Packaging Designer: Dielines, Pre-Press & Color

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company, is seeking a Packaging Designer to help design primary and secondary packaging, create dielines, and develop seasonal packaging concepts for beauty/skincare categories. You will work with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility and timely delivery of production-ready files.

Responsibilities include maintaining color accuracy, typography, and visual packaging identity, delivering vendor-ready specs, and coordinating with printers to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience designing primary/secondary packaging and dielines.
• Ability to produce production-ready artwork and mechanical files.
• Strong color management and visual packaging identity development.

Responsibilities

• Design primary and secondary packaging and dielines for beauty/skincare categories.
• Develop seasonal and innovative packaging concepts.
• Partner with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility and accuracy.
• Deliver production-ready files and vendor-ready specs for printers.
• Prepare mechanical files for print and manufacturing.
• Maintain version control and packaging artwork libraries.
• Collaborate with designers and printers to ensure flawless production.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Production-ready artwork

Color management

Typography

Print production

Art direction

Vendor coordination

Tools

Illustrator

InDesign

Artworking

Job description

Lifted, an Upwork Company, is seeking a Packaging Designer to help design primary and secondary packaging, create dielines, and develop seasonal packaging concepts for beauty/skincare categories. You will work with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility and timely delivery of production-ready files.

Responsibilities include maintaining color accuracy, typography, and visual packaging identity, delivering vendor-ready specs, and coordinating with printers to ensure