Senior Food Packaging Designer & Brand Strategist

Full Time Employee

Job Summary

create visually compelling, retail-ready packaging systems that drive attention and sales.

Job Description

About Us:
Outsourced is a leading Philippines outsourcing company providing dedicated remote staff and offshore staffing services. We specialise in providing staff of the highest quality who will continue to exceed your expectations and provide benchmark offshore solutions to your business. With Outsourced you can scale your organisation quickly, easily and cost effectively with dedicated remote staff based in our modern offices in Manila.

FMCG Packaging + Retail Branding
We are looking for a highly commercial and creative Senior Food Packaging Designer & Brand Strategist who understands retail psychology, shelf impact, and consumer buying behavior — not just aesthetics.

This role is ideal for someone with strong FMCG packaging experience who can create visually compelling, retail-ready packaging systems that drive attention and sales.

Key Responsibilities
Packaging & Brand Design
  • Design retail-ready packaging across frozen, chilled, and ambient categories
  • Create and develop new brands, logos, and packaging systems
  • Rebrand existing products to strengthen shelf appeal and market positioning
  • Build consistent visual systems across multiple SKUs and product ranges
  • Create packaging concepts aligned with commercial retail objectives
Retail & Channel Design
Design packaging for major retail and distribution channels including:
  • Supermarkets
  • Bulk retail formats
  • Convenience and petrol channels
  • Airline catering
Packaging Communication
Develop packaging that clearly communicates key functional product benefits such as:
  • High protein
  • High fibre
  • No sugar
  • No seed oils
Build strong packaging hierarchy across:
  • Brand
  • Product
  • Benefit
  • Flavour
Packaging Production & Execution
  • Design packaging across various formats including boxes, pouches, sachets, and trays
  • Prepare print-ready packaging artwork and files
  • Work with dielines, print specifications, and packaging materials
  • Understand colour variations and print outcomes across films, cartons, and different substrates
Key Projects
Functional frozen meals, pies, quiches, and snacks
  • Functional beverages and sachets
  • Packaging system development and rebranding projects
Required Skills & Experience
  • Minimum 5 years of FMCG packaging design experience
  • Strong portfolio featuring real retail packaging products
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Dielines
    • Packaging materials
    • Print production
    • Shelf impact and retail buying psychology
Highly Preferred
  • Experience designing for supermarket brands
  • Experience working with Australian or US retail markets
  • Branding and brand strategy experience
  • Ability to build complete brand systems across product categories
What We’re Looking For
  • Commercial thinker with strong retail awareness
  • Fast, responsive, and highly execution-focused
  • Able to improve, challenge, and elevate creative concepts
  • Understands market trends without blindly following them
  • Strong attention to detail and packaging accuracy
Application Requirements
Please include the following in your application:
  1. Three (3) examples of retail packaging you designed
  2. Your process for creating shelf standout packaging
  3. How you would approach designing a “high protein, high fibre, no sugar” product range
Work Setup & Schedule
  • Home-based / Remote work setup
  • Day shift schedule: 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM PHT
  • Sign-on bonus equivalent to 50% of the basic salary
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