Work With Savvy

Savvy Creative Agency is looking for an experienced full-time Packaging & Graphic Designer with strong packaging design experience to create elevated design concepts for luxury press mailers, high-end brand experiences, event creative, and overall company design needs.

This is a fast-paced, deadline-driven role for a designer who is highly creative, extremely organized, responsive, and able to move efficiently from concept to execution. Our projects are often time-sensitive and require someone who can communicate clearly, manage priorities, and deliver strong work independently.
This role is hybrid and requires candidates to report to our studio in Van Nuys, CA 2–3 times per week, with occasional collaboration with local fabrication partners. Candidates must currently live in the Los Angeles area and be able to reliably commute.

The Right Person for This Role Is:

Highly Creative
You bring fresh, thoughtful, out-of-the-box ideas and are excited to develop creative design concepts that solve strategic problems. You have a strong portfolio that shows your ability to create elevated, brand-aligned work

.A Skilled Packaging + Graphic Designer
You have a strong sense of color, typography, layout, visual composition, and detail. You understand print production, dielines, packaging structure, mechanical files, and how to design for real-world production. Strong packaging design skills are a must.Fast,

Efficient + Deadline-Oriented
You understand that our work often moves quickly. You can manage time-sensitive deliverables, communicate progress clearly, and meet deadlines without sacrificing quality.

Self-Motivated
You are a self-starter who can work through ambiguity, ask smart questions, and move projects forward without needing to be chased down.

Extremely Organized
You can manage multiple projects, shifting priorities, design rounds, timelines, and vendor/client feedback without things falling through the cracks.

An Excellent Communicator
You are highly responsive, clear, and professional in written and verbal communication. You are comfortable collaborating with a team, receiving feedback, and keeping everyone updated on project progress.

Detail-Obsessed
You understand that small details matter, especially when designing for luxury press mailers, events, and global brands. You are careful, thoughtful, and thorough in your work.

Key Responsibilities
The main duties of the Packaging & Graphic Designer include, but are not limited to:

• Develop creative design concepts for luxury press mailers, event design, client presentations, internal brand materials, and other agency design needs
• Present initial design concepts and project decks to the CEO/Creative Director and internal Savvy team
• Create polished presentation decks, renderings, mockups, dielines, layouts, and production-ready files
• Design within each project’s creative direction, brand guidelines, requirements, and goals
• Manage multiple design projects at once while meeting deadlines and maintaining high-quality work
• Create mechanical files for release to printers, fabricators, vendors, and production partners
• Support the proofing process and review designs for accuracy before production
• Collaborate with the Savvy team on active client projects, design updates, proposals, and timelines
• Attend in-person team meetings at the studio 2–3 times per week
• Join client meetings with the CEO/Creative Director when needed
• Come prepared for internal meetings, client presentations, and project deadlines
• Communicate regularly with the team through Slack, email, and project management tools
• Provide timely updates on progress, questions, delays, and feedback
• Work virtually when not in the studio to complete design requests, renderings, proposals, and project deliverables

This Person Must Have:

• 3+ years of graphic design experience
• 2+ years of packaging design experience
• A strong portfolio that includes packaging design, print design, presentation design, and/or brand design
• Experience designing for luxury, beauty, entertainment, lifestyle, tech, hospitality, or consumer brands preferred
• Strong Adobe Creative Suite skills, especially Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop
• 3D rendering experience
• Experience with packaging dielines, print production, mechanical files, and vendor-ready artwork
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain brand consistency across all touchpoints
• Strong communication skills and the ability to respond promptly during working hours
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced creative agency environment
• Willingness to work hybrid from our studio in Van Nuys 2–3 times per week
• Must live in the Los Angeles area and be able to commute to Van Nuys, CA
• Adobe Dimension experience is a plus.

About Savvy Creative Agency
Savvy Creative Agency is an award-winning, Black- and woman-owned Los Angeles-based event and creative design agency specializing in live event design, event production, and packaging design for entertainment, tech, lifestyle, beauty, and consumer brands.

We are trusted by global brands like Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, Paramount, TikTok, NBCUniversal, HP, Google, TJ Maxx, Disney, and more. We are all about: Unrelenting Excellence - We are known for over-producing in the best way. Our clients are global household names, and we take the trust they place in us seriously.

Position Details
Position: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday–Friday
Location: Hybrid, Van Nuys, CA
In-Office Requirement: 2–3 days per week
Salary: $75,000–$85,000, with potential for year-end bonus
Start Date: Immediately


Please Note: Please do not contact us via email or direct message regarding this position. We will follow up via email within 7 business days if we are interested in scheduling an interview. If you do not receive an email within this timeframe, please do not follow up — we are unable to respond to all applications individually.