Graphic Designer-Packaging Specialist

Join the USA’s fastest growing outdoor food brand! We are not just another marketing company. We are a major freeze dry food manufacturer. A decade of experience as the USA’s top freeze dry co-manufacturer taught us how to create the industry’s best meals and snacks.

As we expand into new product categories and major retail channels, our creative department is growing to support the next stage of our brand.

Responsibilities
We are seeking a Graphic Designer to support brand visuals, digital assets, and most importantly physical product packaging and design. The ability to work independently on package design is mandatory. This is a hands-on role working directly with a founder-led brand in the outdoor, and endurance vertical markets.

Qualifications
Candidate must have a strong background in graphic design and experience with packaging. Skills and proficiency include:

· Proficiency in packaging design software such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign

· Ability to create and modify accurate packaging dielines for cartons, pouches, labels, sleeves, and corrugated packaging

· Strong understanding of print production processes including flexographic, offset, digital, and gravure printing

· Knowledge of packaging material specifications such as paperboard, films, laminates, foils, and corrugated substrates

· Experience preparing press-ready production files including bleeds, trapping, overprints, spot colors, and prepress checks

· Understanding of color management systems including CMYK, Pantone matching, and print color consistency across vendors

· Ability to collaborate with packaging engineers, manufacturers, printers, and marketing teams to ensure functional and manufacturable designs

· Strong typography, layout, and brand identity skills for creating packaging that stands out at retail while maintaining compliance

· Familiarity with FDA/USDA labeling requirements, barcode placement, nutritional panels, and regulatory packaging standards

· Attention to detail and organizational skills to manage version control, artwork revisions, SKU variations, and packaging specification documents

Additional Information
· Experience with food or supplement packaging is desirable

· Strong visual design sense and attention to detail

· Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines without supervision

· Design marketing assets (social media, email graphics, product visuals, trade show assets)

· Support brand consistency across all digital channels

· Basic Adobe Premiere or FCP

· Basic Shopify

· Familiarity with Shopify or similar CMS platforms

· Assist with product launches, landing pages, promotions, email formatting

· Manage basic site updates-imagery, copy, collections, banners