Senior Design Developer multiple openings

Defense Mechanics Inc; Denton (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Tetra Pak in Denton, TX seeks a Senior Design Developer to lead packaging design for U.S. customers. The role involves translating client artwork into reprographic files, ensuring brand consistency, and driving end-to-end design improvements.

You will collaborate with marketing, product development, and vendors, lead design seminars, and ensure adherence to printing specifications while maximizing print quality and production efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Printing, Communications, or a related field with 7 years of experience.
• Proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, and ArtPro for converting artwork into repro files.
• Typography and color theory design principles to enhance brand identity.
• Packaging design on various substrates, including paperboard and foils, with flexography, offset and digital printing.
• Using WebCenter to coordinate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and develop the design of packages for our customers in the U.S.
• Act as a Business Expert for the U.S. and Canada design area with market region.
• Translate customer artwork into reprographic orders meeting guidelines and company specs.
• Drive end-to-end design improvements.
• Support design developers with graphical knowledge and new releases.
• Lead internal and external design seminars and training and convert artwork files to proofs.
• Pre-flight and complete design evaluation of customer artwork files.
• Ensure printing specifications are followed and production efficient.
• Understand customer intent and translate to repro instructions to maximize print quality.
• Secure design consistency for brand/family designs.
• Visit customers and agencies to discuss design and print specs and share best practices.
• Lead the common agenda within design handling and World Class Manufacturing deployments.

Skills

Illustrator

Photoshop

ArtPro

Typography

Color theory

Packaging design

Flexography

Offset printing

Digital printing

WebCenter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design, Printing, Communications, or a related field

Tools

WebCenter

Job description

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day. And we need people like you to make it happen.We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to make an impact to be proud of – for food, people and the planet.

Job Summary

Senior Design Developer (multiple openings)

Position is located at Tetra Pak headquarters in Denton, TX. 5% domestic and international travel required. Telecommuting permitted 2 days per week. Tetra Pak is not sponsoring work visas or relocation for this position.

What you will do

• Review and develop the design of packages for our customers in the U.S.
• Act as a Business Expert for the U.S. and Canada design area with market region.
• Oversee management of and assist with the translation of customer artwork and intent into reprographic ("repro") orders following the submission guidelines and company specifications, satisfying customer and productivity demands.
• Drive end-to-end design improvements.
• Support design developers with graphical knowledge and new releases.
• Lead internal and external design seminars and training and convert artwork files to proofs.
• Responsible for pre-flight and complete full design evaluation of customer artwork files.
• Ensure that company printing specifications and processes are followed and respected.
• Understand customer intent and translate this to repro instruction, maximizing print quality depending on print method, while securing production efficiency.
• Secure design consistency for brand/family designs.
• Check that repro has completed the job according to all requirements and verify that customer intent is fulfilled.
• Drive improvements of customer artwork quality, suitability, and process.
• Visit customers and agencies to discuss design and print specifications, sharing best practice examples to improve overall quality.
• Lead the common agenda within design handling.
• Support the design handling process.
• Lead World Class Manufacturing deployments and help the launch of teams within design handling.
• Share releases in Easy Design or any new printing technology or changes in specifications with the Customer Service and Design Teams.

We believe you have

Bachelor’s degree in Design, Printing, Communications, or a related field, and 7 years of experience in printing or related.

Must also have work experience in:

• Using graphic design software Illustrator, Photoshop, and ArtPro to convert customer artwork into reprographic files that meet technical and brand requirements and ensuring consistency across brand families verifying final outputs to meet customer expectations.
• Applying typography and color theory design principles including font selection, layout composition, and color psychology to enhance brand identity.
• Packaging design and production on various substrates, including paperboard and foils, applying printing techniques including flexography, offset, and digital printing.
• Using project collaboration tool WebCenter to coordinate with cross-functional teams such as marketing, product development, and vendors.
• Collaborating with customers, agencies, and internal teams to translate customer intent into technical instructions and guide them through design improvements.
• Color proofing and managing end-to-end design workflows, from artwork intake to final proofing, including following and enforcing submission guidelines and specifications.

This job posting expires on October 12, 2026

Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to the Certifying Officer of the Department of Labor at the following address: Certifying Officer U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Foreign Labor Certification 200 Constitution Avenue, NW Room N-5311 Washington, DC 20210 This notice was posted for at least ten consecutive business days in the internal electronic media of Tetra Pak, Inc.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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