STADA UK Thornton & Ross is on an exciting growth journey with more than 700 employees being fully committed to our purpose of Caring for People’s Health as a Trusted Partner. Together we are shaping the future of Thornton & Ross by living our values of Integrity, Entrepreneurship, Agility and One STADA.

STADA UK Thornton & Ross – Packaging Artworker

Huddersfield |U.K.| Full-time | Permanent |Hybrid & Flexible Hours

Want your artwork to do more than just look good?

As an Artworker in our growing internal studio 🎨, you’ll turn complex requirements into clean, accurate packaging artwork that directly supports patient safety 🩺. You’ll work across a range of pharmaceutical and FMCG components – from cartons and labels to tubes and patient information leaflets 📦📄 – ensuring everything you produce is technically sound, print ready and fully compliant ✅.

Here, you’ll join a genuinely open culture where your uniqueness is valued 🌈 and your voice matters 🗣️. You’ll report to the Artwork Studio Manager, owning deadlines ⏱️ while helping to refine processes, boost right first time delivery 🎯 and reduce risk for a global regulated business 🌍.

If you’re a detail driven artworker who wants to blend creative problem solving with meaningful impact 💡 to help us develop our in-house studio, we’d love to work with you 🤝.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Create high‑quality, print‑ready pharmaceutical and FMCG packaging in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop, turning complex briefs and assets into clean, accurate artwork.
• Own multiple projects across cartons, labels, tubes and leaflets, applying approved copy, cutters and specs with meticulous attention to detail & setting in adherence with printer specification
• Make accuracy your signature: rigorous proofreading, artwork checks and compliance with strict regulatory and internal quality standards.
• Work within robust, regulated workflows – using systems like GLAMS, trackers and DAM to manage versions, approvals and secure file storage.
• Collaborate with coordinators, printers and technical stakeholders, responding clearly to feedback and flagging risks before they become issues.
• Use your reprographics know‑how to deliver structured, press‑ready files that run smoothly on press and minimise queries, changes and rework.

What We Are Looking For

• Demonstrable experience in artworker or reprographics roles
• Experience of delivering high quality packaging artwork to brief
• Understanding of the importance of accuracy in regulated patient‑facing content & materials
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign & Photoshop
• Strong attention to detail and a methodical, quality‑focused approach
• Ability to manage multiple artwork tasks while meeting deadlines and regulatory expectations
• A collaborative communication style, comfortable working with cross‑functional stakeholders
• Advantageous to have, but not essential experience: Color Management, GMG, flexo, 3D rendering

How we care for you

At Thornton & Ross our purpose “Caring for people’s health as a trusted partner” motivates us every day. And what would be a better place than starting with our own employees. Which is why we give much in return:

💸 Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme.

🗝 Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme offering 6% employer contribution rates.

⌚ Hybrid & flexible working – we spend three days of your choice in the office, with the remaining days working at home – you choose how your hours are managed around our core hours

🌴 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays with the potential to buy up to 5 additional days.

🥗 On-site subsidised canteen.

🏥 Health benefits provided through our Medicash Health Cash Plan

💉 Free winter flu jab.

🧠 Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme and KYAN Wellbeing – offering free coaching and counselling services for you and your family.

⚡ Electric Car Scheme through Octopus Energy, plus free on-site EV charging.

🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme.

👪 Enhanced Family Leave.

🎉 Plus, many more employee benefits & celebration events.

STADA Group values and promotes its diverse culture, regardless of gender, age, social or ethnic origin, disabilities, religion, ideology, or sexual orientation. We use the strength of our uniqueness to develop creative ideas, expand our experience and increase innovative strength. Our focus is on equal opportunities, respectful cooperation, and the promotion of an inclusive working environment. We are looking forward to your application and welcome applications without a pharmaceutical background.

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