Graphic Designer - Packaging

Holiday Bright Lights (HBL) has been supplying holiday lighting products for over a decade.  As our company evolves each year, we still have our core beliefs of providing quality holiday lighting products – while we continue to innovate products for the future.  Come join us at a successful and growing company!

HBL is looking for an accurate and experienced Packaging Designer to develop creative packaging designs for our products.  As a packaging designer, you will work to develop functional, eye-catching packaging designs that resonate with our target market.  The qualified candidate will have a good eye for style and in-depth knowledge of packaging regulations. 

 Responsibilities:

• Meet with the marketing team to discuss packaging specifications
• Evaluate market trends and analyze similar packaging designs
• Brainstorm packaging ideas 
• Ensure packaging designs accurately represent the company’s brand
• Select functional ideas and creating packaging mock-ups
• Collaborate with marketing to finalize packaging text and graphics
• Interact with clients on the phone, email, and in-person
• Complete final mock-up designs using computer modeling software and photoshop
• Present final designs to stakeholders and company managers
• Assist as needed with branding
• Understand HBL’s ideal customers and their accounts
• Work collaboratively with other team members to achieve shared goals
• Other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial design, graphic design, art, or a similar field; or Associate’s degree in industrial design, graphic design, art or a similar field with 5+ years’ of experience
• Marketing experience would be preferable
• Knowledge of packaging design preferred; experience working as a packaging designer a plus
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively in both written and oral form across the organization
• Experience with market research and product placement advertising
• Familiarity with various packaging materials
• Proven proficiency with Illustrator and Photoshop
• Highly detail-oriented and accurate with strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to thrive in a deadline-driven environment
• Superb organization, project management, time management, and collaboration abilities
• Knowledge of lighting industry a plus