Marketing & Graphic Design

Marketing & Graphic Design

Matthews Group | Māngere Bridge, Auckland

Are you a creative graphic designer who enjoys bringing products and brands to life? We’re looking for someone who combines strong design skills with practical marketing experience to create engaging content across print and digital channels.

Matthews Group, formerly Matthews Packaging & Hygiene, imports and distributes packaging and hygiene consumables to businesses throughout New Zealand. This is an opportunity to help shape how our brand and products are presented to customers.

About the role

• This is a hands-on role with graphic design at its core, supported by email marketing, catalogue production, social media and wider marketing activities.
• You’ll take projects from initial concept through to finished artwork, working with our sales, procurement and management teams to produce materials that are visually strong, accurate and commercially effective.
• The role is an ON SITE and collaborative role, and does not offer remote work
• The hours are from 7:00am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday.

Your key responsibilities

• Graphic design and brand consistency
• Design promotional flyers, brochures, sales presentations, advertisements, signage and other marketing materials.
• Maintain a consistent, professional look across all Matthews Group communications.
• Create and update product packaging, labels and artwork where required.
• Organise design files, templates and brand assets so they are easy to access and reuse.
• Email marketing and EDMs
• Plan, design, write and distribute email campaigns, including product promotions, launches and customer updates.
• Tailor campaigns to relevant customer groups and maintain an organised email marketing calendar.
• Monitor campaign results and use these insights to improve content, engagement and enquiries.
• Catalogue design and print production
• Design and maintain product catalogues, pricing publications and promotional booklets.
• Coordinate product images, descriptions, specifications and pricing with the relevant teams.
• Prepare print-ready artwork and manage proofing, print supplier coordination and production deadlines.
• Keep digital and printed materials accurate, consistent and up to date.
• Social media and digital content
• Plan and create social media content that showcases our products, people and business.
• Produce graphics, product photography and short videos for campaigns and everyday content.
• Schedule posts, monitor engagement and respond to or direct enquiries to the appropriate team.
• Update website banners, promotional content and product imagery.
• Marketing coordination and sales support
• Maintain a marketing calendar covering promotions, product launches, seasonal campaigns and events.
• Create sales tools that help our team explain product features, benefits and applications.
• Support trade shows, customer events and other marketing initiatives.
• Track key marketing results and suggest practical improvements.

What you’ll bring

• A strong graphic design portfolio demonstrating both print and digital work.
• Proficiency in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience designing multi-page catalogues or brochures and preparing artwork for commercial printing.
• Experience creating and sending EDMs using an email marketing platform.
• Strong written communication, proofreading skills and attention to detail.
• An understanding of social media content creation and scheduling.
• The ability to manage several projects, prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
• Confidence taking a brief, contributing ideas and seeing work through to completion.
• A practical approach to marketing, with an interest in helping customers understand products and supporting sales.
• Product photography, video editing, website content management and experience in a product-based or business-to-business environment would be an advantage.
• Why join Matthews Group?

• Take ownership of varied creative projects across print and digital.
• See your work used across customer communications, catalogues, packaging and sales materials.
• Work closely with the people who know our products and customers.
• Contribute ideas and help develop the presentation of the Matthews Group brand.

Apply now

Please apply through SEEK with your CV, a brief cover letter and a portfolio or link to examples of your work.

We would particularly like to see examples of catalogue or brochure layouts, email campaigns and other relevant print or digital design projects. For collaborative projects, please explain your contribution.