Packaging Designers

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company™ is building a talent pool of experienced packaging designers for potential full- or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. Designers will create packaging concepts and ensure feasibility across product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams.

You will own color, finishes, typography, hierarchy, and visual identity, and deliver production-ready files and vendor specs. Join us to work on beauty/skincare packaging, seasonal and innovative concepts, with

Qualifications

• Design packaging concepts including dielines and structural ideas.
• Create production-ready artwork and mechanical files.
• Coordinate with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams for feasibility.

Responsibilities

• Design primary and secondary packaging and dielines.
• Deliver production-ready files and vendor specs.
• Coordinate with printers to ensure flawless production.
• Maintain color accuracy and pre-press standards.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines & structures

Brand & color management

Pre-press expertise

Print production files

Job description

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to help them scale smarter. We offer a single solution designed to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. For talent in our network, Lifted provides access to enterprise‑level projects while handling engagement setup, contracting, compliance, and payments in the background, so you can focus on delivering high-quality work.

Job Description

Why We're Building a Talent Pool

We're continuously building our network of experienced talent across Packaging Designers who are interested in being considered for full or part-time employment engagements with assignments to work with our enterprise partners. While this is not tied to one specific project, selected candidates may be matched to future employment opportunities based on experience, availability, and alignment with project needs.

Qualifications

What We Look For

• 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

Additional Qualifications (if relevant)

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

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