Role Description
This is a full-time role for a Packaging Designer specializing in Production & Systems. Based in Brooklyn, NY, this designer will be responsible for the execution and rollout of packaging across our 1,500+ SKU lineup. While this role requires a strong design eye, the primary focus is on technical precision and scalability. You will take approved brand concepts and adapt them across complex product families, ensuring that every file sent to print is technically flawless. Daily tasks include:
- SKU Rollout & Adaptation: Building a design system and adapting it across multiple variations (flavors, sizes, pouches, boxes) without losing brand consistency.
- Attention to Detail: Ensuring fonts are outlined, colors are set to correct CMYK/Spot profiles, and bleeds/dielines are accurate before hitting the manufacturer.
- Typography & Hierarchy: Managing dense information (nutrition facts, legal copy, ingredients) while maintaining aesthetic balance and legibility.
- Materiality & Finishes: Collaborating on the selection and application of print finishes to ensure the physical product feels as premium as it looks.
- Brand System Conceptualization & Implementation: Assisting the Creative Director in developing brand systems while ensuring the visual identity remains cohesive as it stretches across new product categories and form factors.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in Packaging Design with a portfolio showing realized, printed work (not just digital mockups).
- Advanced Speed & Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator.
- Strong knowledge of print production processes.
- Extreme attention to detail (ability to spot typos, kerning errors, and misalignments).
- Experience managing complex product families or high-volume SKU libraries.
- Strong communication skills needed to coordinate with other employees and internal creative teams.
- Degree or certification in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, or a related field preferred.
Salary Range
$70,000 - $90,000
Company Description
Since its establishment in 2010, Sparkles Gift & Party Shop has evolved from a local provider of superior home goods and kitchenware into a globally recognized leader in e-commerce. By 2011, Sparkles expanded online, offering quality products at competitive prices worldwide, and achieved recognition as a Top 50 Amazon Seller by 2015. In addition to distributing top-quality brands, Sparkles has developed its own innovative brands, Stock Your Home and Modern Innovations, embodying the mission to provide better products at better prices. The company fosters a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive culture, offering its diverse team opportunities for professional growth. Joining Sparkles means becoming part of a dedicated team making meaningful contributions in a dynamic e-commerce environment.
