Packaging Production Designer

WovenWorks; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

WovenWorks is seeking a Packaging Production Designer to translate approved concepts into production-ready packaging artwork across multiple SKUs. You will ensure dielines, color, copy, and brand standards are accurately applied, collaborating with designers and printers to deliver organized files for production.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of packaging artwork experience, strong Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop skills, and a meticulous eye for detail, with the ability to manage multiple

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of professional experience in packaging artwork or production design.
• Portfolio demonstrating packaging artwork and prepress work.
• Strong knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Experience adapting designs across SKUs and formats.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Adapt and extend approved designs across multiple SKUs, sizes, formats, and product lines.
• Create clean, organized, production-ready artwork using Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Collaborate with designers to translate concepts into final execution.
• Work with packaging dielines, printer specifications, and brand standards.
• Build production templates and scalable systems for packaging programs.
• Prepare and review artwork for color, imagery, copy, dimensions, bleeds, and technical accuracy.
• Ensure packaging copy, claims, symbols, and nutrition information are accurately executed.
• Identify production challenges early and coordinate with internal and external partners.
• Manage multiple projects, revisions, and deadlines with high accuracy.
• Incorporate feedback while maintaining the established creative system.

Skills

Packaging artwork

Production design

Prepress

Color management

Print production

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Esko

Job description

Packaging Production Designer (Internal Title: Realization Designer)

About Us

WovenWorks is a forward-thinking, packaging design-driven agency where strategy, creativity, and ambition come together to fuel growth. We work at the intersection of brand, design, and physical products, helping our clients bring compelling ideas to life.

Our team thrives on curiosity, ownership, and attention to detail. We believe great creative is only successful when the final execution is just as strong as the original idea.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Packaging Production Designer to bring creative concepts to life through accurate, thoughtful, and production-ready packaging artwork. This role sits at the intersection of design, adaptation, and production, working closely with our creative team to translate approved concepts across SKUs, sizes, structures, and formats while maintaining the integrity of the original design.

The role is responsible for preparing artwork for physical production, including working with packaging dielines, printer specifications, brand standards, and production requirements. You will build organized artwork and production templates, review technical details such as color, imagery, copy, dimensions, and bleeds, and identify potential production challenges before final execution.

Success in this role requires a strong design eye, excellent technical skills, and exceptional attention to detail. The ideal candidate enjoys solving creative and technical challenges, understands how design systems translate into physical products, and takes pride in delivering organized, accurate, production-ready work.

What You’ll Do

• Adapt and extend approved designs across multiple SKUs, sizes, formats, and product lines while maintaining visual consistency.
• Create clean, organized, production-ready artwork using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Partner closely with designers to translate creative concepts into accurate final execution.
• Work with packaging dielines, printer specifications, brand standards, and production requirements.
• Build production templates and scalable systems for packaging and brand programs.
• Prepare and review artwork for color, imagery, copy, dimensions, bleeds, and overall technical accuracy.
• Ensure required packaging copy, claims, symbols, nutrition information, and other regulated elements are accurately executed.
• Identify potential production challenges early and collaborate with internal teams and external production partners to resolve them.
• Manage multiple projects, revisions, and deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracy and organization.
• Incorporate feedback and direction while maintaining the integrity of the established creative system.
• Prepare final artwork and release files for production and printing.

What You Bring

• 3–5 years of professional experience in packaging artwork, production design, graphic production, or design adaptation for physical printed products.
• A portfolio demonstrating packaging artwork, production design, mechanicals, prepress, or comparable physical print work.
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, including vector artwork, image preparation, layers, linked assets, and production file organization.
• Experience adapting creative across multiple SKUs, formats, sizes, or product lines.
• Strong understanding of how to maintain consistency within an established creative system.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong visual/design sensibility.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to take direction, incorporate feedback, collaborate across disciplines, and manage multiple deadlines.
• Working knowledge of packaging regulations and requirements, including regulated copy, claims, symbols, nutrition information, and other packaging elements.

Nice to Have

• Production art and prepress experience.
• Experience working with packaging dielines.
• Knowledge of print processes, substrates, inks, coatings, foils, and embossing.
• Experience with image retouching and preparation for print.
• Experience with Esko or similar packaging production software.
• Experience with 3D visualization.
• Experience working directly with printers or production partners.

What Makes a Great Packaging Production Designer at WovenWorks

• You care about both the idea and the execution.
• You notice the details others might miss, understand the thinking behind a design, and know how to carry that thinking across an entire packaging system.
• You enjoy solving creative and technical challenges and take pride in being the person who helps turn great creative into something real.

Portfolio Requirements

• Packaging artwork
• Production design
• Design adaptations
• Mechanical artwork
• Prepress or print production
• Other physical printed work

We especially want to see examples where you took an established creative direction and adapted or extended it across multiple formats, SKUs, or final production requirements.