Packaging & Visual Designer

Vetic; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Vetic is seeking a Packaging Designer with 2–5 years of experience to design packaging artworks across SKUs, adapt master designs, and ensure brand consistency. You will work with dielines, CMYK and Pantone specifications, and deliver print-ready files.

You will create product images, mock-ups, and visual assets for catalogues and marketplaces, manage revisions, and perform competitive benchmarking to guide design direction.

Qualifications

• Min 2-5 yrs of experience in packaging design, artwork development, and execution.
• Experience handling packaging adaptations across multiple SKUs, variants, and formats.
• Experience working with print vendors/production partners and managing print-ready artwork.

Responsibilities

• Create and design packaging artworks across multiple SKUs, variants, pack sizes, and formats.
• Adapt master designs across the product portfolio while maintaining visual consistency and brand guidelines.
• Organise and fit product information, claims, and communication effectively within the available packaging space.
• Work with KLDs/dielines, bleed areas, margins, folds, cut lines, and other packaging and print specifications.
• Prepare and release technically accurate, colour-separated, and print-ready files to printers and production partners.
• Apply knowledge of CMYK, Pantone, colour specifications, and print requirements during artwork development.
• Develop layouts with strong typography, colour, imagery, and visual hierarchy across packaging and product communication.
• Create high-quality product images and visual assets for catalogues, PDPs, and marketplace listings.
• Create packaging mock-ups and product visualisations for internal reviews, presentations, and launch planning.
• Manage artwork changes, revisions, and updates while ensuring version control, accuracy, and consistency.
• Handle a high volume of artwork adaptations while maintaining quality and brand consistency.
• Ensure all final artwork is accurate and production-ready.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking and visual research to identify relevant packaging, category, and design trends for new launches.
• Support the development of design guidelines, mood boards, and visual directions.
• Source and manage relevant illustrations and images through platforms such as Freepik, Shutterstock, and other image libraries.

Skills

Packaging design

Artwork development

Print production

3D packaging mockups

Typography

Color management

Brand consistency

Version control

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

Packaging Design & Artwork Development:

• Create and design packaging artworks across multiple SKUs, variants, pack sizes, and formats.
• Adapt master designs across the product portfolio while maintaining visual consistency and brand guidelines.
• Organise and fit product information, claims, and communication effectively within the available packaging space.

Technical Artwork & Print Execution:

• Work with KLDs/dielines, bleed areas, margins, folds, cut lines, and other packaging and print specifications.
• Prepare and release technically accurate, colour-separated, and print-ready files to printers and production partners.
• Apply knowledge of CMYK, Pantone, colour specifications, and print requirements during artwork development.

Visual Design & Product Communication:

• Develop layouts with strong typography, colour, imagery, and visual hierarchy across packaging and product communication.
• Create high-quality product images and visual assets for catalogues, PDPs, and marketplace listings.
• Create packaging mock-ups and product visualisations for internal reviews, presentations, and launch planning.

Artwork Management & Quality:

• Manage artwork changes, revisions, and updates while ensuring version control, accuracy, and consistency.
• Handle a high volume of artwork adaptations while maintaining quality and brand consistency.
• Ensure all final artwork is accurate and production-ready.

Research & Design Direction:

• Conduct competitive benchmarking and visual research to identify relevant packaging, category, and design trends for new launches.
• Support the development of design guidelines, mood boards, and visual directions.
• Source and manage relevant illustrations and images through platforms such as Freepik, Shutterstock, and other image libraries.

Requirements:

• Min 2-5 yrs of experience in packaging design, artwork development, and execution.
• Experience handling packaging adaptations across multiple SKUs, variants, and formats.
• Experience working with print vendors/production partners and managing print-ready artwork .

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and other design software as required.
• Strong understanding of KLDs/dielines, packaging specifications, and print production.
• Knowledge of CMYK, Pantone, colour separation, and print-ready file preparation.
• Ability to create 3D packaging mock-ups and product visualisations.
• Strong understanding of visual hierarchy, typography, colour, and imagery.
• Strong creative acumen with an eye for design consistency and detail.
• Strong organisational, file management, and version-control skills.
• Strong capability in competitive benchmarking, category research, and visual analysis.