Senior Packaging Designer – Beauty Innovation

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Senior Packaging Designer for a leading beauty brand, creating innovative primary packaging and custom components. Collaborating with cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $105,000 - $120,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and developing innovative beauty packaging solutions, utilizing 3D CAD modeling and rendering tools while ensuring alignment with brand strategy and technical requirements. Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, production-ready designs that meet consumer needs and market trends.

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3D CAD Modeling Using RhinoKeyShot RenderingPackaging Design and DevelopmentArtwork Preparation and ManagementCollaboration with Cross-Functional Teams

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Hard Skills

Packaging Design3D CAD ModelingKeyShot RenderingTechnical Drawing ReviewArtwork File PreparationPrototype EvaluationColor ManagementConsumer Usability TestingDigital Asset CreationPackaging Graphics Development

Soft Skills

CollaborationCreativityDetail-OrientedCommunicationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

RhinoKeyShotPantone Color StandardsDigital Marketing ToolsE-Commerce Platforms

Industry Keywords

Beauty PackagingSustainabilityManufacturing ProcessesConsumer InsightsBrand Strategy

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design the next generation of beauty packaging
Lead the development of primary packaging and custom components
Create packaging solutions that are visually compelling and technically sound.
Review technical drawings and validate alignment with the approved design direction
Coordinate artwork delivery and support prepress
Contribute to packaging graphics and support product launches with digital and e-commerce creative
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and global manufacturing partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Lead the concept, sketching, and development of primary packaging and structural components from concept through production.
Design bottles, tubes, jars, pumps, caps, closures, compacts, applicators, and custom packaging systems that balance aesthetics, functionality, ergonomics, and manufacturability.
Create and refine 3D CAD models using Rhino to translate concepts into production-ready designs.
Develop high-quality KeyShot renderings for presentations, concept reviews, and executive approvals.
Explore innovative materials, finishes, coatings, textures, decoration techniques, and manufacturing processes.
Review prototypes, evaluate consumer usability, and refine designs through multiple development stages before final production.
Stay current on beauty trends, packaging innovation, sustainability, and emerging manufacturing technologies.
Review technical drawings and engineering documentation to ensure they align with the approved design direction.
Follow up with Product Development, Packaging Engineering, and vendors throughout development to maintain design integrity.
Prepare and manage Pantone color standards, color callouts, and benchmark references.
Set up, organize, and annotate artwork files with detailed production specifications, finishes, decoration techniques, and manufacturing requirements.
Prepare and deliver production-ready artwork files to vendors and manufacturing partners.
Review proofs and prepress files to ensure artwork accuracy, print quality, and color consistency.
Participate in press checks and color approvals to ensure final production meets design expectations.
Collaborate closely with Packaging Engineering, Product Development, manufacturers, and suppliers to resolve technical, artwork, and production challenges through commercialization.
Design packaging graphics that clearly communicate product benefits while reinforcing the overall brand identity.
Develop cohesive visual systems across packaging, retail, and marketing collateral.
Create original design solutions rooted in consumer insight and brand strategy.
Support product launches by creating digital and e-commerce assets, including Product Detail Pages (PDPs), retail.com imagery, promotional graphics, launch assets, and digital marketing materials.
Collaborate with Marketing and Creative teams to ensure product storytelling translates seamlessly across retail, digital, and social channels.
Maintain visual consistency across physical packaging and digital consumer experiences.
Partner with Product Development, Packaging Engineering, Marketing, Creative, Merchandising, and global manufacturing partners throughout the product lifecycle.
Present concepts, prototypes, renderings, mood boards, and design rationale with confidence and clarity.
Balance creativity with technical requirements, manufacturing constraints, timelines, and budgets.
Foster a collaborative, detail-oriented, and innovation-driven creative environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

major medical, dental and vision insurance
FSA
HSA
employee discounts
flexible work arrangements