Product Workflow Designer (Remote)

Job Title: Product Workflow Designer (Remote)

Location: Remote (must be available for early mornings EST – East Coast & Europe overlap)
Eligibility: Must be U.S. work-eligible (citizen or authorized to work for a U.S. company)
Compensation: Based on experience, with meaningful growth potential
Type: Full-time (or freelance-to-permanent)

We’re looking for someone who notices what others miss.

This role is the glue between design, data, production, and operations—a hybrid position for someone who lives in Illustrator and Photoshop but thinks like a builder, not just a designer.

You’ll manage packaging layout templates, product data, image assets, SKUs, and technical details across our catalog. You’ll make things more scalable, more accurate, and more beautiful. And you'll grow into a product management role that owns the entire product lifecycle—from concept to production to sunsetting.

This is not a traditional designer role, and it's not just production or ops. It’s all of it, together. Perfect for a creative who loves systems—or an operator with a design brain.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and manage packaging templates in Illustrator and Photoshop, tied to product data (titles, barcodes, piece counts, etc.)
• Use and manage CSV data to auto-populate files and ensure accuracy across SKUs
• Export production-ready files, manage naming conventions, and keep folders and systems clean
• Create assets for email campaigns, retail displays, and 3D mockups as needed
• Use light code or automation tools to speed up repetitive design/export tasks
• Own the data integrity of our product catalog—no mismatched SKUs, no wrong versions, no errors
• Help us source and manufacture new products, especially with Made-in-USA partners whenever possible
• Work with vendors from sampling to production, ensuring timelines, quality, and cost stay aligned with our standards
• MaintainCreate and maintain production specsspecifications, artwork, and status tracking across active SKUs
• Conduct market research to aid in product development.
• Over time, grow into a Product Manager role overseeing product lifecycles from idea to retirement

You might be a fit if you:

• Are deeply fluent in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
• Think in templates, systems, and folders as much as pixels and layers
• Know how to work with CSV files, data-driven templates, and export pipelines
• Have experience working with vendors or manufacturers, or you're eager to learn
• Bonus if you’ve worked on U.S.-based production or understand small-batch sourcing constraints
• Can use light code, scripts, or automation tools to solve problems (even if it’s messy)
• Have experience with 3D renderings (or are curious to learn)
• Write clearly and think quickly
• Take initiative, fix things without being asked, and love creating order
• Are open to starting in one role and growing into product leadership
• Hold yourself to exacting standards—you spot inconsistencies, errors, and loose ends before anyone else
• Are comfortable working early mornings to align with U.S. and European teams

To apply:

Send an email to jobs@newyorkpuzzlecompany.com with the following, in this order:

• A short note about yourself
• A link to your portfolio or most relevant work
• Tell us about a tool or process you’ve created, improved, or automated
• Tell us about one hard problem you solved that no one asked you to rectify
• Tell us about something you've made using AI
• Tell us which What is your favorite puzzle we make? And why?

Only emailed applications will be reviewed. Please put your last name and the job title for which you are applying in the subject line so we can keep track.

Thanks for considering us. We’re excited to hear from you!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: Remote