Gift Design Knot Wrap Competition - Internal only

Application Deadline: 30 October 2026

Department: Gift Design

Employment Type: Temporary

Location: Remote UK&I

Reporting To: Grace Cole

Description

Gift Design Knot Wrap Competition

Deadline: 30/10/2026

Calling all wonderful creatives across Lush to have the opportunity to submit a final design for our Global Knot Wrap Competition. Shortlisted candidates and winners will be invited to join our GiftsDesign Talent Pool. Winners will recievea cash prize of £1000.

Introduction

You might know Lush as the inventor of the bath bomb, but there’s more to us than pioneering cosmetics. We believe our business should put more back into the world than it takes, and demonstrates that capitalism can be a force for good. We fight cruel practices like animal testing, promote regeneration, and show that what’s inside counts - whether that’s an ingredient in a product, or the minerals in a smartphone.

Handmade is at the heart of Lush. So, when it comes to our gifting ranges we really do want to knock our customers' socks off! Every Lush gift comes with a story, and we love to celebrate the uniqueness of each gift we create. These are often around innovative materials we have used, new ways of reusing packaging, and collaborations with wonderful artists from across the world. Our customers love to hear these stories so we make a big effort to share them. Often they will feature on our website, be shared through our staff in stores or celebrated with bespoke gift tags. We’re not manufacturing throwaway fillers but keepsakes that we hope our customers will treasure.

We would love to invite you to design a Knot Wrap in our global knot wrap competition. Knot Wrap is the perfect alternative to wrapping paper, they are reusable and sustainable fabric gift-wraps. Made from organic cotton or recycled plastic bottles – wear them, reuse them or frame them!

We invite you to design a Knot Wrap for our 2027 all year round knot wrap collection. Please note we do not want to receive product suggestions - we are looking for a design only.

We would love to review all of your work, but due to high interest, please submit your single strongest design.

Please include an accessible Google Drive link to your design within the personal summary section of your application. (If you experience any issues, please reach out to gifts.talent.pool@lush.co.uk)

Timeline & Important Dates

Final design submission - 30th October 2026

Please note that the final knot wrap sign-off process is TBC. Final developed designs aren't guaranteed to be signed off for the final collection.

If you’re on a temporary contract, please confirm that your availability covers the full period needed to finalise your designs before the deadline.

Please see details of the brief in the attached PDF.

Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive an overwhelming response or our business requirements change.

Project Deliverables

Please submit one finalised knot wrap design.

Your artwork should be supplied as print-ready as possible, using the following specifications:

Finished size: 70 × 70 cm
Bleed: 6 mm on all sides
Colour: CMYK or Pantone , maximum of 8 Pantone colours.
Preferred file format: Adobe Illustrator (.AI) or Adobe Photoshop (.PSD)
Raster artwork: If using Photoshop or Procreate, please ensure it is high enough resolution for print at the final size (300DPI)
Vector artwork: Where possible, keep artwork as editable vector elements
Fonts: If using fonts , please make sure they are available in the adobe font suite. If you are using a font from another site please provide proof it is 100% free for commercial use. Handwritten fonts and text is also welcome.

Your name and team/location , your employer (e.g Lush Limited , or Cosmetic Warriors)

A short description of your design
Tell us in a few sentences about your design and the inspiration behind it.

Optional: You can also include a mock-up showing how your knot wrap could look when printed or wrapped around a gift. This isn’t required, but can help us understand your vision.

*Please send final design submission via compressed ZIP file in your application.

Benefits

receive any samples of your work if applicable
cash prize of £1000 for selected winners
a chance to see your designs in the 2027 All Year Round knot wrap collection
shortlisted and winning candidates will be invited to join our Gift Design Talent Pool

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Gift Design Knot Wrap Competition - *Internal only*

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Gift Design Knot Wrap Competition - Internal only

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