Temp Packaging Developer

Job Title:  Temp Packaging Developer

Company Description: Luxury Beauty Brand

Location: NYC *remote for now*

Duration: Ongoing (no set end date) 

Must have 3-5 years of experience preferred

Job Description:

Assist in the timely development of specific development projects to meet the shift in workload within the Packaging Department.

Responsibilities:

• Actively support the development on targeted projects cross-brands to meet our customer’s needs.
• Assist Manager in providing a project feasibility: function, manufacturability, component cost, tooling estimates, timetable, risks, and global consistency.
• Utilize computer technology.
• Develop preliminary outlines.
• Initiate and evaluate package test results.
• Request preliminary costs, and compare to feasibility.
• Enter specifications and distribute.
• Initiate artwork requests and proofread final art.
• Develop the package utilizing the technical support groups (Technical Packaging, Package Testing, and Manufacturing Engineering) to achieve the intended design, quality, cost objectives, functionality, and manufacturability.
• Submit packages to Package Testing with the required samples and technical information.
• Establish component and color standards, and insure proper distribution.
• Assure that Packaging meets the needs of the brand, corporation, Regulatory and Environmental Legislation, and consumer safety.
• Keep informed through colleagues, vendors, journals, professional affiliations, and seminars of new materials, processes, and procedures.
• Visit suppliers and our company production facilities.
• Report regularly on status of development issues to the immediate supervisor.
• Actively participate, as needed, on multifunctional teams providing creative solutions, while exhibiting an enthusiastic, flexible, and positive attitude.