Intern, Packaging Design Jobs

e.l.f. is for every eye, lip, and face, providing access to the best of beauty. From the beginning, our mission has been to deliver guilt-free play with major pay-off so everyone can own their beauty, without compromise. Always vegan and cruelty-free, because we believe kindness is chic (and we love being nice to your wallet), you can find e.l.f. products on www.elfcosmetics.com, at leading retailers such as Target, Walmart, and Ulta, and internationally.

e.l.f. was founded in 2004 as a digitally native mass cosmetics brand and became a publicly-traded company in 2016 (NYSE: ELF). The e.l.f. employee base mirrors the consumers we serve – over 70% female and nearly 40% diverse. e.l.f. is also a leader in board diversity, with greater than 50% of board seats being held by successful female business leaders. e.l.f. embraces a lean staffing model that enables everyone to work closely with colleagues at all levels of the business. This also makes e.l.f. an attractive environment for the kind of individual who wants to directly impact business results and develop a broad set of skills to learn and grow into additional parts of the business.

Position Summary

The Packaging Design Intern will support the Packaging Design team across all brands at e.l.f. Beauty. This internship offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the beauty industry while honing your design skills and contributing to the success of a leading beauty house.

Responsibilities

• Learning and Growth: Actively seek feedback from designers and supervisors to enhance your skills and knowledge in packaging design
• Design Development: collaborate with the Design team to conceptualize packaging designs and graphics for cosmetics and skincare items, as well as brand
• Time Management: Communicate work load between design team leaders from each brand to ensure the success of a project from start to finish while meeting deadlines
• Cross-functional Collaboration: collaborate with Packaging Production, Photo Production, Product Innovation, Product Development, Copy and Project Management teams
• Trend Research: stay up-to-date with the latest packaging design trends in the beauty industry, preparing competitive research documentation
• Mockups and Prototyping: Participate in the development of physical mockups and prototypes to visualize packaging concepts and make necessary refinements
• Administrative Support: Provide administrative assistance to the Packaging Design team, including organizing samples, maintaining sample library, coordinating shipments and assisting with design documentation

Requirements

• Excellent communication, time management/organizational skills
• A passion for beauty and experience working on other beauty brands is a bonus
• Willingness to support the design team in whatever needs they have
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and design shifts
• A design portfolio that shows creativity, refined use of typography, and packaging design projects. Beauty/fashion projects a is plus
• Experience working in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• Current student or recent graduate in Graphic Design or a related field
• Ability to learn new workplace applications

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities and is subject to changes and exceptions at supervisors' discretion.

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