Packaging Designer

Packaging Designer MARS Cosmetics | Delhi

What you'll do

Design primary and secondary packaging for makeup, skincare, and personal care from concept sketches through print-ready dielines. You'll work across the full lifecycle: structural design, graphic layout, shade/variant adaptation, regulatory text placement, and vendor artwork coordination. Expect 30+ SKU launches a year across multiple categories.

Day-to-day

1. Create packaging artwork (cartons, labels, sleeves, pouches, jars, tubes) in production-ready formats
2. Build and maintain dieline templates across packaging formats
3. Adapt hero designs into shade extensions and variant grids efficiently
4. Collaborate with R&D on structural feasibility wall thickness, decoration compatibility (hot stamping, UV print, shrink sleeves)
5. Prepare print-ready files with correct color profiles (CMYK/Pantone), bleed, barcode placement, and legal/regulatory copy blocks
6. Coordinate with packaging vendors and printers on proofing, color matching, and material specs
7. Own the packaging component library master files, brand guidelines adherence, version control

You need

1. 36 years in packaging design, ideally in beauty/FMCG (not just branding or digital)
2. Expert in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign; working knowledge of Photoshop and 3D mockup tools (KeyShot, Esko, or similar is a plus)
3. Can read and create dielines understands score lines, glue flaps, grain direction
4. Knows print production: substrates (art card, metalized board, PP, PE), finishes (spot UV, foil, emboss, matte lam), and their cost/quality tradeoffs
5. Has worked directly with packaging vendors/converters, not just handed off files
6. Eye for shelf presence and hierarchy understands that a 4-inch carton face has ~2 seconds to communicate

Nice to have

1. Exposure to structural/industrial packaging design (bottle shapes, closures, molds)
2. Experience with sustainable packaging materials or refill formats
3. Portfolio includes mass-market beauty or color cosmetics work

What this isn't

This is not a branding or social media design role. You'll spend most of your time in Illustrator on dielines, not in Figma on feeds. If you enjoy the craft of making a physical object look and feel premium within real manufacturing constraints that's the job.