Packaging Designer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 9, 2026.
About Twelve
Twelvedesigns and builds the world’s most inspiring merchandise and packaging for the world’s most coveted brands. With deep expertiseacross global production, creative innovation, and sustainability, we turn bold ideas into elevated, high-impact realities. Our clients-ranging from luxury fashion and beauty to leading lifestyle brands-trust us to deliver unforgettable experiences through beautifully executed product and packaging.
Position Summary:
The Packaging Designer works alongside the Associate Art Director and design team in creating retail-ready packaging through design execution, mockups, and revisions. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams and is ideal for a detail-oriented designereager to learn and grow.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with Designers and Development teams in creating retail-ready packaging for a variety of brands.
- Design execution across packaging collections, including layouts, graphics, and visual refinements.
- Research packaging trends, materials, and sustainability initiatives to help inform design concepts.
- Create mockups, comps, and basic renderings to help visualize packaging ideas.
- Participate in brainstorming sessions and contribute fresh, thoughtful ideas within a collaborative team environment.
- Learn and apply brand guidelines (when necessary) to ensure consistency across seasonal and evergreen packaging collections.
- Help maintainorganized working files, ensuring assets, links, and versions are clearly labeled and easy to locate.
- Develop packaging concepts with consideration for brand tone, market trends, and price points.
- Support exploration of new packaging materials, structures, and production techniques under senior guidance.
- Incorporate feedback from senior designers, developers, and stakeholders, making revisions as needed.
- Leverage AI to improve process efficiency and automation while preserving individual creativity, judgment, and original thinking.
Qualifications
- 4-6 years of relevant design experience at an in-house creative team or design agency preferred.
- Highly Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
- Experience combining typography, Imagery, color and layout to create impactful designs.
- Experience or interest in illustration or 3D rendering software is a plus.
- Experience preparing print-ready files, dielines, templates, tech packs, and post-production artwork.
- Ability to generate and communicate ideas visually through sketches, comps, or simple renderings.
- Ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams while also taking ownership of independent projects.
- Strong communicationskills, Detail-oriented, organized, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment.
- Team-oriented, humble, and solutions-driven with a positive attitude
What You Can Expect:
- Full-Time Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life)
- Hybrid work environment
- Mental Health Mondays: Once a month our offices close globally (that's an additional 12 days per year)
- Generous Paid Time Off -- Including your birthday, personal days, and time off around holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Family planning and wellness benefits
- Summer Fridays
- Discretionary Bonuses
Salary: $75 -$85k depending on experience.
Twelve Inc. is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. It is the policy of the Company to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, alienage or citizenship status, disability, or handicap, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.