Packaging and label designer

Vodo Fox, a software and creative agency based in Islamabad, is seeking a talented Packaging & Label Designer to join their on-site creative team. The agency specializes in transforming ideas into impactful digital products, brands, and customer experiences through a clear Think, Shape, Build approach. This role focuses on real-world packaging design and production, working with local and international clients across various consumer categories such as food & beverages, beauty, skincare, supplements, wellness, electronics, and home products.

Key Responsibilities
- Create professional packaging and label designs tailored to diverse product categories, ensuring alignment with client briefs, brand positioning, target audience, and market demands.
- Develop multiple creative concepts and work accurately with packaging dielines, including panels, folds, cuts, bleed, safe areas, dimensions, and print specifications.
- Prepare production-ready artwork suitable for printing and manufacturing processes.
- Utilize Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop extensively for typography, layouts, image editing, retouching, vector artwork, mockups, and presentation visuals.
- Interpret detailed briefs from international clients and translate them into effective visual solutions while maintaining brand consistency across packaging, product visuals, Amazon content, websites, and social media.
- Develop product visuals and Amazon listing/A+ content when required, adapting packaging designs into social media posts and promotional creatives.
- Employ AI tools intelligently to support research, ideation, image generation, visual exploration, and workflow efficiency.
- Manage multiple projects, revisions, and deadlines without compromising design quality.
- Present design concepts clearly, explaining the rationale behind design decisions.
- Collaborate closely with marketing, branding, UI/UX, development, and creative teams.
- Review artwork meticulously before final delivery to identify and resolve potential production or print issues.

Required Qualifications
- Strong experience in packaging and label design with a solid portfolio demonstrating actual design and production work.
- Excellent proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Deep understanding of dielines, bleed, trim, safe areas, folds, panels, and print production requirements.
- Ability to prepare professional, print-ready files.
- Strong grasp of typography, hierarchy, composition, spacing, alignment, color theory, and visual balance.
- Capability to generate multiple genuinely different design concepts based on client needs.
- Attention to detail and ability to follow detailed client briefs accurately.
- Effective time management skills to handle multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Strong communication and problem-solving abilities.
- Good understanding of branding principles and how packaging communicates product positioning.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Experience designing Amazon A+ content and listing images.
- Skills in social media creative design, product mockups, and visual presentations.
- Familiarity with AI tools to enhance design workflows and creative exploration.
- Experience working with international clients or agencies.
- Knowledge of packaging materials, finishing techniques, printing processes, and production limitations.

This position requires a candidate who can professionally design, structure, prepare, and deliver packaging artwork, not just create visual concepts or mockups. Candidates may be asked to complete a practical design test during the hiring process to assess packaging knowledge, software skills, concept development, brief interpretation, attention to detail, and ability to work under deadlines.

Location
This is a strictly on-site role based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Only candidates available to work on-site should apply.

Why Join Vodo Fox?
You will engage in a variety of creative and commercial projects across industries, collaborating with international clients and a multidisciplinary team spanning branding, marketing, UI/UX, development, and digital products. The company values ownership, transparency, accountability, creativity, and meticulous attention to detail from concept through final delivery.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and portfolio via LinkedIn, ensuring the portfolio includes actual packaging and label design work that clearly demonstrates design ability and production knowledge.