Creative Director - Retail & Packaging

We're partnering with a leading cosmetics brand seeking a Creative Director/Associate Creative Director to lead packaging design, brand identity, and integrated creative across digital, e-commerce, and retail.

This is a hands-on creative leadership opportunity for someone with exceptional packaging expertise, a strong design aesthetic, and the ability to translate brand vision into cohesive, high-impact creative.

A portfolio demonstrating prior creative direction experience across packaging and retail projects for beauty, cosmetics, wellness, or fragrance brands is required for consideration.

Position Highlights:

Salary (w2): $70-85/hr | $150K–$175K
Employment: Temp-to-perm preferred; direct hire considered

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:‍

• Guide the overall visual strategy and creative execution across digital platforms, ecommerce, social media, advertising, and in-store experiences.
• Establish and maintain a consistent brand aesthetic across product packaging, marketing materials, and consumer-facing channels.
• Lead a team of designers, offering creative guidance, mentorship, and oversight to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Direct packaging development from initial concepts to final production, partnering with vendors on design specifications, materials, and print execution.
• Work closely with cross-functional partners to align creative initiatives with broader brand, marketing, and product objectives.
• Spearhead the development of compelling creative assets for new product introductions, promotional initiatives, and ongoing brand campaigns.
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Qualifications:‍

• 8+ years of design experience with significant packaging expertise, ideally within beauty, cosmetics, skincare, or consumer goods.
• 3+ years of creative leadership experience managing designers.
• Advanced knowledge of structural packaging, print production, dielines, materials, finishes, and vendor management.
• Strong digital design experience across ecommerce, social, and paid media.
• Experience with retail creative and visual merchandising.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating packaging, brand identity, and integrated campaigns.
• Comfortable balancing high-level creative direction with hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

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Please submit your resume for consideration!