Senior Packaging Designer

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.