Pre - Press Designer & Packaging Designer

Pre-Press Designer(Cosmetics)

Who We Are

RENEE Cosmetics is one of the leading Indian cosmetics brands, empowering individuals to celebrate their beauty through innovative, multifunctional, and easy-to-use products. As one of the fastest-growing beauty brands in India, RENEE is redefining makeup and moving toward becoming a globally recognized name.

If you're a Performance Marketing Manager who thrives on scaling brands and driving measurable growth, we'd love to hear from you.

What role will you play (Key Responsibilities)

• Prepare and adapt artwork for cosmetic packaging, including labels, cartons, tubes, bottles, jars, pouches, sleeves, and outer boxes.
• Convert approved designs into accurate, print-ready production files.
• Check artwork for correct dimensions, bleed, trim, safe area, resolution, fonts, images, and color specifications.
• Work with CMYK, Pantone/spot colors, metallic colors, white ink, varnishes, and special finishes.
• Prepare artwork according to different printing processes such as offset, flexographic, digital, screen, and gravure printing.
• Work accurately with packaging dielines, folds, cuts, creases, perforations, and technical layers.
• Ensure correct placement and readability of ingredients, usage instructions, warnings, claims, batch/lot information, MRP, manufacturing details, barcodes, and other mandatory product information.
• Check barcode placement and readability and ensure sufficient clear space around barcodes.
• Manage overprint, knockout, trapping, separations, and spot-color specifications.
• Prepare print-ready PDFs and other required production formats.
• Conduct thorough pre-flight checks before releasing artwork to printers/vendors.
• Coordinate with Graphic Designers, Brand/Marketing, Product Development, Regulatory, Quality, Procurement, and external printers to resolve artwork-related issues.
• Review printer proofs, digital proofs, and physical samples to ensure accuracy against approved artwork.
• Make technical corrections and revisions without compromising the approved design.
• Maintain proper file naming, version control, artwork archives, and master files.
• Ensure that the latest approved artwork is always released for production.
• Manage multiple SKUs and artwork changes while meeting strict production timelines.
• Support new product launches, packaging changes, and artwork localization requirements.
  

Required Skills

• Strong proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Excellent understanding of packaging artwork and pre-press production.
• Strong knowledge of CMYK, RGB, Pantone/spot colors, color separations, and color matching.
• Knowledge of bleed, crop marks, trapping, overprinting, knockout, dielines, and print finishing.
• Good understanding of different packaging substrates and printing techniques.
• Ability to work with vector artwork and high-resolution images.
• Knowledge of barcode specifications and packaging artwork requirements.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly with product text, ingredients, quantities, claims, and regulatory information.
• Ability to identify artwork errors before files are sent to production.
• Good organizational and file-management skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple SKUs simultaneously.
  

What makes you a perfect fit

• 2–5 years of experience in pre-press, packaging artwork, print production, or a similar role.
• Experience in the cosmetics, FMCG, pharmaceutical, food, or personal-care industry will be an advantage.
• Experience working with packaging printers and vendors.
• Experience handling multiple SKUs and frequent packaging revisions.
• Knowledge of premium cosmetic packaging and special finishes such as foil stamping, embossing/debossing, spot UV, matte/gloss varnish, and metallic inks is preferred.