Contract - Print & Product Design Production Manager (Part-Time Consultant)

Key Responsibilities

Production & Project Management

• Oversee end-to-end production for all product labels, printed boxes, packaging inserts, merchandising displays, and printed collateral.
• Develop project scopes, detailed specifications, and secure competitive quotes from print and packaging vendors.
• Manage production schedules, timelines, milestones, and deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
• Evaluate vendor capabilities, materials, and pricing to recommend the best partners for each project.
• Maintain a centralized production calendar and ensure timely delivery of all assets.

Design Coordination & Proofing

• Collaborate with internal creative and product development teams to ensure packaging and label designs meet brand standards and requirements.
• Review and refine design files, dielines, technical drawings, label structures, and packaging layouts prior to production release.
• Oversee the full proofing process, including preflight checks, color proofs, printed mockups, and final approvals.
• Ensure all artwork adheres to technical requirements (color profiles, resolution, bleeds, fonts, trapping).
• Maintain consistency across product families and ensure adherence to packaging guidelines.

New Product Naming & Cross-Functional Coordination

• Partner with Product Development, Marketing, and Creative teams to coordinate new product naming, ensuring alignment with brand positioning and customer experience.
• Facilitate internal review sessions, collect cross-functional input, and maintain version histories for all naming candidates.
• Work with Legal to review naming options for trademark availability and regulatory compliance.

Compliance, Legal, and Trademark Coordination

• Collaborate closely with the Legal department to ensure all product labels, packaging, and collateral meet compliance and regulatory standards.
• Support trademark review processes, ensuring proposed product names and packaging elements are evaluated for trademark usage.
• Ensure packaging meets FTC, FDA, and other applicable regulatory guidelines.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of compliance reviews, approvals, and trademark submissions.

Quality Control & Standards Management

• Conduct thorough inspections of prototypes, pre-production samples, and final printed materials to ensure accuracy and quality.
• Identify issues early and work with vendors to resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Maintain SKU-specific documentation, including version control, technical specs, regulatory updates, and approved artwork archives.

Vendor & Cost Management

• Build strong relationships with print vendors, packaging manufacturers, and suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing, minimum order quantities, and production terms to ensure cost efficiency while maintaining quality.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through materials, formats, or process improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7 years of experience in print production, packaging development, label design management, or related consumer products roles.
• Expert understanding of print methods (offset, digital, flexo, screen), finishing, coatings, substrates, and packaging engineering.
• Strong knowledge of dielines, carton construction, label materials, adhesives, shrink applications, and structural packaging.
• High proficiency in reviewing artwork in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and related platforms.
• Deep understanding of prepress workflows, proofing processes, and color management.
• Experience coordinating naming, trademark review, or compliance processes with Legal teams.
• Exceptional project management and communication skills.
• Highly organized, accurate, and detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in health, beauty, or regulated consumer product categories.
• Familiarity with sustainability trends, eco-friendly materials, and packaging optimization.
• Knowledge of barcoding, UPC generation, batch coding, and printing tolerances.
• Experience with supply chain or inventory coordination for packaging components.

Work Environment & Expectations

• Onsite role based at HairClub HQ in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Part-time consulting schedule; days and hours to be determined.
• Must be collaborative and comfortable working across Marketing, Creative, Product Development, Legal, Compliance, and Operations.
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with tight deadlines and shifting priorities.