Senior Packaging Designer
About This Role
Job Summary We are seeking a creative and detail-oriented Packaging Designer to join our product and brand teams. This role focuses on designing functional, on-brand packaging solutions across physical and digital touchpoints, ensuring exceptional shelf presence, manufacturability, and sustainability. The ideal candidate combines strong visual design skills, technical packaging knowledge, and a collaborative mindset to bring products to life from concept through production.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop packaging solutions (primary, secondary, and tertiary) for multiple brands, ensuring alignment with each brand’s identity and business objectives.
- Create and develop visual identities, including design systems, typography, color palettes, and brand guidelines for each brand.
- Produce structural and graphic packaging designs, including dielines, mockups, and proofs.
- Prepare high-quality, production-ready files, ensuring compliance with printing and manufacturing requirements.
- Collaborate with internal teams (Brand, Product, Marketing) to ensure designs align with brand direction and product requirements.
- Coordinate with factories, suppliers, and printing vendors to ensure accurate execution of designs according to approved specifications.
- Review samples, conduct pre-production checks, and support production runs to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Ensure all designs comply with regulatory, labeling, and material requirements in target markets.
- Optimize packaging designs to support sustainability goals by selecting appropriate materials and reducing waste.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, overseeing all stages from concept to final production.
- Organize and maintain packaging assets and files, ensuring consistency across products and brands.
- Stay up to date with the latest packaging trends, materials, and technologies to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Packaging Design, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3+ years of experience in packaging design within consumer goods, retail, or a related industry.
- Proven portfolio demonstrating structural packaging, dielines, and graphic design applied to retail products.
- Legal authorization to work in the hiring country.
Required Skills:
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and experience creating dielines and print-ready artwork.
- Understanding of structural design principals, carton construction, materials (paperboard, corrugate, flexible), and manufacturing processes.
- Strong visual design sensibility, typography, color management, and attention to detail.
- Experience preparing specifications, technical drawings, and working with print vendors and converters.
- Knowledge of labeling, regulatory, and sustainability considerations relevant to consumer packaging.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to align cross-functional stakeholders and manage feedback effectively.
- Organized, able to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
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