Cosmetics Packaging & Product Designer — End-to-End Ownership

Craft; Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Craft in Manchester is seeking a packaging designer to own the brand's physical face as it moves to high-street and premium retail. You’ll take products from initial sketch to finished item on a shelf, turning concepts into drawings, technical specs and mock-ups, and working directly with suppliers through sampling and approvals.

You’ll design packaging and PR boxes for unboxing, prepare print-ready artwork for production and international markets, and help shape the range by tracking category

Qualifications

• Four years' experience in product, packaging or packaging design, preferably cosmetics.
• Experience taking products through sampling to finished production and working with suppliers on proofs.
• Knowledge of cosmetics labeling rules.

Responsibilities

• Turn concepts into 2D/3D drawings, specs and 3D mock-ups.
• Work with suppliers through sampling and sign-off on production quality.
• Design packaging and PR boxes for unboxing content; prepare print-ready artwork for production.
• Monitor market directions to help shape range.

Skills

Sketching

CAD

Spec packs

Supplier liaison

Tools

AutoCAD

Print production

Job description

Craft in Manchester is seeking a packaging designer to own the brand's physical face as it moves to high-street and premium retail. You’ll take products from initial sketch to finished item on a shelf, turning concepts into drawings, technical specs and mock-ups, and working directly with suppliers through sampling and approvals.

You’ll design packaging and PR boxes for unboxing, prepare print-ready artwork for production and international markets, and help shape the range by tracking category