Senior Packaging Designer

About the job

THE COMPANY

 

Fancy Sprinkles is a DTC and B2B eCommerce business disrupting the edible arts industry with its products, tools, and content for makers, bakers, edible artists, and trend spotters alike. Founded in 2016 by Lisa Stelly Osbourne (Lisa Stelly) with just $2,000 in her pocket and enough fervor and grit to completely revolutionize an outdated industry. As a passionate cake artist and entrepreneur, she was in constant search of decorative and distinctive toppers, but found store-bought selections fell short, yielding disappointing results. Over several months, Lisa turned her relentless quest to source and create the world’s best sprinkles and edible delights into a damn art form! With pop culture and creative intuition as her guide, she sourced distinctive confectionery products, developed custom colors, and combined them into gourmet adornments that had the ability to turn heads, inform trends, and look like a million bucks on anything one could put in their mouth.

 

 

Fancy Sprinkles produces luxury confectionery and edible enhancements blended from rare, artisan sprinkles, powders, and melts in custom colors and flavors, delivering an unmatched gourmet aesthetic for every occasion one can celebrate. Simply put, Fancy Sprinkles products belong on top of everything one can dream of making — including baked goods, savory snacks, shakes, and drinks. Products include custom-blended sprinkles, candy melts, sugar shapes, custom molds and tools, edible glitter, sprinkle stickers, and the company’s signature Crunchy Jimmies®, a vibrant and nostalgic powdered sugar-based sprinkle.

 

 

Based in Los Angeles, CA, the company employs a highly diversified team, with a growing number of remote teams and talented individuals across the Midwest and on the East Coast.

 

 

In 2018, the company received its first institutional funding from Chicago-based investment management firm Sterling Partner’s consumer group ‘87. The capital will support Fancy Sprinkles’ need to hire and expand infrastructure and grow its product pipeline and retail partnerships. Lisa Stelly continues to inspire and lead the company in her role as Chief Creative Officer, focusing on developing new products and categories, and creating content for a wide array of social channels through which the brand connects with an expanding and highly discerning customer base.

 

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY

Fancy Sprinkles is seeking a talented Sr Packaging Designer Freelancer to join our collaborative and innovative team. This role will report into our Creative Director and join creative as the go-to

person on all things packaging and branding: from refreshing our core packaging, developing new packaging for multiple product category to creating in-store experience aligning with our Fancy Sprinkles brand vision. The ideal Sr Packaging Designer Freelancer brings an entrepreneurial mindset to dive in where help is needed, maintain brand standards, and explore creative possibilities. This person is incredibly organized and proactive, has excellent communication skills, and a can-do attitude. They thrive in both a team setting, as well as independently, efficiently taking initiative, and navigating between multiple projects and timelines. The ideal candidate is a deadline-driven, highly collaborative, visual storyteller who takes an innovative approach to design and ideation. They understand beauty and fashion marketing and possess in-depth knowledge of design principles including composition, color, hierarchy of messaging, and graphic layout.

 

 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Concept out of the box packaging and in-store experience ideas to bring personality and uniqueness while continually growing

and strengthening brand aesthetic

· Collaborate with internal teams across the conception, development, refinement, and execution of creative that delivers on the creative brief and packaging objectives; clear understanding of how to achieve the objective and milestone effectively and efficiently

· Develop and maintain brand consistency through style guides and actively protect graphic standards

· Employ a fluid command of typography, layout, and design in a variety of visual aesthetics

· Bring forward the most innovative creative techniques, and design trends, and foster curiosity in new design-forward consumer goods brands

· Have the ability to work independently and in a group environment—promoting a collaborative and creative team environment by engaging other members of the team when appropriate

· Demonstrate flexibility, organizational skills to effectively manage multiple projects/tasks of varying complexities, while meeting deadlines

· Help foster an environment of collaboration, inclusivity, curiosity and creativity across teams.

· Creatively oversee freelance and external design agency partners, providing support and guidance

· Ensuring all projects are set up for, and meet, all task requirements, including but not limited to, correct dimensions, file formats, image resolution, and content

· Keep their working environment organized, including the work server and creative assets

· Keeping a positive, team-oriented, work environment

· Take on additional design projects as needed, including templates, mockups, and preparing print ready mechanical files

 

 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

· BA in Graphic Design or related area

· 5–7 years of proven graphic design experience conceptualizing, managing, having technical skills to put things on a die line, and understanding the importance of prototypes.

· Strong sense of color theory, design trend, typography, and hierarchy

· Ability to be both creative and technical with an attention to detail

· Proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and have a great understand of print process and creative production

· Entrepreneurial mindset—with a “hands on” attitude and the ability to think on your toes and pivot accordingly

· Strong sense of urgency, with the ability to get things done both autonomously and collaboratively

· Proven ability to multi-task and manage project complexities

· Must have a collaborative attitude and be open and receptive to feedback

· Team player—extremely collaborative, working cross-functionally with multiple touchpoints

· Outstanding communication skills—both written and verbal

· Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively at all business levels and to different consumer audiences