Senior Product Designer, Paper & Packaging
Rowan Nowell
Joined
Oct 2017
As Senior Product designer I’ve been responsible for liaising with customers and designing products that meet customer requirements. Working with the design team its my role to help and guide the project where possible to manufacturing from both the customers and moulded fibre perspective.
Before James Cropper I worked for 6 years in the Northeast designing colour cosmetics for such brands as Channel and Rimmel London as well as designing packs for most UK E-liquid suppliers.
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Tell us about a typical day in your role at James Cropper:
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Working with my talented design team we review progress of projects and continue to push development on design projects that allow.
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During your career at James Cropper, what has been your most memorable highlight?
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Attending the Pentawards in 2023 it was a celebration of the past 6 years hard work in a huge venue filled industry leading designers for the packaging industry, we came away with 7 of the prestigious awards.
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What work are you particularly proud of at James Cropper?
What work are you particularly proud of at James Cropper?
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My proudest moment is seeing the launch of the Dom Ruinart Rock which was sculpted by clay modelling the shape and scanning it into CAD design software to allow us to achieve an organic rock like finish. When I saw the first one come out of the mould it was such a great moment where months of hard work had successfully produced an excellent result.
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Which three things would you take to a desert island?
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Deck Chair
Swiss army knife
Bow and arrows
Swiss army knife
Bow and arrows
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What’s your guilty pleasure?
What’s your guilty pleasure?
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A good (bad) Dad Joke or two
