
Lead Packaging Designer
Exact Sciences
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Madison • Arizona • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $124,000 - $211,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with strategists, researchers, product, legal, engineering, and design teams to deliver scalable packaging solutions across journeys and platforms
- Advance and advocate for enterprise design systems, standards, and principles as they apply to packaging, integrating emerging tools and practices where appropriate
- Develop advanced prototypes, structural concepts, and visual renderings to communicate packaging ideas effectively
- Incorporate user research and strategic thinking from concept through launch to ensure packaging solutions are intuitive and effective
- Define and drive the packaging experience vision, proactively removing barriers to ensure timely, high-quality delivery
- Design packaging solutions for regulated, technical, and high-complexity environments
- Apply deep technical knowledge of packaging systems, materials, structures, and manufacturing processes to ensure feasibility and scalability
- Conceptualize and communicate packaging ideas through sketches, prototypes, and 3D visualizations
- Design end-to-end packaging and unboxing experiences that reduce friction, enhance usability, and strengthen brand perception
- Translate regulatory, legal, and operational requirements into compliant and user-centered packaging systems
- Partner closely with engineering, manufacturing, and external vendors to validate structural integrity, manufacturability, and quality standards
- Leverage industrial design principles to inform structural development from initial concept through production
- Mentor and guide designers to elevate packaging craft, technical rigor, and experiential quality across the team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or related field of study; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4+ years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
- 8+ years of experience working as a UX Designer, with at least 5 years of experience in a senior or lead capacity.
- Extensive experience in applying techniques and methods of modern user experience design, discovery, and delivery – along with expertise with design/user experience platforms and tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, Jira).
- Experience with content management systems (Sitecore a plus) and user testing tools.
- Experience in simplifying and communicating complex ideas to broad audiences.
- Experience in managing a design process from strategy to delivery of final product.
- Experience in collaborating with and influencing product, engineering, design, and operational teams.
- Experience in creating designs that optimize for varied ecosystems that leverage known persona or archetypal work, SEO, and measurement objectives.
- Advanced understanding of accessible, inclusive, and equitable design.
- Experience with the principles of Agile/Scrum/Kanban.
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a proactive and logical approach to workload and ability to work both independently and within a team.
- Ability to effectively plan, organize, and prioritize work.
- Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite applications, and associated design tools.
- Demonstrated strong understanding of the current web and mobile technology landscape.
Benefits
- paid time off (including days for vacation, holidays, volunteering, and personal time)
- paid leave for parents and caregivers
- retirement savings plan
- wellness support
- health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
UX designuser experience designpackaging systemsstructural concepts3D visualizationsaccessible designinclusive designAgileScrumKanban
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingmentoringcommunicationorganizational skillstime managementproactive approachproblem-solvinginfluencingsimplifying complex ideas