Senior Packaging Production Designer

Description

Craft visually enticing packaging for a global retailer.

RUN Studios, and its client partner, a large online retailer headquartered in Seattle, are seeking a talented, customer-focused Senior Packaging Production Designer to join our web retail design team for a 6-month project.

The Senior Packaging Production Designer will execute production-ready packaging artwork and documentation for our device portfolio. This role translates design concepts into manufacturing-ready files that meet global regulatory, operational, and production requirements. Working within the Industrial Design team under Device Experience Design, you'll collaborate with designers, engineers, and program managers to deliver accurate, consistent packaging artwork for worldwide manufacturing.

As a Senior Packaging Production Designer, You Will

• Prepare production-ready packaging artwork for device cartons, in-box documentation, labels, and regulatory inserts, ensuring accuracy in layout, typography, dielines, and print specifications.
• Manage packaging artwork across complex device programs with multiple SKUs, accessory configurations, and regional variations for global launches.
• Collaborate with packaging designers and industrial designers to ensure final artwork accurately reflects intended design systems and product presentation.
• Partner with packaging engineers and manufacturing teams to ensure files meet print production and manufacturing specifications.
• Work with print vendors and manufacturing partners to review production files, resolve print and dieline issues, and ensure mass production readiness.
• Review artwork for completeness and production readiness, including typography, color specifications, imagery, regulatory content, and dieline alignment.
• Manage packaging artwork updates and revisions across product programs, ensuring accurate implementation and documentation.
• Maintain organized, version-controlled packaging files and documentation to support efficient collaboration with internal teams and global manufacturing partners.
• Ensure packaging deliverables align with product development milestones and manufacturing timelines.
• Maintain packaging templates, artwork libraries, and documentation standards across the device portfolio.

In This Role, You Bring

• 7+ years minimum experience in a web production environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating refined design sensibilities.
• Strong attention to detail with ability to manage complex artwork across multiple SKUs, revisions, and global packaging variations.
• Experience producing packaging artwork for consumer electronics or complex hardware products.
• Familiarity with packaging manufacturing processes and print production workflows at scale.
• Experience working directly with packaging engineers, print vendors, and global manufacturing partners.
• Strong experience in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Proficient in Illustrator and Dreamweaver/HTML/CSS.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently.

Bonus if You Have

• Strong knowledge of Flash and ActionScript.
• Retail web experience.
• Illustration skills.

Additional Position Details

• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • None.
• Physical Demands
  • Physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.
  • Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Work Environment
  • Typical for an office setting or home environment.
  • Onsite in San Francisco, CA.
• Travel
  • None.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

At RUN Studios we recognize our ultimate success depends on our talented and dedicated workforce. We understand, value, and are grateful for the invaluable contributions made by each employee. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive program of evolving competitive benefits specifically designed to support the needs of our employees and their dependents.     

Compensation

Pay Range: $80.00 - $90.50 (Hourly)    

The successful candidate’s pay will be based on various factors such as individual qualifications and work location.  

Benefits:

Benefits and perks may vary depending on location and nature of the work, but eligible employees have access to medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, other telehealth and wellness benefits, a minimum of seven paid holidays per year, accrual of at least 6.5 days (Temporary Employment) to at least 15 days (Regular Employment) of paid time off per year, a 401k plan with company match, discretionary bonuses dependent on company, team or individual performance, and referral bonuses for eligible hired referrals.  

As an equal opportunity employer, RUN Studios is committed to pay equity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.