Sr. Packaging Designer

E.L.F. BEAUTY; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Job summary

e.l.f. Beauty seeks a Senior Packaging Designer to craft disruptive, on-brand packaging across merch and PR kits. You will translate briefs into concepts that align with our beauty brands, while balancing production feasibility and cost constraints in a fast-paced setting.

You will lead design direction, stay ahead of trends, collaborate with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, NPD, Sales, and Operations, and ensure sustainability targets are considered from concept to sample development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design or related field.
• 5+ years packaging design in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment.
• Knowledge of primary and secondary packaging decoration techniques.
• Strong typography and color skills.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign).
• Excellent communication and time management; team oriented.
• Ability to work in-office a minimum of 3 days per week.
• Experience with sustainability in packaging is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Interpret briefs to design strategic packaging concepts aligning with brand positioning and consumer insights.
• Create on-trend designs for packaging, PR kits, merch, and collaborations.
• Execute approved designs with attention to production standards and specifications.
• Consider sustainability targets, material reduction, and post-consumer recycled content.
• Collaborate with Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, NPD, Sales, and Operations.
• Present design rationale to leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Stay current on beauty design trends and technologies.
• Manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines with quality output.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure smooth execution.
• Maintain organized design files and archives for easy retrieval.
• Oversee packaging design and sampling, liaising with development and China NPD daily.

Skills

Typography

Color theory

Collaboration

Deadline-driven

3D rendering understanding

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design

Packaging Design background

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

3D rendering tools

AI rendering tools

Job description

About The Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face, paw and fin. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi‑brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, Well People – clean beauty powered by plants, Naturium – high‑performance, biocompatible, clinically‑effective and accessible skin care, and our newest brand, rhode skin – developed by Hailey Rhode Bieber, a line of curated skincare essentials, formulated for a variety of skin types and needs with high‑performance ingredients, it’s a daily routine that nourishes your skin barrier over time. In our Fiscal year 26, we had net sales of $1.6 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 29 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full‑time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year‑round half‑day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry. Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

Position Summary

The Senior Packaging Designer will play a pivotal role in creating disruptive and on‑brand designs for beauty packaging, including merch and PR boxes. We are seeking a highly skilled and creative designer with a passion for beauty and the expertise to meet design direction within brand, manufacturing and cost constraints. This fast‑paced role handles multiple projects on escalated timelines, requiring a nimble designer capable of quick pivots and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Interpret creative briefs to design strategic packaging concepts that translate brand positioning, consumer insights, and market opportunities into innovative and on‑trend design solutions that align with our brand’s identity and target audience.
• Strong knowledge of beauty trends to create thumb‑stopping designs for packaging, PR kits, merch, and/or collaborations.
• Execute approved designs with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring the final design meets production standards and specifications.
• Create designs that take into account sustainability targets such as material reduction and use of post‑consumer recycled resin.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, New Product Development, Sales, and Operations.
• Present design rationale effectively to leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders.
• Stay up to date on emerging design trends, techniques and technologies within the beauty industry.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality.
• Foster effective communication channels with internal teams and external vendors as necessary to ensure seamless execution of packaging projects.
• Maintain organized files, documentation and archives of design files for easy retrieval and future reference.
• Oversee day‑to‑day process of packaging design and sampling, and liaise with Development team and China NPD team daily to follow up on sample development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
• 5+ years experience as a packaging designer in a high volume, deadline‑driven environment in beauty or a related industry, with a strong portfolio.
• Knowledge of packaging decoration techniques across both primary and secondary packaging.
• Strong and refined typography skills.
• Excellent eye for color.
• Proficient in industry‑standard design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), as well as AI rendering tools.
• Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills; deadline driven.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative manner and a highly creative out‑of‑the‑box thinker.
• Ability to anticipate workload and proactively communicate to managers.
• Current on fashion, beauty, design and digital trends.
• Ability to be physically in office a minimum of 3‑days per week.
• Experience with 3D rendering tools a plus.
• Experience in art direction for beauty a plus.
• Strong knowledge of sustainability best practices a plus

The base salary range for this role is listed above. Total compensation includes base salary, annual company‑based performance bonus, and equity. Under e.l.f.’s annual bonus program, employees are eligible to earn up to 200% of their target bonus when company performance exceeds defined goals. In addition, e.l.f. provides a variety of other benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a retirement savings plan, gender‑neutral parental leave, and unlimited paid time off. The amount of total compensation (including base salary) offered will be based on a wide range of factors, including geographic location, experience, specific skills, and qualifications. Compensation components are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as a detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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