Sr. Production Designer

We are actively seeking a Senior Production Designer to join our Creative team, focusing on elevating our packaging and production outputs. The ideal candidate will possess a profound passion for typography, design, layout, and meticulous file setup—valuing every small detail and strict adherence to style guides. Additionally, they will demonstrate exceptional expertise in color theory, precision in targeting design specifications, and a thorough approach in conducting press checks—ensuring the highest quality in all print materials. This role reports into our Sr. Design Director. 

This role is hybrid and is open to candidates in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. 

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop 2D/3D print and packaging collateral.

• Maintain obsessive attention to detail to ensure projects meet deadlines and design specifications within budget constraints.

• Manage and prioritize multiple projects, ensuring consistency and high-quality outcomes.

• Handle imagery with expert cropping and retouching skills.

• Uphold and advance design standards across all collateral.

• Define and maintain packaging standards, including logo sizing, spacing, typography, and color.

• Liaise with vendors to streamline production processes and ensure top-quality printing.

• Manage the routing and updating of artwork.

• Resolve quality issues in printing through meticulous press checks and color accuracy assessments.

• Work closely with the Product Development Production team.

• Support the visual merchandising team by ensuring design consistency across all physical touchpoints.

• Convert conceptual directions into tangible, printable results in both 2D and 3D formats.

• Execute detailed press checks to guarantee color accuracy and overall print quality.

• 7+ years of production experience in typesetting, product packaging, and executing press checks, preferably within the beauty or personal products industry

• Advanced knowledge of color theory, including expertise in PMS and CMYK systems.

• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and InDesign.

• Comprehensive understanding of digital file formats and their optimal applications.

• Entrepreneurial spirit, strong work ethic, and a problem-solving approach.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely and engage constructively in feedback processes.

What we would like to offer...

• Salary: $95,000-115,000*
• Bonus Opportunity
• Health Benefits - 100% employer-paid medical, dental & vision coverage
• Flex Time Off - No cap on personal time off and paid company holidays
• Seasonal Flex Days - Flexible scheduling to enjoy extra time under the sun during the Spring & Summer season
• Parental Leave - Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave
• 401(k) - Save for your future with a 401(k) with a company match
• Flexibility & Wellness Stipends - Monthly stipends to support remote work & self-care
• Hybrid Work Model - Find your flow, working from home or from one of our offices
• ILIA Products - Quarterly stipend to replenish your favorite products and try new ones

*This is the anticipated salary range for this position. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a few factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

About ILIA

ILIA makes clean skin-centric beauty. We see skincare and makeup as one and believe that skin should look like skin. With transparency as our guide and color as our vehicle, we challenge the conventions of clean beauty to create something radically new, through safe, groundbreaking formulas that protect + revive the skin. Headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, ILIA brings together a strong group of innovative thinkers, rule-breakers and creative problem solvers. We pave the way forward as the leading clean makeup brand in what is being called the Clean Beauty Revolution. Fast paced growth provides constant learning, collaborative teamwork, and the desire to be the best at what you do. We celebrate taking risks and doing what hasn’t been done before.