Senior Packaging Designer for Enterprise-Scale Projects

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted is building a talent pool for packaging designers to work on full- or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. Designers will craft primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts, delivering production-ready files and vendor-ready specs.

You will collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams to ensure feasibility, color accuracy, and adherence to pre-press best practices across seasonal and innovative beauty/skincare packaging.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design packaging concepts and dielines for brands.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility.
• Deliver production-ready artwork and specs for printers.
• Maintain and organize packaging artwork libraries.

Skills

Packaging design

Dielines

Color management

Typography

Pre-press

Job description

Lifted is building a talent pool for packaging designers to work on full- or part-time engagements with enterprise partners. Designers will craft primary and secondary packaging, dielines, and structural concepts, delivering production-ready files and vendor-ready specs.

You will collaborate with product, brand, regulatory, and operations teams to ensure feasibility, color accuracy, and adherence to pre-press best practices across seasonal and innovative beauty/skincare packaging.