Job title: Senior Graphic Designer (Beauty Packaging)
Type of employment: Full-time
Shift Schedule: Flexible, with preferred overlap of 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET (New York time)
Were hiring a senior, production-focused Packaging Graphic Designer to execute primary and secondary packaging for beauty consumer goods. This role is execution-heavy (not branding) and requires strong technical accuracy, creating factory-ready mechanical files, dielines, and print-ready artwork while following strict brand guidelines. The ideal candidate is fast, highly organized, and works independently without hand-holding.
About the Employer:
The client is a large U.S.-based company in the Beauty & Wellness space creating consumer goods packaging for production and manufacturing partners.
Objective of this role:
- Produce on-brand, trend-driven packaging for beauty consumer goods (regular + seasonal lines)
- Deliver print-ready mechanicals with accurate dielines, specs, and organized files
- Maintain high speed and accuracy while managing multiple projects and deadlines
- Ensure every packaging execution follows internal brand guidelines and retail-ready standards
Responsibilities:
- Create and update primary and secondary packaging for beauty consumer goods
- Build production-ready packaging mechanicals (dielines, layouts, spec adherence, print files)
- Translate trend direction into packaging that remains consistent with brand guidelines
- Prepare clean, organized Illustrator files for handoff (layers, naming, versions, linked assets)
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines with minimal oversight
- Collaborate cross-functionally (ops, product, vendors/printers) to finalize packaging details
- Support seasonal line refreshes and quick-turn updates as needed
Required skills and qualifications:
- 5+ years of graphic design experience with a strong focus on CPG packaging (Beauty/W Wellness preferred)
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe Illustrator (daily use for packaging/mechanicals)
- Strong experience producing technical packaging files: dielines, mechanicals, print-ready artwork
- Demonstrated ability to follow strict brand guidelines and execute accurately in a production environment
- Fast, independent executor with minimal need for hand-holding
- Highly organized with exceptional file management and attention to detail
- Strong communication skills and ability to ask clarifying questions early
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with deadlines and multiple active projects
Preferred skills and qualifications
- Experience designing packaging across multiple SKUs, sizes, and seasonal variants.
- Familiarity with retail compliance requirements and packaging version control.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Work from home
Work Location: Remote