Trend & Packaging Designer

Burlington Stores, Inc.; Burlington (NJ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Employee discount

Flexible hours

Job summary

Burlington Stores, Inc. is seeking a Trend & Packaging Designer to drive trend‑driven packaging across Beauty, Home, and other categories. You will support the Creative Director in building cohesive brand identities and scalable packaging systems for over 1,000 stores.

The role emphasizes translating insights into commercially viable graphics, working with overseas vendors, and delivering production‑ready art while maintaining brand standards and in‑store impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts, Marketing, Communications, or Graphic Design preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in branding, packaging design, or consumer product design.
• Strong experience designing retail packaging for beauty, home, lifestyle, fashion, or consumer products.
• Exceptional portfolio showcasing brand identity, packaging systems, and production‑ready artwork.
• Ability to translate trends into original, commercially successful creative.
• Excellent presentation skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Design branding and packaging for multiple private label brands, from concept through production.
• Develop brand identities, including logos, typography, colour palettes, packaging architecture, and visual systems.
• Translate brand strategy and emerging consumer trends into packaging graphics, patterns, and assets.
• Research trends across beauty, home, fashion, retail, and consumer culture to inform creative.
• Create packaging that balances shelf impact, brand consistency, seasonal relevance, and production needs.
• Prepare production‑ready mechanical artwork and ensure dielines and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Branding

Packaging design

Trend translation

Adobe Creative Suite

Presentation skills

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

WorkZone

Canto

Mac OS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Position Overview

The Trend & Packaging Designer is responsible for creating best‑in‑class trend development and packaging solutions that elevate Burlington’s private label brands across Beauty, Home, and additional categories. This role supports the Creative Director in developing cohesive brand identities, packaging systems, and trend‑driven creative that strengthen brand perception, improve in‑store navigation, and deliver an elevated customer experience across more than 1,000 stores. The designer will contribute to brand identities, logos, packaging layouts, visual systems, structural packaging considerations, photography direction, copy placement, production‑ready artwork, and trend storytelling. They will identify emerging consumer, fashion, beauty, and lifestyle trends and translate those insights into commercially viable packaging graphics, prints, patterns, and visual assets for vendors to execute.

A Day In The Life

Packaging Design, Brand Development & Trend Translation

• Design branding and packaging for multiple private label brands, from concept through production.
• Develop brand identities, including logos, typography, colour palettes, packaging architecture, and visual systems.
• Translate brand strategy and emerging consumer trends into compelling packaging, graphics, patterns, colour stories, and other original visual assets.
• Research trends across beauty, home, fashion, retail, and consumer culture, transforming insights into distinctive, ownable creative.
• Create packaging that balances strong shelf impact, brand consistency, seasonal relevance, merchant objectives, and production requirements.
• Develop layouts, typography, colour systems, imagery, iconography, and claims that align with Burlington’s brand standards.

Packaging Systems & Production

• Build scalable packaging systems across SKUs, product types, and categories while maintaining consistency and accuracy.
• Prepare production‑ready mechanical artwork, ensuring compliance with dielines, print specifications, regulatory requirements, and vendor standards.
• Collaborate with merchants and product development to validate product information, sizing, and legal requirements.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Merchandising, Imports/Sourcing, Legal, Production, and the Creative Director to deliver successful trend development and packaging solutions.
• Communicate design intent clearly through presentations, mood boards, creative direction, and production guidance.
• Work with domestic and overseas vendors during artwork development, proofing, press checks, and production to maintain design quality and feasibility.

Production & Technical Excellence

• Produce accurate mechanical files and manufacturable artwork across a variety of print methods, materials, finishes, and substrates.
• Review proofs, colour, materials, and finishes to ensure final packaging meets brand and production standards.
• Partner with Production on photography, retouching, asset management, and file delivery while proactively contributing creative ideas and process improvements.

Process & Project Management

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and creative milestones.
• Maintain organized files, version control, and project documentation.
• Continuously improve workflow efficiency through strong communication and collaboration across cross‑functional teams.

You'll Come With

• Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts, Marketing, Communications, or Graphic Design preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in branding, packaging design, or consumer product design.
• Strong experience designing retail packaging for beauty, home, lifestyle, fashion, or consumer products.
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating brand identity design, packaging systems, logo design, typography, trend translation, graphic pattern development, and production‑ready artwork.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret consumer and design trends into original, commercially successful creative.
• Strong understanding of colour, typography, composition, material finishes, and print production.
• Experience developing artwork that balances trend relevance with long‑term brand ownership.
• Experience working directly with overseas production vendors is preferred.
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to communicate design rationale and creative strategy.
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Pro).
• Familiarity with dielines, printing techniques, materials, finishes, sustainability considerations, and vendor requirements.

What Success Looks Like

• Accurate, elevated packaging designs aligned with brand guidelines and merchant needs.
• Consistent application of packaging systems across categories and SKUs.
• Smooth workflows and timely delivery of production‑ready files.
• Strong relationships with merchants, production, sourcing, and creative partners.
• Clear craftsmanship, attention to detail, and proactive problem‑solving.
• Packaging that improves customer perception, in‑store navigation, and brand storytelling.

Preferred Skills

• Beauty packaging experience.
• Strong understanding of colour forecasting and trend forecasting.
• Experience developing original repeat patterns and surface graphics.
• Ability to create trend boards, mood boards, colour palettes, and visual storytelling presentations.
• Experience working within brand systems while evolving them seasonally.
• Knowledge of specialty print finishes including foil, embossing, debossing, varnishes, soft‑touch coatings, and premium substrates.
• Illustration or pattern design experience is a plus.

Software Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) on a Mac platform.
• WorkZone or equivalent project management tool.
• Canto or equivalent digital asset management system.
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).

Benefits

Burlington’s benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, and a 401(k) plan. Full‑time associates are eligible for competitive wages, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.