Retail Packaging Designer

We're looking for a designer who understands that packaging is a salesperson standing silently on a shelf. If a shopper doesn't pick it up in three seconds, you've lost. This role is for someone who designs for the grab, the shelf presence, and the register ring.

• 4+ years of hands-on retail packaging design with a portfolio that includes real shelf placements, not just digital mockups.

• Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and 3D rendering tools (Dimension, KeyShot, or Blender).

• Retail IQ: You understand planogram logic, how buyers evaluate a package submission, and how structural choices affect freight costs and shelf efficiency.

• Manufacturing Fluency: You can talk shop with factories about GSM, flute types, spot UV, embossing, matte vs. glossy finishes, and minimum order quantities without needing a translator.

• Category Awareness: You don't just design attractively. You analyze what competitors are doing on shelf and identify the visual gaps worth owning.

• Extreme Ownership: You manage your own deadlines, talk to suppliers directly, and don't wait to be handed a brief before you start solving problems.

Experience designing for major national retailers with documented planogram or POG submissions. Structural packaging engineering background. Copywriting skills for punchy, high-converting shelf copy. Photography skills to capture real-world asset photography for sell-in decks.

You've never taken a project from dieline to mass production. Your portfolio is 100% digital renders with zero real shelf photos. You need a manager to double-check your bleed lines and barcode specs. You've never read a retail buyer's packaging spec sheet.

Shelf Velocity: Packaging redesigns that move product faster, measured in sell-through rate and reorder frequency. Buyer Approvals: Submissions that pass retailer structural and compliance reviews the first time. Fewer Markdowns: Packaging that sells itself so buyers don't need to discount to clear inventory. Speed to Market: Concept to production-ready files in days, not weeks.