Product & Brand Designer

🧾 Job Overview

We are seeking a highly creative and detail-oriented Product & Packaging Designer to develop visually compelling consumer products for major retail accounts including Walmart, TJX, and Ross.

This role focuses on designing the look and feel of physical hard goods products—including color, finish, branding, and packaging—while also creating buyer-ready presentations and mockups.

The ideal candidate understands how to take a basic factory item and elevate it into a retail-ready product that stands out on shelf.

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🎯 Key Responsibilities

Product Design (Non-3D / Aesthetic Focus)

• Apply colors, materials, and finishes to hard goods products (plastic, metal, etc.)

• Develop on-trend, retail-driven product concepts

• Create clean, realistic 2D product mockups using Photoshop/Illustrator

• Ensure designs align with brand identity and target retailers

Packaging Design

• Design boxes, hang tags, belly bands, and inserts

• Create and edit dielines from scratch

• Prepare print-ready files for overseas factories

• Ensure packaging meets retail compliance and visual standards

Presentations & Sales Support

• Build professional buyer presentations (PowerPoint / Keynote)

• Create product line sheets and concept boards

• Visually communicate product collections for retail pitches

Factory Coordination

• Work directly with overseas factories (China) to execute designs

• Review samples, provide feedback, and resolve design issues

• Ensure accuracy from concept → production

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🧠 Qualifications

• 3 years experience in consumer product design (hard goods preferred)

• Strong portfolio showing:

• Product mockups (not just logos or social media)

• Packaging design

• Retail or buyer-facing presentations

• Proficient in:

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Photoshop

• PowerPoint or Keynote

• Experience creating dielines and print-ready packaging files

• Strong understanding of retail trends (Walmart, Target, TJX, etc.)

• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

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⭐ Bonus Skills (Huge Plus)

• Experience working with overseas factories

• Understanding of materials (plastic, silicone, metal finishes)

• Light knowledge of 3D is helpful but NOT required

• Experience in pet, kitchen, baby, or home categories

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🚫 Important Note (Filters the wrong people)

This role is focused on physical consumer products.

Candidates with only social media, branding, or UI/UX experience will not be considered.

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💼 What Success Looks Like

• Turning basic factory items into retail-ready, elevated products

• Creating designs that buyers immediately understand and want to purchase

• Delivering packaging and presentations that feel clean, modern, and shelf-ready