Concept Designer

“You turn bold beauty ideas into distinctive concepts and designs that brands can’t ignore.” 

As a Concept Designer at Innovative Beauty Group (IBG), you translate client briefs into strong, on-brand concepts and visual stories that work in the real world. You combine creativity with a solid understanding of branding, packaging and production, and you take ownership from first idea to customer-ready concept. With your experience, eye for detail and collaborative mindset, you help lift our projects to the next level. 

Welcome to IBG! 

IBG (Innovative Beauty Group) is a global one-stop beauty shop. By partnering with our clients as an extension of their teams, we bring beauty visions to life. IBG consists of more than 300 colleagues spread over 13 locations worldwide. 

Within IBG Netherlands, we specialize in turnkey solutions, private label and packaging in the Beauty and Home Care industry. Together we are concept builders with global opportunities for well-known retailers and brands from your favorite shopping street. There is a good chance that one of our products is already in your home! 

What will you do as Concept Designer 

In this role, you are responsible for developing creative concepts and visual directions for our beauty and personal care clients. You translate briefings into concrete design proposals, safeguard visual consistency across touchpoints, and help shape our internal design standards. You work closely with sales, product development and innovation colleagues to ensure that what you design is not only beautiful, but also feasible and commercially relevant. 

You will 

• Turn client briefings into creative packaging and product design concepts that fit their brand, target group and commercial goals; 

• Create inspiring visual decks, branding proposals, mockups and simple prototypes that clearly tell the story behind your concepts; 

• Actively research trends, consumer insights and competitor activity and translate these into forward-thinking design directions; 

• Develop and refine visual systems (such as typography, colour palettes, iconography and layout principles) and ensure consistent use across projects; 

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (such as Product Development, Sales and Sourcing) to align design with technical possibilities, timings and costs; 

• Join client meetings or pitches when needed to help present and explain concepts in a clear and compelling way. 

What we offer: 

At IBG, you find more than a job, you join a close-knit, international team driven by creativity, shared values and growth. Collaboration is our strength and we celebrate success together.  We start our collaboration with a temporary contract, with the prospect of a permanent appointment. 

In addition, you get: 

• ✅ A competitive salary; 

• 🌴 25 vacation days (based on a full-time working week), with the possibility to buy an additional 5 days; 

• 🏦 A solid pension plan, fully paid by the company; 

• 🚆 Public transport card; 

• 💻 A laptop and mobile phone (including subscription); 

• 📚 Room for development through training, education and inspiration sessions; 

• 🍻 Team building through fun drinks, seminars and sports activities; 

• 🌍 An international working environment full of energy, beauty & growth; 

• 🏡Hybrid working: from 32 hours per week you can work 2 days from home, below 32 hours you can work 1 day from home; 

• 🏠 The possibility to work remotely for a maximum of 2 consecutive weeks;