Packaging Designer

Nex • San Jose, CA

10h • $95,000 - $115,000 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for a Packaging Designer who cares deeply about how products show up in the real world. This role sits at the intersection of brand, industrial design, and storytelling, owning the end-to-end design of packaging that feels as intentional, delightful, and differentiated as the product inside.
You’ll help define how our brand lives on shelves, in homes, and in the hands of customers. This is not about making things simply look “nice” and instead about creating packaging that earns attention, communicates clearly, and delivers a memorable unboxing experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Packaging Design or Graphic Design
• 5+ years of related industry experience
• Strong design or engineering fundamentals
• Hands-on experience exploring and refining designs through iterative prototyping
• Experience in 3D CAD modeling and render packages
• Experience with design cycle from concept to manufacturing in mass-production
• Ability to travel to support successful production of design intent
• Innovative thinking and high personal motivation
• Flexibility and comfort working in a quickly changing environment
• Effective verbal and written presentation skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with consumer electronics, toys, or family-oriented products
• Knowledge of sustainable packaging practices and materials
• Experience designing for retail environments (big box, DTC, or both)
• Comfort supporting adjacent brand or marketing initiatives, when needed

Responsibilities

• Design and execute packaging from initial prototypes to mass production using sustainable materials
• Define the unboxing experience from purchase to setup, creating a seamless physical-to-digital flow
• Drive innovation by exploring new approaches to form, function, construction, and materials across Nex’s full suite of products
• Shape the structural language of our brand—considering materials, construction, tone, and print
• Uncover unboxing insights and test concepts against core product goals
• Develop elegant solutions for technical challenges and complex shipping requirements with a high degree of strong visual taste
• Use 2D and 3D CAD to design and document all parts and assemblies
• Ensure designs meet performance requirements throughout their lifecycle through materials analysis, stress testing, and failure analysis
• Collaborate with hardware, operations, marketing, and retail teams to refine and execute designs and adhere to business goals
• Build models and prototypes to articulate concepts, evaluate functionality, and validate performance
• Partner with external manufacturing teams to optimize designs for function, aesthetics, manufacturability and flawless delivery against robust test standards
• Communicate clearly and often with cross-functional teams to execute under tight timelines

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level