Senior Graphic Designer

Title: Senior Graphic Designer (Packaging, Merchandising & Ecommerce)

Company: in the beauty space

Type: Temp to perm

Location: NYC

Onsite: hybrid

Rate: $45-50/hr

Requirements in order to be considered:

• Ability to go onsite in NYC
• Previous experience working in the beauty, cosmetics, or lifestyle space

About the Role

We’re seeking a talented, detail-oriented Senior Graphic Designer with 5+ years of hands-on experience creating compelling visual work across packaging, retail merchandising, and ecommerce. You will translate brand strategy into polished, production-ready design that strengthens consumer engagement in-store and online. This is an opportunity for a creative professional who enjoys connecting design and commerce—bringing cohesive visual experiences to life across retail shelves, product packaging, and digital storefronts.

Key Responsibilities

• Create packaging concepts across a variety of product lines and formats, partnering with production artists to transition approved concepts into print-ready files.
• Develop retail merchandising assets, including point-of-sale displays, shelf talkers, endcap graphics, signage, promotional-event materials, and in-store collateral.
• Design ecommerce creative such as product listing imagery, enhanced brand content, banner ads, and social-commerce graphics for marketplaces and direct-to-consumer websites.
• Ensure visual consistency and brand cohesion across physical and digital consumer touchpoints.
• Collaborate with marketing, product development, retail, and sales partners to align creative output with project goals, timelines, and technical requirements.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional quality, accuracy, and consistency.
• Prepare merchandising files for offset printing and support production-ready asset delivery.
• Stay current on design trends, retail merchandising best practices, packaging innovations, and emerging ecommerce tools.
• Contribute to the continued evolution of visual identity systems and help maintain brand style guides.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional graphic design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating packaging, merchandising, and ecommerce work.
• Strong command of Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Experience designing for print production, packaging formats, and retail environments.
• Understanding of ecommerce creative requirements and marketplace content best practices.
• Excellent attention to detail, typography, layout, color, and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to balance creative vision with technical specifications, deadlines, and business objectives.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.