Packaging Designers

Lifted, an Upwork Company™; Pierre (SD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted, an Upwork Company, is seeking packaging designers to join its talent pool for future employment engagements with enterprise partners. The role centers on designing primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts for beauty/skincare lines.

You will produce production-ready artwork and mechanical files, ensure color accuracy and pre-press standards, and collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure flawless production from concept to print.

Qualifications

• Experience designing primary/secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts.
• Experience creating production-ready artwork and mechanical files.
• Strong collaboration with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams.
• Ability to own color, finishes, typography, hierarchy and packaging identity.

Skills

Packaging design

Beauty packaging

Cross-functional collaboration

Visual identity

Production-ready files

Mechanical files

Layout adjustments

Color accuracy

Version control

Print production

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.