Title: Senior Graphic Designer (Packaging, Merchandising & Ecommerce)
Company: in the beauty space
Type: Temp to perm
Location: NYC
Onsite: hybrid
Rate: $45-50/hr
Requirements in order to be considered:
- Ability to go onsite in NYC
- Previous experience working in the beauty, cosmetics, or lifestyle space
About the Role
We’re seeking a talented, detail-oriented Senior Graphic Designer with 5+ years of hands‑on experience creating compelling visual work across packaging, retail merchandising, and ecommerce. You will translate brand strategy into polished, production‑ready design that strengthens consumer engagement in‑store and online. This is an opportunity for a creative professional who enjoys connecting design and commerce—bringing cohesive visual experiences to life across retail shelves, product packaging, and digital storefronts.
Key Responsibilities
- Create packaging concepts across a variety of product lines and formats, partnering with production artists to transition approved concepts into print‑ready files.
- Develop retail merchandising assets, including point‑of‑sale displays, shelf talkers, endcap graphics, signage, promotional‑event materials, and in‑store collateral.
- Design ecommerce creative such as product listing imagery, enhanced brand content, banner ads, and social‑commerce graphics for marketplaces and direct‑to‑consumer websites.
- Ensure visual consistency and brand cohesion across physical and digital consumer touchpoints.
- Collaborate with marketing, product development, retail, and sales partners to align creative output with project goals, timelines, and technical requirements.
- Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional quality, accuracy, and consistency.
- Prepare merchandising files for offset printing and support production‑ready asset delivery.
- Stay current on design trends, retail merchandising best practices, packaging innovations, and emerging ecommerce tools.
- Contribute to the continued evolution of visual identity systems and help maintain brand style guides.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional graphic design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating packaging, merchandising, and ecommerce work.
- Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
- Experience designing for print production, packaging formats, and retail environments.
- Understanding of ecommerce creative requirements and marketplace content best practices.
- Excellent attention to detail, typography, layout, color, and visual hierarchy.
- Ability to balance creative vision with technical specifications, deadlines, and business objectives.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross‑functional teams.