Packaging and Visual Merchandising Designer

Los Angeles

**Packaging Designer / Visual Merchandising Designer** Beauty Brand is seeking a Packaging Designer with strong visual merchandising experience to support brand packaging and in-store retail execution. This person will help bring the brand to life across packaging systems and physical retail environments, with an emphasis on compelling, customer-facing design that translates seamlessly from concept to shelf. **Key Responsibilities** * Design and develop packaging concepts that align with brand strategy, product positioning, and retail objectives * Create visual merchandising materials that support in-store launches, seasonal campaigns, and product storytelling * Develop and execute retail fixture and display concepts including gondolas, POP displays, endcaps, and shelf strips * Partner cross-functionally with marketing, creative, product development, and production teams to ensure consistency across packaging and merchandising touchpoints * Translate brand guidelines into effective structural and graphic solutions for both packaging and retail environments * Prepare production-ready files and oversee design adaptation across multiple SKUs, formats, and display types * Ensure all work is visually compelling, commercially viable, and aligned with retailer requirements **Qualifications** * Proven experience in packaging design and visual merchandising * Strong portfolio showcasing both packaging and in-store retail display work * Hands-on experience designing gondolas, POP displays, endcaps, and shelf strips * Ability to balance creative vision with practical production and retail constraints * Strong understanding of brand storytelling within a consumer product or beauty/lifestyle environment * Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite and production design workflows * Comfortable working onsite and collaborating in a fast-paced team environment **Position Details** * Contract to Hire * Hybrid Work Schedule 3 days in office