I am a seasoned Senior Designer with extensive experience across agency and in-house roles, delivering innovative concepts and high-quality designs for diverse projects spanning FMCG products, packaging, POS, branding, promotions, print, and digital media. Over the years, I have contributed to well-known brands including Walmart, ALDI (UK and US), Cadbury, Kellogg’s, Quorn, Nestlé, Mondelēz, Rite Aid, Sam’s Club, Albertsons, Meijer and more, as well as independents and challenger brands across both UK and US markets, thriving in fast-paced environments with multiple projects and tight deadlines. My approach is grounded in consumer insight and trend awareness, ensuring every design is impactful and on brand. I enjoy managing projects from initial concepts through to final roll-out, collaborating with cross-functional teams to consistently deliver creative and effective results.

Stu Taylor

I am a seasoned Senior Designer with extensive experience across agency and in-house roles, delivering innovative concepts and high-quality designs for diverse projects spanning FMCG products, packaging, POS, branding, promotions, print, and digital media. Over the years, I have contributed to well-known brands including Walmart, ALDI (UK and US), Cadbury, Kellogg’s, Quorn, Nestlé, Mondelēz, Rite Aid, Sam’s Club, Albertsons, Meijer and more, as well as independents and challenger brands across both UK and US markets, thriving in fast-paced environments with multiple projects and tight deadlines. My approach is grounded in consumer insight and trend awareness, ensuring every design is impactful and on brand. I enjoy managing projects from initial concepts through to final roll-out, collaborating with cross-functional teams to consistently deliver creative and effective results.

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I am a seasoned Senior Designer with extensive experience across agency and in-house roles, delivering innovative concepts and high-quality designs for diverse projects spanning FMCG products, packaging, POS, branding, promotions, print, and digital media.

Over the years, I have contributed to well-known brands including Walmart, ALDI (UK and US), Cadbury, Kellogg’s, Quorn, Nestlé, Mondelēz, Rite Aid, Sam’s Club, Albertsons, Meijer and more, as well as independents and challenger brands across both UK and US markets, thriving in fast-paced environments with multiple projects and tight deadlines.

My approach is grounded in consumer insight and trend awareness, ensuring every design is impactful and on brand. I enjoy managing projects from initial concepts through to final roll-out, collaborating with cross-functional teams to consistently deliver creative and effective results.

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Work Experience

Designer at CHILLI UK
June 30, 2020 - August 23, 2025
Created new concepts and designs for a wide range of projects including FMCG food products, non-food packaging, branding, point-of-sale, ads and promotions, printed literature, direct mail, and digital. Worked on roll-out across a large number of SKUs for brands such as Morrison’s, Wilko, Florette, Iceland, CO-OP, Feasters, Tangerine Confectionery, Cadbury Ice Cream, Slumberdown and Fox’s.
Senior Designer at Hallmark Cards
January 31, 2013 - August 23, 2025
Delivered marketing communications, point-of-sale, supported high street retail and PR activities, and created seasonal styles and guidelines. Responsible for creating ad campaigns for internal and external customers, delivering branded collateral company-wide, and developing new concepts based on consumer insight and trends. Managed multiple projects and tight timescales.
Senior Creative at Totality GCS
December 1, 2011 - June 1, 2012
Produced original concepts from initial briefing including scamp designs for presentation, developed chosen routes to a high standard, and finalized designs. Worked on projects maintaining brand consistency and adhering to guidelines. Worked mainly on FMCG packaging for food brands such as Seabrook Crisps and Symington’s, and projects for Lloyds Banking Group, Halifax Bank, and Redcats brands.
Senior Designer at Aire
February 1, 2021 - February 1, 2022
At Aire I worked on primarily packaging projects for a variety of clients, notably Kellogg’s, Quorn, Mondelez (Cabury) and ALDI. I was responsible for creating concepts from initial briefings and liaising with clients directly, to development and overseeing work to ensure creative challenges were met, including presenting work to UK and international clients. Work also involved scamping designs for presentation, working-up Mac visuals, illustration, design application, roll-out, art direction and working within established guidelines and styles.
Senior Designer at Equator / SGK
February 1, 2022 - February 1, 2024
My role primarily centered on packaging, branding and POS for FMCG products, from food and drink, to pet, home, health and cosmetics, for clients including; ALDI (UK/US), CO OP, DFI Group, Morrisons, Sam’s Club and Walmart. This involved leading projects from idea presentation and first concept stages, translating initial concepts into realised designs, developing designs through both internal review and interpretation and application of client feedback, and taking projects to completion. Another aspect included working on established ranges and designs, being able to understand, interpret and implement brand guidelines and strategies, applying existing creative solutions to wide ranges of new products. After transferring to SGK, projects also included work for various Nestlé and Colgate brands, across packaging, POS, adaptive and roll-out.
Senior Designer at Sun Branding
March 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
With a focus on packaging and brand design, mainly for Walmart and ALDI (UK/US), and additionally including clients such as Twinings and Little Duck, I handled a wide range of projects at Sun. Work primarily centered around food and drink packaging, but also included toiletries, health & beauty and first aid ranges. This included first-stage concept design and development, existing product range redesign, range extensions, adaptive design, and application / roll-out of large numbers of SKUs at a fast pace. Projects varied from creative freedom and exploration, to adapting and developing existing styles, and also to understanding and working within well-established guidelines.

Education

2:1 Ba (Hons) Graphic Design at University of Lincoln
October 24, 2025 - October 24, 2025

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Industry Experience

Consumer Goods, Retail, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services