Packaging Designer: Beauty & Skincare Innovation

Upwork; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is seeking experienced packaging designers to join our network for future full- or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. You will design primary and secondary packaging, develop dielines and structural concepts, and ensure production-ready artwork and vendor specs are ready for print.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative packaging that meets feasibility, color accuracy, and pre-press standards while maintaining brand identity across products.

Qualifications

• Design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts.
• Develop seasonal and innovative packaging for beauty/skincare categories.
• Collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility.
• Own color, finishes, typography, hierarchy, and visual packaging identity.
• Deliver production-ready files and vendor-ready specs.
• Prepare accurate mechanical files for print and manufacturing.
• Execute resizing, adaptations, layout adjustments, and technical refinements.
• Ensure color accuracy, trapping, bleeds, and pre-press best practices.
• Manage version control and packaging artwork libraries.
• Partner with designers and printers to ensure flawless production.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Typography

Color management

Prepress preparation

Production artwork

Print & manufacturing

Version control

Vendor collaboration

Layout adjustments

Job description

Lifted is seeking experienced packaging designers to join our network for future full- or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. You will design primary and secondary packaging, develop dielines and structural concepts, and ensure production-ready artwork and vendor specs are ready for print.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative packaging that meets feasibility, color accuracy, and pre-press standards while maintaining brand identity across products.