Packaging & Print Designer Remote / Full Time / Safe Job

Summary

WAM Digital is a digital design and innovation company specializing in visually compelling digital content for global audiences and brands. The Packaging & Print Designer will create, adapt, and finalize packaging and print-ready materials while ensuring technical accuracy, brand consistency, and compliance with production specifications. The role also involves collaborating with creative and production teams, troubleshooting print issues, and adapting artwork across products, languages, markets, and formats.

Responsibilities

• Develop, adapt, and finalize packaging designs for multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and marketing objectives
• Build print-ready artwork including dielines, keylines, bleeds, safety areas, barcodes, regulatory elements, and production notes
• Review and adjust color profiles, typography, layout hierarchy, and structural accuracy for different packaging formats
• Translate creative directions into technically sound files suitable for offset, flexography, digital printing, and large-format production
• Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Mechanical Artworkers, Production Specialists, and Project Managers to ensure timely and accurate delivery of all assets
• Ensure artwork files adhere to printer specifications, including resolution, trapping, ink limitations, and finishing requirements
• Maintain strict version control and documentation for each artwork, ensuring traceability and consistency across families of products
• Adapt artwork into multiple SKUs, languages, markets, and formats while preserving accuracy and visual consistency
• Troubleshoot print issues, prepress concerns, and packaging inconsistencies by providing actionable recommendations to the creative and production teams
• Stay updated on packaging trends, printing technologies, material types, and sustainability standards

Skills

• 2–4 years of experience in Packaging Design, Print Production, Mechanical Artworking, or similar roles related to packaging and printed materials
• Strong technical understanding of dielines, bleeds, cutter guides, print finishes, and packaging structures
• Proficiency using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and similar tools for print and packaging production
• Experience preparing artwork for offset, digital, and flexographic printing environments
• Familiarity with color management, CMYK conversion, spot colors (Pantone), ink limitations, and print proofing
• Ability to review and correct complex packaging files with multiple panels, languages, and regulatory requirements
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to detect layout inconsistencies, errors in copy placement, and visual imbalance
• English fluency (B2+), with the ability to communicate clearly in both written and spoken contexts
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, fully remote environment
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and collaborative
• We accept CVs in English only
• Experience with 3D mockups or packaging visualization tools
• Familiarity with sustainability standards and material specifications
• Understanding of Agile or Scrum methodologies

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2–4 years of experience in Packaging Design, Print Production, Mechanical Artworking, or similar roles related to packaging and printed materials
• Strong technical understanding of dielines, bleeds, cutter guides, print finishes, and packaging structures
• Proficiency using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and similar tools for print and packaging production
• Experience preparing artwork for offset, digital, and flexographic printing environments
• Familiarity with color management, CMYK conversion, spot colors (Pantone), ink limitations, and print proofing
• Ability to review and correct complex packaging files with multiple panels, languages, and regulatory requirements
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to detect layout inconsistencies, errors in copy placement, and visual imbalance
• English fluency (B2+), with the ability to communicate clearly in both written and spoken contexts
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, fully remote environment
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and collaborative
• We accept CVs in English only

Nice to Haves

• Experience with 3D mockups or packaging visualization tools
• Familiarity with sustainability standards and material specifications
• Understanding of Agile or Scrum methodologies

Benefits

• Fully remote work environment with the freedom to work from anywhere
• Flexible schedules
• 12 days of paid vacation per year, in addition to all nationally recognized holidays
• Annual professional development stipend for certifications, courses, workshops, or learning tools
• Long-term professional development and career growth opportunities
• Opportunities to work on campaigns for world-class clients such as Adidas and Google
• Diverse, inclusive, and collaborative culture
• Recognition for team members' work and impact