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Built at the intersection of culture, innovation, and design, SKIMS has redefined categories through a commitment to exceptional product, thoughtful functionality, and a distinct, globally recognized aesthetic.\nAs we expand into Beauty, we are building a category that brings the same level of innovation, intention, and design excellence to beauty products and experiences. We are looking for exceptional creative talent to help establish and evolve the visual and physical identity of SKIMS Beauty.\n\nRole Overview\nSKIMS Beauty is seeking a highly creative and technically skilled Senior Packaging Designer to help shape and execute the packaging vision across our growing beauty portfolio.\nThis role will be responsible for developing elevated, innovative, and highly functional packaging across primary and secondary packaging, translating the SKIMS aesthetic into a distinctive beauty experience. The Senior Packaging Designer will work across concept development, design, prototyping, and production, partnering closely with Creative, Product Development, Marketing, Operations, and external vendors.\nThe ideal candidate combines exceptional taste and design sensibility with a strong understanding of beauty packaging construction, materials, manufacturing, and production. This person is highly detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where multiple products and launches are moving simultaneously.\nKey Responsibilities\n\nPackaging Design & Concept Development\n\nDevelop innovative packaging concepts across SKIMS Beauty, including primary packaging, secondary packaging, sets, gifting, promotional packaging, and special projects.\nTranslate the SKIMS brand identity into a distinctive and cohesive packaging language for Beauty.\nCreate concepts from initial ideation and sketching through detailed design development, mock-ups, and final production.\nExplore form, material, color, finish, typography, graphics, and functionality to create elevated and recognizable packaging.\nBalance creativity and innovation with functionality, commercial viability, cost, sustainability, and production requirements.\nCreate compelling presentations, renderings, and prototypes to effectively communicate design concepts to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.\nMaintain consistency across the portfolio while continuing to evolve and elevate the SKIMS Beauty packaging identity.\n\nTechnical Development & Production\n\nTranslate creative concepts into technically viable packaging solutions, with a strong understanding of materials, construction, decoration techniques, and manufacturing processes.\nDevelop and manage dielines, mechanical files, artwork, specifications, and production-ready files.\nReview prototypes, samples, color proofs, materials, finishes, and production submissions to ensure execution meets the original creative vision.\nPartner closely with Product Development and Packaging Development to troubleshoot technical challenges and identify creative solutions.\nUnderstand the opportunities and limitations associated with components including glass, plastics, metals, paper, cartons, labels, closures, pumps, applicators, and other beauty packaging formats.\nMaintain exceptional attention to detail throughout development and production.\n\nCross-Functional Collaboration\n\nPartner closely with Creative, Product Development, Brand Marketing, Operations, Sourcing, and Production throughout the product development lifecycle.\nCollaborate with external packaging suppliers, manufacturers, agencies, and production partners to deliver exceptional results.\nWork within established timelines, budgets, and launch calendars while maintaining a high creative standard.\nParticipate in design reviews and confidently present concepts, recommendations, and solutions to senior leadership.\nRespond quickly to feedback and evolving business priorities while protecting the integrity of the overall design vision.\n\nInnovation & Brand Evolution\n\nStay informed on emerging beauty packaging, materials, manufacturing technologies, sustainability innovations, and broader cultural and design trends.\nContinually identify opportunities to improve the consumer experience through packaging innovation, functionality, and design.\nExplore new materials, finishes, structures, and production techniques that can differentiate SKIMS Beauty within the global beauty landscape.\nContribute to the development of packaging guidelines and systems that create consistency as the Beauty business scales.\nSkills, Knowledge and Expertise\n6+ years of packaging design experience, ideally within beauty, cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, luxury, fashion, or a highly design-driven consumer brand.\nStrong portfolio demonstrating sophisticated packaging design, concept development, structural thinking, and production execution.\nDemonstrated experience designing both primary and secondary packaging.\nStrong knowledge of packaging materials, manufacturing processes, print production, finishes, and decoration techniques.\nExperience taking packaging from initial creative concept through development, sampling, and final production.\nAdvanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.\nExperience with 3D design, rendering, or visualization software is highly desirable.\nStrong understanding of typography, color, composition, materials, and physical product design.\nExperience partnering directly with packaging developers, suppliers, manufacturers, and production teams.\nBeauty industry experience and knowledge of beauty packaging components and manufacturing processes strongly preferred.\n\nSkills & Attributes\n\nExceptional creative taste and a highly refined design sensibility.\nDeep appreciation for the SKIMS aesthetic and the ability to translate it authentically into Beauty.\nHighly detail-oriented with an uncompromising commitment to quality.\nStrong conceptual thinker who can also execute at a highly technical level.\nCommercially minded and able to balance creative ambition with cost, timing, scalability, and manufacturing realities.\nComfortable managing multiple projects and competing priorities in a fast-paced, 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