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Packaging Design Production Artist (Hybrid Role - New York)

New York

Sponsorship not specified$85k-$95kDetected 5 days ago

PhotoshopIllustratorAdobe Creative SuiteGraphic DesignLeadershipCommunicationOrganizational Skills

About the role

Reporting to a Creative Packaging Designer, you bring an absolute obsession with technical details (dielines, typography, and print specs) and a deep appreciation for the aesthetics of prestige beauty.
Dieline Mastery: Review, apply, and adapt structural dielines, ensuring exact placement of all graphic elements, bleeds, and safe zones
File Verification: Guarantee that all files released to factories contain correct spot colors, varnish layers, font outlines, and high-resolution imagery

Mechanical File Creation: Build and finalize precise, print-ready mechanical files for primary components (bottles, tubes) and secondary packaging (boxes, cartons)
Global Line Extensions: Adapt existing core brand designs across complex regional packaging sizes, translations, and global SKU variants
Typography & Layout: Maintain extreme typographic consistency, managing text wraps, kerning, ingredient list formatting, and legal requirements flawlessly
Color Management: Maintain consistent brand color standards across varied packaging substrates and print processes (e.g., offset, flexography)
Digital Archiving: Maintain highly organized project directories, standardized file-naming structures, and master digital asset libraries
Timeline Execution: Manage production tasks for multiple concurrent product launches, ensuring strict adherence to global manufacturing deadlines
Our mission is to create a culture that celebrates our bonds by embracing, elevating, and empowering individuals from all backgrounds.

Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Print Production, or equivalent technical design experience
5+ years of dedicated production art experience, ideally within the beauty, cosmetics, or premium consumer packaged goods (CPG) spaces
Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite, with expert-level proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Deep understanding of printing processes, specialty finishes (hot stamping, embossing), ink limitations, and substrate textures

Exceptional proofreading skills and an eagle-eye focus on picking up minor alignment, copy, or structural discrepancies

Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount
Products: Twenty (20) free products per year, plus a friends and family discount

The annual base pay for this position is $85,000 - $95,000 with eligibility for an annual bonus.
Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules
Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks for birthing-parents and up to 10 weeks for non-birthing new parents
Professional Development Reimbursement Program: Career development is as important to us as we know it is to you!
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:
OLAPLEX elevates individuals from all backgrounds with the belief that together we can unlock the full potential of science to extend the health, life, and beauty of hair for all.

Our culture has an "attitude of gratitude" and a shared passion for our brand. Join our Bond Builder DEI committee to play a role celebrating DEI at OLAPLEX
What's most important to us is finding authentic and accountable people who feel connected to our mission and values, not just candidates who check off all the boxes.
We are looking for someone who will bring all their expertise, learn, and grow with us.
Our culture has an "attitude of gratitude" and a shared passion for our brand.
As the original bond builder, we are dedicated to fostering a culture that celebrates the bonds within our teams.

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