Graphic and Production Designer
JLab · Carlsbad, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$31.25–$35/hrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Master and apply JLab’s graphic standards, techniques, and style guides across all media, ensuring brand consistency
- Manage and execute projects from design through final production for a wide array of deliverables — including digital and print marketing assets, packaging, advertisements, email graphics, collateral, and promotional materials — delivering accurate, on-time work
- Create and adapt creative assets, visual concepts, and creative solutions that support marketing campaigns, partnerships, and product launches
- Design graphics for partner marketing initiatives, retail displays, backdrops, LED displays, and other branded experiences
- Recommend design and image enhancements that improve visual quality and effectiveness while maintaining brand consistency
- Drive the print production pipeline for packaging, retail displays, signage, and related print materials in partnership with internal stakeholders and manufacturing partners — tracking and trafficking projects through to physical completion, including preparing production-ready artwork, preflighting, proofing, and troubleshooting files to ensure accuracy and compliance with production specifications
- Prepare product imagery, renderings, manuals, UPC and GTIN barcodes, and other supporting assets required for packaging and marketing execution
- Adapt packaging, manuals, and artwork for regional and language-specific requirements
- Manage artwork revisions, version control, and file distribution to manufacturing partners
- Ensure all deliverables meet brand standards, technical specifications, and manufacturing requirements
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external manufacturing partners to ensure projects are delivered accurately, on time, and to brand standards
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and quality
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance production quality, efficiency, and consistency
- Actively contribute to marketing strategy discussions, bringing forward-thinking concepts and actionable design solutions to the table.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of experience in graphic design, production design, packaging design, or a related role
- Experience working in an in-house creative department and supporting consumer products is preferred
- Strong graphic design skills with exceptional attention to detail
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, including Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and XD
- Strong understanding of print production, packaging design trends, color management, and manufacturing specifications
- Familiarity with international packaging requirements and localization workflows is a plus
- Experience preparing print-ready artwork and managing prepress production requirements, including proofing, preflighting, and troubleshooting files for manufacturing
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, stay organized, and independently execute work from concept through final production while adhering to brand standards
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and project management tools such as Asana