Packaging Designers

Upwork; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool of experienced packaging designers for full-time or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. Designers will work on packaging concepting, dielines, and production-ready artwork, collaborating with product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams.

Candidates should bring experience in beauty/skincare packaging, strong technical skills for pre-press and print, and the ability to deliver accurate mechanical files and library management.

Qualifications

• Experience designing primary and secondary packaging, dielines and structural concepts.
• Able to produce production-ready artwork and mechanicals.
• Background in color management and pre-press best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts.
• Develop seasonal and innovative packaging for beauty/skincare categories.
• Partner with product, brand, regulatory, and ops teams to ensure feasibility.
• Deliver production-ready files and vendor-ready specs.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Seasonal packaging

Cross-functional collaboration

Production-ready artwork

Mechanical files

Color management

Pre-press best practices

Version control

Vendor coordination

Job description

About Lifted

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.

About Lifted

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.