Packaging Designer

Independent Food; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A UAE-based hospitality company is seeking a passionate Packaging Designer to join their Creative team. The role entails developing creative designs for food-related content across various platforms. Candidates should have previous experience in packaging design and be proficient in design software, including Illustrator and Photoshop. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to exciting food concepts within a vibrant company. Flexibility in working hours may be required.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a similar role is essential.
• Proficiency in design software such as Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Understanding of marketing, production, and brand identity.

Responsibilities

• Develop creative designs for the selected brand.
• Define requirements and visualize packaging concepts.
• Create graphics and manage visual aspects of product packaging.

Skills

Graphic design

Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

Marketing understanding

Brand identity

Product packaging design

Job description

Driven to create unique home-grown food concepts that bring people together, the Independent Food Company is a UAE-based hospitality company with multiple concepts under its umbrella – SALT, Shawla, Kumo, Parker’s, Somewhere and Public.

We are looking for Packaging Designer that share our passion for hospitality and amazing food, to join our Creative team. You will be working with a particular brand to create food-related content to be used across multiple platforms.

As a Packaging designer, you will be responsible for developing various types of creative designs for the brand. This includes the entire process of defining requirements, visualizing and creating graphics, shaping the visual aspects of product packaging, pop-ups and more

Previous experience working in a similar role is essential as is experience design software including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc. Understanding of marketing, production, brand identity, product packaging, and multimedia design. The role will require some flexibility with regards to working hours/days.