Packaging Designer — Dielines, Production & Innovation

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company, is building a talent pool of experienced packaging designers to work with enterprise partners on full-time or part-time engagements. You will design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts, delivering production-ready artwork for manufacturing and printers.

Collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams to ensure feasibility, color accuracy, finishes, typography, and packaging identity.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Structural concepts

Seasonal packaging development

Color, finishes, typography

Pre-press production files

Print production collaboration

Version control of artwork

Cross-functional collaboration

Art direction support

Job description

Lifted, an Upwork Company, is building a talent pool of experienced packaging designers to work with enterprise partners on full-time or part-time engagements. You will design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts, delivering production-ready artwork for manufacturing and printers.

Collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams to ensure feasibility, color accuracy, finishes, typography, and packaging identity.