Packaging Production Designer

Print Production Designer (Contract, Hybrid)

Location:

Marlborough | Onsite Tues–Thurs

Our client is seeking a Print Production Designer with strong packaging and pre-press experience to support packaging execution. This role is primarily production and templating focused with minimal concept design. The ideal candidate understands how packaging moves from artwork to physical product and is comfortable working directly with printers and markups.

This is an initial ~2-month contract with potential to extend based on fit and business needs.

• Adapt master packaging templates across multiple SKUs
• Prepare and release packaging files for print production
• Reduce reliance on rendering by refining production-ready artwork
• Mark up files and collaborate directly with printers and vendors
• Manage revisions, approvals, and uploads within an approval workflow system
• Ensure files meet print specifications including dielines, bleeds, and color profiles
• Maintain organized production files and version control

• Professional packaging experience (required)
• Strong print production and pre-press background
• Understanding of how to release packaging to print
• Advanced Adobe Illustrator skills required
• Working knowledge of InDesign and Photoshop
• Comfortable working onsite and reviewing physical proofs
• Detail-oriented with strong QA and file organization skills

• Additional production and digital design experience
• Interest in potential longer-term work beyond the contract
• Short-term contract with possibility to extend