Graphic Designer / Packaging Designer

Who are we?

Trader Joe's is your favorite neighborhood grocery store! With 545 stores nationwide (and growing), we are the place to be. Looking for something delicious and a friendly conversation? At Trader Joe's, you can find both. We love being your first and favorite place to shop.

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for someone who loves packaging! Someone with a keen eye for design and a knack for noticing details. Someone who lives for great typography and creating custom illustrations.

In a nutshell... a packaging designer.

As a packaging designer at Trader Joe's, you'll be creating the designs that excite our customers, at all our stores, nationwide.

You'll be designing for everything from salsas and pasta, to wine and spirits, to snacks, candy and frozen meals.

As a Packaging Designer, you'll be partnering with our Product developers to design packaging (labels, boxes, bottles and cans) for our products. In addition, you'll work closely with our nutrition team to ensure the regulatory aspects of labeling are met.

The Graphic Designer is responsible for:

• Design 2 & 3 dimensional packaging (labels, tags, boxes and bags) to showcase our products.

• Incorporate hand-drawn artwork, clip-art, photography and type to develop packaging that correctly positions products within their category and resonates with our customers.

• Develop designs for our regional reusable bags.

• Assist stores (from time to time) with marketing requests.

• Develop graphics for internal meetings and events.

• Promoting the Trader Joe's company culture by encouraging open communication, teamwork with fellow Crew Members, food, fun and Hawaiian shirts!

The ideal candidate has:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design (or equivalent experience)

• A minimum 2-3 years graphic design experience in a studio setting (preferably in packaging)

• Demonstrated strength in creative thought and visual problem solving

• Fluency in Adobe CC (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign)

• Thorough understanding of print production processes (process color, flexography, etc.)

• A positive attitude, strong communication skills and a passion for creating package design solutions that excite our customers!

We want to hear from you!

We get a lot of resumes; so to help us get to know you better, please submit your resume and portfolio. When creating your resume, please answer these questions:

• What is your experience with actual packaging design?

• What makes you uniquely qualified for this position?

Trader Joe's is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to hiring a diverse Crew.

If this sounds like something you'd love to do, then we'd love to hear from you.