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Burlington

Trend & Packaging Designer

Kingsbury, NV

Partner with Merchandising, Imports/Sourcing, Legal, Production, and the Creative Director to deliver successful trend development abd packaging solutions. * Communicate design intent clearly through ...

Jack Morton Worldwide

Design Director

New York, NY · On-site

Stay current with design trends and apply them to your work where relevant SUPERVISORY ... and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing ...

Goatusa

Design Director

Plainview, NY · On-site

The Design Director will foster creativity across the team, challenge and elevate design thinking ... Research and analyze fashion trends, consumer insights, runway collections, cultural influences ...

Goatusa

The Design Director will foster creativity across the team, challenge and elevate design thinking ... Research and analyze fashion trends, consumer insights, runway collections, cultural influences ...

Duarte Design Inc

Art Director, Presentation Design

$83K - $100K/yr

Apply motion, imagery, and design trends to create engaging, cinematic solutions * Provide hands-on ... Direct and support a blended team of full-time employees, contractors, and specialty partners to ...

Jack Morton Worldwide

Design Director

Dayton, NJ · On-site

Stay current with design trends and apply them to your work where relevant SUPERVISORY ... and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing ...

Jack Morton Worldwide

Design Director

Dayton, NJ · On-site

Stay current with design trends and apply them to your work where relevant SUPERVISORY ... and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing ...

Jack Morton Worldwide

Design Director

Dayton, NJ · On-site

Stay current with design trends and apply them to your work where relevant SUPERVISORY ... and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing ...

Ovadia Design Group LLC

Design Director

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$155K - $190K/yr

We are looking for a Design Director to own the creative vision of the firm and to lead the people ... Research what is new and next in high-end residential design, bringing trends, makers, and ...

Nutanix

Visual Design Director

San Jose, CA · On-site

$243K - $486K/yr

As the Visual Design Director, you will hold a high-impact leadership role within the User ... Apply up-to-date knowledge of current design trends and emerging technologies to keep Nutanix at ...

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Trend & Packaging Designer

Burlington, NJ • On-site

Burlington Stores
Retail • 10K+ employees
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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 7 days ago

Key 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.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and vendors to ensure packaging meets brand standards, production requirements, and quality standards.

Burlington rating

4.5

Company rating: 4.5 out of 10

Based on 964 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description

Position Overview
The Trend & Packaging Designer is responsible for creating best-in-class trend development and packaging solutions that elevate Burlington's private label brands across Beauty, Home, and additional categories. This role supports the Creative Director in developing cohesive brand identities, packaging systems, and trend-driven creative that strengthen brand perception, improve in-store navigation, and deliver an elevated customer experience across more than 1,000 stores. This designer will contribute to the development of brand identities, logos, packaging layouts, visual systems, structural packaging considerations, photography direction, copy placement, production-ready artwork, and trend storytelling. They will play a key role in identifying emerging consumer, fashion, beauty, and lifestyle trends and translating those insights into commercially viable packaging graphics, prints, patterns, and visual assets that vendors can successfully execute in production. The ideal candidate is both a strategic thinker and an exceptional designer-someone with a strong eye for branding, typography, color, composition, and trend who can transform inspiration into distinctive, ownable creative solutions that are scalable across product categories.
A Day In The Life
Packaging Design, Brand Development & Trend Translation
  • 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.

Packaging Systems & Production
  • 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.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Merchandising, Imports/Sourcing, Legal, Production, and the Creative Director to deliver successful trend development abd 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.

Production & Technical Excellence
  • 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.

Process & Project Management
  • 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.

You'll Come With
  • 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.
  • Experience working directly with overseas production vendors is preferred.
  • 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.

What Success Looks Like
  • Accurate, elevated packaging designs aligned with brand guidelines and merchant needs.
  • Consistent application of packaging systems across categories and SKUs.
  • Smooth workflows and timely delivery of production-ready files.
  • Strong relationships with merchants, production, sourcing, and creative partners.
  • Clear craftsmanship, attention to detail, and proactive problem-solving.
  • Packaging that improves customer perception, in-store navigation, and brand storytelling.

Preferred Skills
  • 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.

Software Skills: Adobe Creative Suite including Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on a Mac platform, WorkZone or equivalent project management too. Canto or equivalent digital asset management system is a plus. Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams.
Be sure to include link to portfolio in your application
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Come join our team. You're going to like it here!
You will enjoy competitive wages, flexible hours, and an associate discount. Burlington's benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage including life and disability insurance. Full-time associates are also eligible for paid time off, paid holidays and a 401(k) plan. We are a rapidly growing brand and provide a variety of training and development opportunities so our associates can grow with us. Our teams work hard and have fun together! Burlington associates make a difference in the lives of customers, colleagues, and the communities where we live and work every day. Burlington Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.
Individual pay decisions will be based on a variety of factors, such as but not limited to, qualifications, education, job-related skills, relevant experience, and geographic location.
Min-Mid $80,000.00 - $105,000.00
Posting Number R103859
Location New Jersey-Burlington
Address 2006 Route 130 North
Zip Code 08016
Pay Rate Salaried
Career Site Category Corporate
Position Category Marketing
Job Type Full-Time
Remote Type Hybrid
Evergreen No

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At Burlington, we embrace the many facets of diversity that strengthen our communities where we live and work every day. If you want to grow your retail career with a caring and inclusive organization, come join the Burlington Stores team as a Customer Service Supervisor, Selling Floor Supervisor or Receiving Team Supervisor!

Industry

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Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Burlington, NJ, US

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