Location: Telecommute
Job Type: Contract
Compensation Range: $30 - 35 per hour
We are seeking a creative, hands-on designer to lead packaging, brand, and visual innovation projects for Mielle. The role involves developing packaging concepts, brand expressions, campaigns, and production-ready artwork while maintaining strong brand consistency. You will also leverage AI tools for creative exploration, collaborate with agencies and vendors, and manage projects from concept through final delivery.
Responsibilities:
Scope of Services
Packaging + Innovation
- Lead design development for assigned packaging and Innovation projects.
- Develop packaging and label concepts.
- Support new products, product renovations, collection launches, extensions, and portfolio updates.
- Develop packaging architecture across relevant SKUs.
- Explore typography, color, hierarchy, iconography, ingredient communication, claims, product benefits, and overall visual expression.
- Create mockups, design explorations, presentations, and visualizations.
- Develop or direct product and packaging renders as required.
- Support refinement through final artwork and production readiness.
- Maintain alignment with established Mielle brand standards.
Brand + Visual Expression
- Develop and evolve brand creative across key initiatives and launches.
- Translate strategic direction into strong visual concepts and brand expression.
- Develop campaign and launch visual systems that can extend across appropriate touchpoints.
- Build scalable visual systems across products, collections, and brand initiatives.
- Establish consistency across packaging and broader brand creative.
- Develop typography, graphic languages, image direction, layout systems, and other visual components as required.
- Create templates, visual guidance, and design standards that enable consistent execution.
- Identify opportunities to thoughtfully evolve the Mielle visual system while protecting brand recognition and equity.
Concept Development + Design Execution
- Participate in early creative thinking and translate briefs into distinct visual territories and design solutions.
- Develop moodboards, creative concepts, design studies, and prototypes.
- Independently create and refine design work using professional Creative tools.
- Bring strong typography, layout, visual hierarchy, art direction, composition, image selection, and production craft.
- Present creative recommendations with clear rationale.
- Prepare final working files and production-ready artwork as required.
- Remain hands-on throughout the engagement.
AI-Supported Creative Development
- Use AI to support ideation, concept exploration, moodboarding, visual development, prototyping, product visualization, and other appropriate creative needs.
- Integrate AI-generated assets into professionally designed work when appropriate.
- Apply strong design judgment to evaluate and correct generated outputs.
- Protect visual quality, accuracy, product integrity, and brand consistency.
- Use AI as a tool to improve speed and creative range without replacing professional design craft.
Vendor + Agency Management
- Collaborate with and, where assigned, manage external design agencies, freelancers, render partners, printers, and production vendors.
- Provide creative direction and clear feedback.
- Review external work and maintain quality control.
- Track vendor revisions and outstanding creative needs.
- Support development and management of scopes, project requirements, deliverables, and expectations.
- Surface scope, timing, or quality risks promptly.
- Coordinate with Creative Project Management and Procurement processes where required.
- Hold external partners accountable for agreed creative quality, timing, and brand consistency.
Project + Workstream Management
- Own assigned projects from kickoff through final delivery.
- Maintain awareness of deadlines, dependencies, required inputs, approvals, and open issues.
- Attend relevant project and creative meetings.
- Maintain organized working files and status visibility.
- Proactively flag risks and recommend solutions.
- Manage multiple concurrent workstreams effectively.
- Work independently while maintaining appropriate Creative Director visibility.
JOBID: 082026-144672
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At Cella, a randstad digital company, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Cella by randstad digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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