Graphic Designer Cover Letter Example

Forty products, nine months and not one reprint for an artwork error: that was the packaging redesign I led at Mar e Terra Foods. I am applying to be Senior Packaging Designer at Hollin Bay Foods because your relaunch is the same kind of job at a larger size.

There I built and maintain the design system our team of four uses, and it cut the time to produce a new label from two days to one. I work with the print supplier on proofs and color checks, which brought artwork approval down from four rounds to two. Before that, at Studio Bruma, I designed logos, menus and social graphics for 18 restaurant and cafe clients. I also designed a four-label seasonal series for a regional cider maker that sold out in six weeks at the producer's shop.

Hollin Bay Foods relaunching 60 products under one brand, while building its first in-house team, is the reason this role stands out to me. Guiding and reviewing the work of a small team would be a step up for me, not something I have done in a formal role. What I have done is write the rules the team works from, and check proofs with the printer until the color matches. Reviewing a colleague's artwork against those same rules before it goes to print is the natural next step, and it is the part of the job I most want.

Rather than a folder of finished packs, a short walk-through of the redesign, from the first brief to the press proof, would show you how I work. Tuesday or Thursday suits me, by video or in person in Matosinhos.