FuseGlobal - Lead Packaging Designer (Part Time)

Packaging Designer is needed in United States.

Client: FuseGlobal

Location: Remote

Contract: Part-time, Freelance

Job Description

Title: Lead Packaging Designer (part time)

Location: Remote (candidates must be located in the United States)

Company: Fortune 100 Nutrition & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (FuseGlobal has worked with this company for 20 years)

Initial term: 6 months (position expected to run longer)

Schedule: 25 hours per week; Core hours are 9 AM - 5 PM EST

We’re looking for an accomplished packaging designer with an advanced understanding of strategic development for consumer packaged goods to join us in a part time capacity. As a Freelance Lead Packaging Designer, you will provide senior-level packaging design expertise to the internal Creative Studio on a contract basis, supporting defined packaging initiatives across a portfolio of brands. This role is hands-on, focusing on project-based creative development and production-ready execution, ensuring packaging deliverables align with brand strategy and meet technical, regulatory, and commercial requirements.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or related field.
• Experience: 5-7 years of professional packaging design experience in a fast-paced CPG, agency, or studio environment.
• Skills:
• Professional-level understanding of visual category norms for nutrition, health, and food packaging.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite; knowledge of Adobe AI tools, including Firefly, preferred.
• Strong knowledge of file production for printed packaging, including mechanical artwork preparation and print-ready file requirements.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to ensure accuracy and consistency across packaging components and artwork files.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, able to clearly articulate design decisions and incorporate feedback.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, project-based environment.
• Ability to work quickly and independently while staying aligned with internal creative direction and cross-functional input.
• Ability to guide internal or external production partners in achieving high-quality creative execution.
• Ability to brainstorm, ideate, and translate creative direction into polished packaging design deliverables.
• Ability to develop and execute creative assets that accurately reflect brand standards while meeting business and marketing objectives.
• Ability to create designs that consider an omnichannel landscape in which packaging graphics may be leveraged across other consumer touchpoints.

Additional Information

Compensation & Benefits:

• Up to $56.00 per hour + Overtime
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability insurance

About FuseGlobal:
FuseGlobal is a partnership of people and brand-leading companies, working together to make things run better. For 25 years we have brought functionality to complex business and production processes and supply chains, resulting in enterprises that run smarter and more sustainably. Interested in digital manufacturing, industrial engineering, supply chain management, all-things tech, and energy & the environment? This is where we live. Engage with us!

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