Senior Packaging Production Artist – Global (12month contract)

Deciem Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & Personal Days

Parental leave (6 months)

Work from anywhere 4 weeks/year

Hybrid work model

Summer Fridays

Dog-friendly office

Employee Assistance Program

Development Grants & LinkedIn Learning

Product discount

Job summary

DECIEM, The Abnormal Beauty Company, seeks a Senior Packaging Production Artist to own global packaging artwork—from design through production—across multiple brands. You will translate creative into production-ready art, manage multilingual assets, and partner with Regulatory, Sourcing, and external vendors. Hybrid role, 3 days onsite in Toronto.

You will align with brand standards, streamline workflows, and prepare artwork for timely product launches globally.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of relevant experience in production art, packaging production, prepress, or a closely related field.
• Experience producing consumer packaging across New and Existing Product Development, ideally in beauty/cosmetics/regulatory environments.
• Managing multi-language and regional packaging artwork assets and localized rollouts.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Strong knowledge of print-production, color management, dielines, substrates, finishes, and production-ready artwork.
• Experience working directly with printers, packaging suppliers, and/or manufacturing vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own development of accurate, production-ready packaging artwork across a broad product portfolio and global markets.
• Translate approved creative into technically accurate final artwork while upholding brand standards.
• Build and adapt packaging artwork using dielines, specs, regulatory copy, and vendor requirements.
• Quality-check artwork to identify and resolve issues before release.
• Collaborate with Regulatory on artwork changes and reflect approved copy across regions.
• Work with Sourcing and external vendors to obtain dielines and technical requirements.

Skills

Production art

Packaging production

Prepress

Adobe Creative Suite

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Senior Packaging Production Artist – Global (12month contract)

• Senior Packaging Production Artist – Global (12month contract)

We are a collective of disrupters and doers, of creatives and scientists, with a mission to reimagine the world of beauty.

Since inception, our vertically integrated structure, including our own laboratories, manufacturing, retail stores, and brand infrastructure, have enabled us to rapidly identify opportunities and deliver quality. Home to The Ordinary, NIOD, AVESTAN, and other emerging brands, our goal is to create with purpose. We were founded on the principle of doing everything that others don’t. Because normal gets you nowhere.

We are DECIEM, The Abnormal Beauty Company.

We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

The Senior Packaging Production Artist role will own and evolve the packaging production artwork function within Packaging Design for DECIEM. Working with a high degree of autonomy, this role is responsible for translating approved creative into accurate, production-ready packaging artwork across New and Existing Product Development, while managing multi-language and regional packaging artwork, workflows, file systems, and cross-functional relationships. The incumbent will partner directly with Packaging Designers, Regulatory, Sourcing, external vendors, and other cross-functional teams to move projects efficiently from design through final production. Beyond technical execution, this role will establish best practices, streamline workflows, solve problems independently, and support future integration with Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) systems, standards, and processes.

This is a hybrid role based 3-days onsite at our Toronto office.

PAY RANGE

The anticipated base salary for this position is $80,000 to $85,000

Exact salary depends on several factors such as experience, skills, education, and budget. Salary range may vary based on geographic location.

WHAT YOU’D BE DOING IN THIS ROLE

Packaging Production & Artwork Execution

• Own the development of accurate, production-ready packaging artwork across a broad portfolio of products, components, SKUs, and global markets, supporting both New and Existing Product Development.
• Translate approved creative into technically accurate final artwork while maintaining design intent and established brand standards.
• Build and adapt packaging artwork using approved dielines, technical specifications, regulatory copy, and vendor requirements, managing multi-language and multi-region artwork complexities.
• Conduct thorough quality checks to identify and resolve artwork inconsistencies or technical issues prior to release.
• Partner directly with Regulatory to implement regulatory-driven artwork changes and ensure approved copy and required information are accurately reflected in multi-region packaging.
• Work directly with Sourcing and external manufacturing and print vendors to obtain and validate dielines, specifications, and technical requirements.

Packaging Workflow & File-System Ownership

• Own and manage the Packaging Design artwork workflow and file system, ensuring projects and assets are organized, accurate, and accessible.
• Manage the flow of artwork through Design, Regulatory, Sourcing, vendor, and approval stages, identifying workflow bottlenecks and opportunities to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Process Development & ELC Integration

- Develop scalable workflows and best practices that improve artwork accuracy, speed, visibility, and consistency.

- Manage multiple concurrent artwork projects and prioritize work according to business needs, timelines, and launch dates.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE

• 5–7+ years of relevant experience in production art, packaging production, prepress, or a closely related field.
• Significant experience producing consumer packaging across both New and Existing Product Development, ideally within beauty, cosmetics, personal care, CPG, or another regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-language and regional packaging artwork assets and localized rollouts.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Strong knowledge of print-production and prepress processes, including color management, dielines, substrates, print specifications, finishes, and production-ready artwork preparation.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with printers, packaging suppliers, and/or manufacturing vendors.

WHAT YOU’LL BE GAINING BY JOINING OUR TEAM

There’s a lot of good stuff that comes along with being a DECIEM team member. Here’s a few of our favourite perks and benefits, in no particular order…

• Generous Vacation & Personal Days, plus additional time off for volunteering in your community, voting, peaceful protesting, celebrating your birthday, and more.
• 6 months of paid time off for new parents (inclusive of all genders).
• Work from anywhere 4 weeks per year.
• A hybrid work model (for applicable roles).
• Summer Friday’s - get off at 1pm all summer long! (for applicable roles).
• A dog-friendly office (and lots of cute dogs to play with).
• Unlimited access to an Employee Assistance Program that includes mental health care, mindfulness programs, and more.
• Access to Development Grants & a LinkedIn Learning membership to help you keep growing and learning.
• A generous discount on DECIEM products for you, your family, and your friends.

BUILDING GROWTH TO POWER GOOD

We are a People first company that lives by our core values to…

• Play in the grey.
• Be the rabbit.

These values continue to guide us in all that we do. Along the way, we’ve been honoured to win some pretty incredible awards, including a CEW Achiever Award, Best Skincare Brand at Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards, and Most Popular Sustainable Brand by The Cosmetify Index Global. We’re still blushing!

SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT

DECIEM’s objective is to build growth and do good things while prioritizing people, animals, and the Earth.

Our Sustainability strategy is focused on fighting climate change, improved waste management, responsible packaging, responsible sourcing and product lifecycle, and water conservation.

In 2020, DECIEM established the Good Fund to support both large and grassroots charities in response to global events.

CREATING A HUMAN WORLD OF BEAUTY

DECIEM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by creating meaningful, measurable change in the lives of our team members and in the communities where we operate. Achieving equality is critical to DECIEM and our future. You can learn more about our DEI commitment in our open letter, " Belonging is the Destination, Change is the Journey ".

DECIEM is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. We are also committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted to be part of our recruitment process and require accommodation, please let us know.