Senior Designer, Packaging Design
About The Position
As a Senior Designer, Packaging Design, you are a highly skilled, conceptually strong designer with deep Consumer Packaged Goods experience and a passion for crafting intelligent, scalable design solutions. You bring both exceptional design craft and the ability to think beyond individual SKUs, building cohesive visual systems across categories, sub-brands, and product architectures. You thrive in a high-speed environment, confidently balancing multiple priorities while maintaining creative integrity and design excellence. This role requires a designer who is: Independent & self-directed : able to own projects with minimal oversight Collaborative : elevates the team while confidently “owning it” when needed Systems-minded : comfortable designing for brands that span several categories CPG savvy : understands shelf impact, hierarchy, and consumer behavior Adaptable & resourceful : excels in fast-moving, ever-evolving workflows
Requirements
- Degree in Graphic, Communication, or Packaging Design (or related field)
- 6+ years of packaging design experience, preferably within a CPG-focused studio or agency
- Strong portfolio showcasing CPG packaging excellence
- Demonstrated experience working across multi-SKU / multi-category portfolios
- Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- Strong presentation and communication skills
- Solid understanding of packaging production and print processes
- Ability to work independently while thriving in a team environment
Nice To Haves
- Possesses a standout portfolio demonstrating premium CPG packaging work
- Brings extensive packaging design experience, ideally across multiple categories
- Thinks naturally in design systems, portfolios, and product architectures
- Excels in fast-paced, high-volume workflows
- Is a self-starter who proactively owns projects
- Balances creative ambition with commercial effectiveness
- Demonstrates exceptional typography, layout, and visual hierarchy skills
- Is confident, articulate, and collaborative
- Understands packaging production and print realities
- Is resourceful, adaptable, and solutions-oriented
- Thrives in highly collaborative, client-embedded teams
Responsibilities
- Translate briefs into compelling, strategically grounded design solutions
- Develop packaging concepts and design systems across multiple categories
- Extend and evolve existing brand worlds with precision and consistency
- Balance speed, accuracy, and creativity in a deadline-driven environment
- Champion design integrity across adaptive and production workflows
- Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Design Directors, and Client Services
- Confidently present and articulate design rationale
- Navigate ambiguity with curiosity, clarity, and initiative
- Apply strong typographic, compositional, and visual hierarchy skills
- Own Photography & Visual Asset Development
- Develop clear and effective pre-production documentation (shot lists, visual guidelines, creative direction)
- Art direct photography to ensure alignment with brand and packaging objectives
- Guide composition, styling, lighting, and visual storytelling decisions
- Partner with photographers, stylists, and production teams
- Direct and provide feedback to retouching teams to maintain visual consistency and quality
- Champion image integrity across packaging systems and portfolio applications
Benefits
- a selection of health care plans with prescription drug coverage
- dental plan
- vision plan
- basic and supplemental life insurance
- a flexible spending account for medical and dependent care expenses or a health savings account based on plan selection
- short/long term disability
- 401(k) Savings Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
