Packaging Designer: Enterprise-Scale Packaging & Innovation

Upwork; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is seeking a Packaging Designer to create primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts for beauty/skincare lines. You will develop seasonal packaging, collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams, and own color, finishes, typography, and the overall packaging identity.

You will deliver production-ready files, precise mechanicals for print, and ensure pre-press quality.

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.
• Background in designing primary/secondary packaging; structural concepts.
• Experienced in building production-ready artwork, mechanicals, technical files.

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

Color management

Pre-press

Production-ready artwork

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Lifted is seeking a Packaging Designer to create primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts for beauty/skincare lines. You will develop seasonal packaging, collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams, and own color, finishes, typography, and the overall packaging identity.

You will deliver production-ready files, precise mechanicals for print, and ensure pre-press quality.