Careers

Swizzels Matlow is a family business in all respects. It is run by the 3rd generation of the founders of the business and is also where different generations from the same families often work alongside one another.

Employing nearly 600 employees, we enjoy tremendous staff loyalty – over 20% of our employees have worked here for 20 years or more. Our employees are our best assets. We value their personal as well as their professional development, offering workplace vocational qualifications or e-learning for any subject of their choice from IT to camera skills in our dedicated Refreshers Learning Centre.

Swizzels is an equal opportunities employer and we are proud of our caring culture, being awarded disability confident employer status.

We always welcome opinions and ideas from all who work for us. We aren’t just a team – we are a family. To join the Swizzels Matlow family please fill in the form below and someone will get back to you.

Current vacancies

Junior Designer and Content Creator– New Mills site

We have a great opportunity for a talented Junior Graphic Designer and Content Creator to join our busy and lively marketing team at Swizzels.

The successful candidate will work on marketing activities, from digital campaigns, graphics for websites, social media marketing and advertising campaigns, trade marketing POS, product and packaging design and photography. This role offers a diverse range of creative challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Generating ideas and designs for new product concepts and packaging under the guidance of Brand Managers.
• Creating packaging artwork following brand guidelines and/or design requirements.
• Creating and designing printed and digital assets to advertise our products to customers throughout the year, example campaigns are Veganuary, new product launches or seasonal events.
• Adapting campaign artwork to suit customer specifications and trade marketing briefs.
• Working closely with the Digital Marketing Manager and Brand Managers to create impactful social media content for campaigns, incorporating best practices into your creative design work.
• Staying up-to-date with current design and social media trends, tools, and technologies to elevate the brand.
• Create video content and animations for presentations and social media.
• Design visually compelling graphics for a variety of marketing materials.
• Apply digital design techniques, including typography, colour theory, and layout design on cutter guides.
• Providing style guides and feedback to licensed partners.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in graphic design, showcasing your creative flair.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, with a focus on Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Familiarity with some form of video editing or animation in Photoshop or Adobe After Effects is a plus.
• A portfolio reflecting a diverse range of design work including digital campaigns, showcasing creativity and technical skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, delivering high-quality work within specified timelines.
• Excellent communication skills to facilitate effective collaboration within the team.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, plan work and adapt to a dynamic work environment.
• Must reflect Swizzels values: Integrity, respect, passion, teamwork and positivity.

If you are passionate about graphic design and social media, fun, creative with a keen eye for detail we invite you to be a part of our team. Join us at Swizzels Matlow and contribute to the creation of impactful packaging and brand content that helps deliver our future brand growth. We look forward to hearing from you!

The role is based in New Mills, Derbyshire which is an easy commute from Manchester by train and accessible from many areas.

• Job Type: Full-time
• Monday to Friday, office based role.
• Competitive Salary

Education:

• Degree or equivalent

Experience:

• Graphic design: minimum 2 years
• Passion and knowledge of social media platforms
• Content creation experience

Customer Collaboration Manager  – New Mills site

Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:00am-5:00pm, Friday: 9:00am-4:30pm
Pay Grade: Competitive

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Customer, Commercial and Supply Chain teams Supporting Commercial colleagues with promotional forecasting, service level analysis and any stock and inbound queries.
• Be the interface between the Customer Supply Chain and the business.
• Ensure that a robust forecasting process is completed which drives forecast accuracy and allows input from both the Customer and the Commercial team.
• Facilitate and manage short term fluctuations in Demand through collaboration with customers and supply team
• Prepare and maintain relevant reports pertaining to demand planning process
• Track, review and publish promotional sales performance and promotional evaluations Track, review and action on shelf availability numbers
• Support and feed into the monthly S&OP process providing insight into forecast changes, performance versus budget and monthly phasing

Key Skills required:

• IT literate with experience of MS office applications.
• Deep understanding of Supply Chain principles.
• Strong communication and excellent interpersonal skills. Comfortable liaising with individuals at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Displays sound judgement in prioritisation of workload and decision making.
• Proactively seeks improved ways of working and adoption of best practice principles.
• Work according the Swizzels Matlow Values: Integrity, Passion, Teamwork, Respect and Positivity.