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Brand & Packaging Designer (Contract-to-Hire)

A Frame Brands

Los Angeles, CAContractPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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Location
Los Angeles, CA
Schedule
Contract
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Job overview

A-Frame Brands seeks a Brand & Packaging Designer to develop concepts, design packaging, and extend brand systems for private‑label beauty and consumer brands. Reporting to the VP, Creative Director, the contractor will create mockups, presentations, and production‑ready mechanicals, collaborating with product development, vendors, and marketing while leveraging AI tools.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

IllustratorPrivate LabelCreative DirectionIllustrationPackagingRenderingPhotoshopAttention to DetailMentorshipQuality AssuranceTypographyArtificial IntelligenceMockupsData Visualization3DIdeationInDesignDielinesMechanicalsPrint ProductionLayoutColorBrand IdentityBrand SystemsPresentationsRetailer SubmissionsDigital AssetsDetail OrientedResourcefulMultitaskingGenerative AIMotionPhotography

Qualifications

3–5 Years Design ExperienceStartup, Emerging Brand, or Agency ExperiencePortfolio With Strong Fundamentals in Typography, Layout, Color, and Brand IdentityCuriosity About AI and Emerging Creative ToolsInterest in Beauty and Consumer Brands3D, Rendering, Motion, Photography, or Illustration Skills

Full job description

A-Frame Brands builds and launches private-label beauty, personal care, wellness, fragrance, and lifestyle brands for major retailers. We're looking for a Brand & Packaging Designer to join our creative team, reporting to our VP, Creative Director.

The role starts as freelance/contract, and we intend to move it to full-time if the fit is right on both sides.

What You'll Do

  • Develop concepts, mood boards, and visual directions for new and existing brands
  • Design primary and secondary packaging, and build production-ready mechanicals from dielines and vendor specs
  • Extend brand systems across SKUs, sizes, scents, and line extensions
  • Create mockups, presentations, retailer submissions, brand guidelines, and digital assets
  • Review proofs and samples, and work with vendors, printers, and creative partners
  • Use generative AI and new tools for ideation, visualization, and faster workflows, with strong design judgment applied to what they produce
  • Own projects from brief to final delivery, working closely with Product Development, Production, QA, and Marketing

What We're Looking For

  • 3–5 years of design experience with demonstrated packaging expertise
  • Startup, emerging brand, or agency experience strongly preferred
  • A portfolio with strong fundamentals in typography, layout, color, and brand identity
  • Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign
  • Experience with dielines, mechanicals, or print production
  • Curiosity about AI and emerging creative tools
  • Resourceful, detail-oriented, and comfortable juggling multiple projects and changing priorities
  • Takes direction and feedback well, and brings ideas without waiting to be asked
  • Bonus: interest in beauty and consumer brands; 3D, rendering, motion, photography, or illustration skills

Why A-Frame We're a lean team, so you'll get hands-on exposure to the full brand-building process across multiple brands, from early concept through production and retail launch. You'll own real projects, with mentorship and creative direction along the way.

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