24 Seven Talent is hiring: Senior Packaging Designer in New York

Senior Packaging Designer – Contract (Beauty) Schedule: 40 hours/week Duration: Ongoing contract Pay: $45–$50/hour Location: Hybrid – 3 days/week on‑site in New York, NY (10022) Start: ASAP A fast‑growing client in the beauty and personal care space is seeking a Freelance Senior Packaging Designer to lead innovative, trend‑driven packaging across multiple product lines. This role combines hands‑on design, technical packaging expertise, and cross‑functional collaboration to create disruptive, cost‑efficient solutions that resonate with Gen Z and Gen Alpha while meeting sustainability, manufacturing, and business requirements. Responsibilities Concept, design, and refine primary and secondary packaging that is visually distinctive, technically precise, and on‑brand. Develop cost‑conscious packaging that balances aesthetics, performance, manufacturability, and margin needs. Translate briefs into detailed concepts, dielines, mockups, and production‑ready files. Use knowledge of beauty and pop culture trends to create “thumb‑stopping” packaging, kits, collaborations, and social‑first moments. Apply strong typography, layout, and hierarchy to ensure packaging is both highly branded and easy to shop in‑store and online. Partner with Packaging Development, Product, Operations, and Creative teams to solve design and engineering challenges. Collaborate with suppliers and manufacturers to validate feasibility, troubleshoot, and optimize for mass production. Inform material choices, finishes, and construction with understanding of plastics, glass molding, and component manufacturing. Leverage various printing methods (offset, flexo, screen, hot stamp, specialty coatings) for high‑impact visuals. Identify productivity opportunities through material optimization, component harmonization, and design efficiencies. Advance sustainability by recommending lower‑impact materials, fewer components, PCR use, and recyclable/refillable solutions. Maintain consistency across lines and markets by aligning with internal packaging systems and design principles. Prepare clear specs, mockups, and presentation decks for reviews and leadership approvals. Contribute to a collaborative, growth‑minded culture and share best practices with the broader team. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Packaging Design, or related field. 7+ years of professional experience in a high‑volume, deadline‑driven environment (beauty, fashion, technology, or similar consumer categories). Portfolio showcasing best‑in‑class packaging for beauty and/or closely related consumer products. Extensive packaging design experience with a strong understanding of Gen Z and Gen Alpha consumers and digital culture. Experience partnering with digital, e‑commerce, and/or marketing teams to ensure packaging translates effectively online. Strong typography, layout, and visual storytelling skills. Comfortable working in a highly collaborative, cross‑functional, iterative environment. Up to date on fashion, beauty, design, and digital trends. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. If you meet the above requirements and are available to start quickly, please apply with your resume and a link to your packaging portfolio. #J-18808-Ljbffr

In Summary: A fast‑growing client in the beauty and personal care space is seeking a Freelance Senior Packaging Designer to lead innovative, trend‑driven packaging across multiple product lines . This role combines hands‑on design, technical packaging expertise, and cross‑functional collaboration . Responsibilities Concept, design, and refine primary and secondary packaging that is visually distinctive, technically precise, and on‑brand . En Español:

Diseñador de envases senior Contrato (de belleza) Horario: 40 horas/semana Duración: contrato continuo Pagos: $45$50/hora Ubicación: híbrido 3 días/semena en el sitio en Nueva York, NY (10022) Inicio: ASAP Un cliente de rápido crecimiento en el espacio de la belleza y cuidado personal está buscando un diseñador de embalajes senior independiente para liderar empaques innovadores impulsados por tendencias a través de múltiples líneas de productos. Esta función combina el diseño práctico, la experiencia técnica en embalaje y la colaboración interfuncional para crear soluciones disruptivas y rentables que resuenan con las generaciones Z y Gen Alpha al tiempo que cumplen los requisitos de sostenibilidad, fabricación y negocio. Responsabilidades Concebir, diseñar y refinar empaques primarios y secundarios que sean visualmente distintivos, técnicamente precisos y dentro de la marca. Desarrollar un packaging consciente del costo que equilibre estética, rendimiento, mejora de prestaciones y necesidades marginales entre PCs. Transformar resúmenes en conceptos detallados, diseños, maquetas y archivos preparados para la producción. Utilice el conocimiento de las tendencias en materia de belleza y cultura pop para crear thumb-stopping packaging, kits, maquetaciones y momentos sociales-firstina. Aplicar una sólida arquitectura gráfica, disposición y jerarquía avanzada a fin de garantizar que se completen fácilmente los productos de alta calidad y su capacidad de fabricación por medio ambiente, mejorar la eficiencia de diseño e instalación de materiales y equipos de trabajo, así como ofrecer mejores oportunidades a los fabricantes y proveedores de productos (construcción, diseño y desarrollo de plásticos).