[Remote] Trend & Packaging Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Burlington Stores, Inc. is a rapidly growing brand seeking a Trend & Packaging Designer to enhance their private label brands across various categories. The role involves creating innovative packaging solutions, developing brand identities, and translating consumer trends into effective visual assets.

Responsibilities

• Design branding and packaging for multiple private label brands, from concept through production
• Develop brand identities, including logos, typography, color palettes, packaging architecture, and visual systems
• Translate brand strategy and emerging consumer trends into compelling packaging, graphics, patterns, color stories, and other original visual assets
• Research trends across beauty, home, fashion, retail, and consumer culture, transforming insights into distinctive, ownable creative
• Create packaging that balances strong shelf impact, brand consistency, seasonal relevance, merchant objectives, and production requirements
• Develop layouts, typography, color systems, imagery, iconography, and claims that align with Burlington's brand standards
• Build scalable packaging systems across SKUs, product types, and categories while maintaining consistency and accuracy
• Prepare production-ready mechanical artwork, ensuring compliance with dielines, print specifications, regulatory requirements, and vendor standards
• Collaborate with merchants and product development to validate product information, sizing, and legal requirements
• Partner with Merchandising, Imports/Sourcing, Legal, Production, and the Creative Director to deliver successful trend development and packaging solutions
• Communicate design intent clearly through presentations, mood boards, creative direction, and production guidance
• Work with domestic and overseas vendors during artwork development, proofing, press checks, and production to maintain design quality and feasibility
• Produce accurate mechanical files and manufacturable artwork across a variety of print methods, materials, finishes, and substrates
• Review proofs, color, materials, and finishes to ensure final packaging meets brand and production standards
• Partner with Production on photography, retouching, asset management, and file delivery while proactively contributing creative ideas and process improvements
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines and creative milestones
• Maintain organized files, version control, and project documentation
• Continuously improve workflow efficiency through strong communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts, Marketing, Communications, or Graphic Design preferred
• 5–10 years of experience in branding, packaging design, or consumer product design
• Strong experience designing retail packaging for beauty, home, lifestyle, fashion, or consumer products
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating: Brand identity design, Packaging systems, Logo design, Typography, Trend translation, Graphic pattern development, Production-ready artwork
• Demonstrated ability to interpret consumer and design trends into original, commercially successful creative
• Strong understanding of color, typography, composition, material finishes, and print production
• Experience developing artwork that balances trend relevance with long-term brand ownership
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to communicate design rationale and creative strategy
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Pro)
• Familiarity with dielines, printing techniques, materials, finishes, sustainability considerations, and vendor requirements
• Beauty packaging experience
• Strong understanding of color forecasting and trend forecasting
• Experience developing original repeat patterns and surface graphics
• Ability to create trend boards, mood boards, color palettes, and visual storytelling presentations
• Experience working within brand systems while evolving them seasonally
• Knowledge of specialty print finishes including foil, embossing, debossing, varnishes, soft-touch coatings, and premium substrates
• Illustration or pattern design experience is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Flexible hours
• Associate discount
• Medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) plan
• Training and development opportunities

Company Overview

Burlington Stores, Inc., headquartered in New Jersey, is a nationally recognized off-price retailer. It was founded in 1972, and is headquartered in Burlington, New Jersey, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.burlington.com/.