Packaging Design & Structural Design Manager

Packaging Design & Structural Design Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time

Are you a seasoned packaging design leader who loves turning ideas into smart, beautiful, and scalable packaging for major consumer brands? An established organization in the apparel industry is seeking a Senior Manager, Packaging Design to lead and elevate packaging across a diverse portfolio of owned and licensed brands. Prior fashion packaging experience is required.

In this highly visible role, you will lead the end-to-end packaging design lifecycle-from concept through production-while managing a talented creative team and partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders. You will ensure packaging is innovative, brand-right, functional, cost-effective, and aligned with sustainability and regulatory standards, while mentoring designers and driving best-in-class execution.

Location: Hybrid/Beverly Hills
Salary: $125,000-$150,000

What You'll Do

• Lead packaging creative design and production for multiple brands and licensees, from initial concept to final physical proofs.

• Oversee the full packaging lifecycle, including design, structure, substrate selection, and production of supporting collateral.

• Manage and develop a team of four experienced packaging designers and two project managers, with dotted-line oversight of photo editing.

• Partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure packaging is on-brand, functional, cost-effective, and compliant with sustainability and regulatory requirements.

• Assess, prioritize, and reassign workload and resources as needed to keep projects on time, on budget, and on brand.

• Collaborate with global vendors and thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, particularly within wholesale or similar apparel channels.

• Serve as a key leader within the creative organization, partnering with executive leadership to shape packaging strategy and execution.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Extensive experience as a senior packaging designer or packaging design leader, ideally within wholesale, retail, or fast-paced apparel environments.

• Proven ability to lead and mentor design teams, manage multiple concurrent projects, and deliver high-quality creative outcomes.

• Hands-on expertise in packaging concept development, including design, structure, substrate selection, and physical proof review.

• Comfort working with global vendors and navigating international production timelines and complexities.

• High emotional intelligence, with the ability to build trust, interpret feedback, and translate ideas into clear creative direction.

• Strategic mindset with a passion for improving processes from ideation through final delivery.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to succeed in a high-velocity, dynamic environment.

• A bias for action, strong sense of ownership, and commitment to excellence in a collaborative setting.

If you are excited about leading a high-performing packaging team, shaping how consumers experience apparel brands at retail, and driving creative excellence in a fast-moving environment, we would love to hear from you.