pre-requisite.

As business needs dictate, you may be required to work with the design team on a variety of other projects including design for marketing campaigns, printed literature, POS, exhibition/event graphics and brand creation.

Our Ideal Candidate Must:

• Have an undergraduate degree in graphic design.
• Have a minimum of 4+ year’s agency experience. Packaging experience within the drinks/spirits industry would be advantageous.
• Be able to work in a corporate environment.
• Be highly organised and able to manage time well; handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Thrive under pressure and create quality work to tight deadlines.
• Keep up-to-date with trends and developments in the market.
• Have excellent communication skills, be approachable, a natural team player, bring energy and a positive attitude.
• Have a great understanding for branding, layout and typography and a meticulous attention to detail.
• Have a good grasp of artworking and the printing processes.
• Manage project deliverables from inception to completion.
• Work with and develop relationships with external suppliers including printers, photographers and illustrators.
• Focused on quality and craft – premiumisation and luxury is paramount, not only must you understand it, but live and breathe it.
• Maintain brand consistency throughout all our marketing collateral.
• Be highly computer literate; have an in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office and the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite; Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign.

The Offer:

• Become an integral part of a family business.
• Receive a competitive salary.
• 25 days annual leave rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service and 27 days after 10 years’ service, plus bank holidays.
• Discount on our wine and spirits.
• Company MacBook Pro laptop and mobile phone.
• Flexibility to work 2-3 days a week from home.
• Company Pension.

Working Pattern:

This role is 37.5 hours per week (9am–5.30pm), Monday to Friday. But it is expected that the successful candidate will work the hours necessary to fulfil the requirements of the job.

Closing date for applications –  Friday 31^st January 2020.

Before being invited for interview, chosen candidates will be required to complete and present a design brief.

The application process is 3 parts:

• Part 1: Selected applicants will be invited to a phone interview.
• Part 2: Successful candidates passing part 1 will be invited to submit a design based on a specific brief.
• Part 3: Successful candidates passing parts 1 & 2 will be invited to a interview held at our Tockwith office.

We will not wait for the closing date to start the application process; we are very keen to fill this newly created role!

Please note: Due to the high volume of applications we are unable to provide feedback on your application should you not be invited for interview. Should you have not heard from Berkmann Wine Cellars within 2 weeks of your application please presume you have not been successful on this occasion. Please note that we cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy the required knowledge and experience criteria detailed above. We will not accept CVs sent from recruitment agencies.

This is a key role for our business, therefore if you are interested in applying for the vacancy please click Apply Now and send your CV, a short covering email along with 5 or 6 examples of work that we can review (preferably packaging). Should you require further information please contact Christina Benn, HR Manager, on christina.benn@berkmann.co.uk.

Are you a determined and passionate Sales Account Manager looking for your next challenge with a successful and growing premium wine supplier?

We are Berkmann Wine Cellars, proud to the be the largest family owned and family run wine importer in the UK. By combining international buying power with local knowledge, we deliver competitive prices and unrivalled service across every region of the UK, reaching all sectors of the On and Off Trade.

We are looking for two focused Sales Account Managers who will identify and seek out profitable sales opportunities within a designated account base within wider London, focusing on Central and West London. This role will be responsible for targeting the gastro pubs, premium groups and new trend outlets; bringing in new business, which is operationally viable, sustainable and commercially rewarding. It is an ambassadorial position, representing Berkmann Wine Cellars and our agencies in the U.K. on-trade sector and will have responsibility for implementing marketing derived brand activity plans, which includes supporting activities.

You will be a vital member of the Berkmann Family, living and breathing our company values and championing the Berkmann Wine Cellars image to all customers and producers.

This role is predominantly home and field-based, with full back-office support and a hot-desk facility in our head office in London.

Candidate Requirements:

Our ideal candidate will have previous experience in a similar role within the wine industry. They will also be:

• Objective-orientated, determined and hungry to succeed in a competitive market – “A winner”
• Experienced in handling on trade customers
• A confident ‘brand ambassador’. Outgoing and personable, able to work without supervision whilst handling a high workload and have the ability to plan and manage tastings and after hour events
• Educated to WSET 2
• An excellent written and verbal and communicator, with the ability to persuade others
• Analytical and numerate with good attention to detail. For example, be able to demonstrate the ability to complete a detailed price proposal for a customer as well as interpret a Profit & Loss sheet and assimilate data quickly
• Focused with the ability to source, interpret and capitalise on market data or trends for maximum brand benefit
• Able to see through a brand vision, and operate tactically

Offer:

• A competitive salary
• Contribution to company pension scheme
• Company laptop
• Company mobile phone
• 25 days annual leave (rising to 26 days after 5 years’ service and 27 days after 10 years’ service) plus bank holidays
• Become an integral part of our family business
• Join a diverse and dynamic team; our colleagues are from a range of backgrounds
• The opportunity to learn and develop; we regularly fund professional qualifications to develop our staff

Closing Date: 16^thFebruary 2020. However, please note that should any suitable CVs be received whilst the advert is live then individuals may be invited to interview prior to this date.

Please note that we cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy the required knowledge and experience criteria detailed above. Due to the high volume of applications we are unable to provide feedback on your application should you not be invited for interview. If you have not heard from Berkmann Wine Cellars within 2-weeks of your application, please presume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Please note we will not accept CVs sent from recruitment agencies.

This is a key role for our business, therefore if you are interested in applying for the vacancy please click the Apply Now button or simply email vacancies@berkmann.co.uk to send in your CV and a covering letter.