e.l.f. Beauty
Sr. Packaging Designer
New York, NY · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$80k-$110kDetected 161 days ago
PhotoshopIllustratorAdobe Creative SuiteGraphic DesignInDesignLeadershipCommunicationTime ManagementOrganizational Skills
About the role
- About the Company e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face, paw and fin.
- Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion.
- This fast-paced role handles multiple projects on escalated timelines, requiring a nimble designer capable of quick pivots and strategic thinking.
Responsibilities
- Interpret creative briefs to design strategic packaging concepts that translate brand positioning, consumer insights, and market opportunities into innovative and on-trend design solutions that align with our brand's identity and target audience.
- Strong knowledge of beauty trends to create thumb-stopping designs for packaging, PR kits, merch, and/or collaborations.
- Execute approved designs with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring the final design meets production standards and specifications.
- Create designs that take into account sustainability targets such as material reduction and use of post-consumer recycled resin.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Marketing, Brand Marketing, New Product Development, Sales, and Operations.
- Present design rationale effectively to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Stay up to date on emerging design trends, techniques and technologies within the beauty industry.
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality.
- Maintain organized files, documentation and archives of design files for easy retrieval and future reference.
- Oversee day-to-day process of packaging design and sampling, and liase with Development team and China NPD team daily to follow up on sample development.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Packaging Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.
- 5+ years experience as a packaging designer in a high volume, deadline-driven environment in beauty or a related industry, with a strong portfolio.
- Knowledge of packaging decoration techniques across both primary and secondary packaging.
- Ability to anticipate workload and proactively communicate to managers.
- Ability to be physically in office a minimum of 3-days per week.
- It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job.
Nice to have
- Experience with 3D rendering tools a plus.
- Experience in art direction for beauty a plus.
- Strong knowledge of sustainability best practices a plus
Compensation
- Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last seven fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day
Company info
- https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us Position Summary The Senior Packaging Designer will play a pivotal role in creating disruptive and on-brand designs for beauty packaging, including merch and PR boxes.
- We are seeking a highly skilled and creative designer with a passion for beauty and the expertise to meet design direction within brand, manufacturing and cost constraints.
- We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5.
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