Job Description
About the position
The Packaging Design Summer e.l.f.tern will support the Packaging Design team across all e.l.f. Beauty brands, contributing to the development of thoughtful, brand-right packaging for cosmetics and skincare. This role offers hands-on experience across the full packaging design lifecycle—from research and concepting to mockups and execution—within a fast-paced, collaborative beauty environment.
- Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to the Packaging Design team, including organizing samples, maintaining the sample library, coordinating shipments, and assisting with design documentation
- Participate in the creation of physical mockups and prototypes to visualize packaging concepts and support refinements
- Collaborate with the Design team on packaging concepts and graphics for cosmetics, skincare, and brand initiatives
- Conduct packaging trend and competitive research within the beauty industry and prepare research documentation
- Support cross-functional collaboration with Packaging Production, Photo Production, Product Innovation, Product Development, Copy, and Project Management teams
- Communicate workload and priorities across design team leads to ensure projects stay on track and meet deadlines
- Actively seek and incorporate feedback to grow packaging design skills and industry knowledge
- Requirements
- Must be available for the full internship period: June 1st - August 28th
- Must be a rising junior or senior at the time of the internship
- Currently pursuing a degree in Graphic Design or a related field
- Design portfolio demonstrating creativity, strong typography, and packaging design projects; beauty or fashion work is a plus
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); 3D modeling and rendering skills are a plus
- Willingness to support the design team across a variety of needs and tasks
- Ability to learn new workplace applications and tools quickly
- Flexible, adaptable, and comfortable working through shifting priorities and design iterations
- Excellent communication, organization, and time-management skills
- Passion for beauty; prior experience working on beauty brands is a bonus
- Nice-to-haves
- Design portfolio demonstrating creativity, strong typography, and packaging design projects; beauty or fashion work is a plus
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign); 3D modeling and rendering skills are a plus
- Passion for beauty; prior experience working on beauty brands is a bonus
- Benefits
- competitive pay and benefits
- bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years)
- equity
- flexible time off
- year-round half-day Fridays
- a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment
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