Packaging Designer — Craft Production-Ready Packaging

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. We are seeking an experienced Packaging Designer to design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts for beauty/skincare categories.

The role involves collaborating with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility and delivering production-ready files for printing and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts.
• Develop seasonal and innovation packaging for beauty/skincare categories.
• Partner 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.

Responsibilities

• Design packaging concepts across primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural layouts.
• Create production-ready artwork and mechanical files for print suppliers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility and brand alignment.
• Maintain packaging identity, color accuracy, and pre-press standards.
• Support version control and asset libraries for packaging projects.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Structural concepts

Color/finish/typography

Pre-press/best practices

Job description

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. We are seeking an experienced Packaging Designer to design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts for beauty/skincare categories.

The role involves collaborating with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility and delivering production-ready files for printing and manufacturing.