Mid-Weight Packaging Designer

About The Role

We’re looking for a talented and detail-driven Mid-Weight Packaging Designer to join our growing creative team. In this role, you’ll develop beautiful, innovative, and sustainability-led packaging across our beauty and skincare portfolio.

As a brand built on strong ethical values, sustainability sits at the centre of everything we do, from material selection to supplier partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity for a designer with 3+ years’ experience and a refined aesthetic sensibility, ideally gained in beauty, cosmetics, or premium lifestyle brands.

You’ll collaborate closely with brand, marketing, and product development to bring ideas to life, taking concepts all the way through to production, ensuring every touchpoint reflects our values and creates positive impact for people and planet.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop primary and secondary packaging across new and existing product ranges.

Translate brand strategy and creative direction into innovative, functional, and sustainable

packaging concepts.

Work collaboratively with internal teams (Brand, NPD, Marketing) and external partners to ensure

design intent and production quality.

Support the evolution of our brand visual identity, ensuring consistency across all packaging and

design assets.

Stay informed on market trends, sustainable materials, finishes, and innovations in packaging.

Contribute to creative brainstorming and concept development sessions.

What We're Looking For

3+ years’ packaging design experience, ideally in beauty, skincare, or premium consumer goods.

Strong portfolio demonstrating concept-to-production packaging projects with a sustainability focus.

Advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Solid understanding of print production, dielines, colour management, and materials.

Experience collaborating with suppliers, printers, and manufacturers, with an emphasis on ethical sourcing.

Strong eye for typography, composition, and detail.

Understanding of sustainable packaging principles and circular design thinking.

Confident communicator capable of clearly presenting ideas.

Highly organised, self-motivated, and comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Experience within a beauty, lifestyle, or premium brand.

Familiarity with luxury or premium aesthetic standards.

Passionate about sustainability, ethical design, and environmental responsibility.

What We Offer

Employment Type: This role is offered full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Location: Tropic HQ is a short walk from Beddington Lane Tram stop, with direct links to East Croydon and Wimbledon.

Hybrid Working: Enjoy a blend of office and remote working with a minimum of 3 days in the office.

Salary: £30,000-£35,000 DOE

Benefits: Hybrid working, up to 33 days’ holiday. Enhanced family leave, Private Medical Insurance, Medicash plan, life insurance, (All available after a qualifying period). EAP through the Wisdom App, generous product allowance and 50% discount for family and friends, access to retailer discounts, Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes, free breakfast bar, dog-friendly HQ with a chill zone and pool table, on-site parking, regular social events, and plenty of well-being treats throughout the year.

Start Date: Immediate

About Tropic

Susie, our Founder and CEO, started Tropic Skincare as a teenager, selling homemade body scrubs at Greenwich Market to help her mum pay the bills. She sold out on her first day, and the incredible response made her realise she had started something quite special.

We still sell that iconic body scrub, and it sits alongside an extensive range of award-winning skincare and beauty products that have made us one of the UK’s fastest-growing beauty businesses. Our brand is certified vegan, cruelty-free and CarbonNeutral®, and our infinite purpose is to create a healthier, greener, more empowered world. And that’s where you come in!

We’re looking for creative and ambitious people who share our vision and get excited about beauty that’s both innovative and sustainable. If you’re passionate about skincare and have a genuine desire to empower communities across the globe, you could be a great fit.

Apply now if you’re ready to join a vibrant team who believes beauty knows no bounds!

Tropic's Commitment to Equal Opportunities

Our team is as diverse as it is talented because at Tropic, we go the extra mile to cultivate a culture of respect and belonging. We value every candidate, respect protected characteristics and never discriminate. We also provide reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities at every stage of the hiring process, so if this is something you need, please let our recruitment team know at the earliest opportunity!

Ultimately, the most important thing for us is hiring the best person for the job, so we focus on skills, experience, and qualifications to ensure our process is fair and that our candidates always have a great experience with Tropic.

We’re looking for creative and ambitious people who share our vision and get excited about beauty that’s both innovative and sustainable. If you’re passionate about skincare and have a genuine desire to empower communities across the globe, you could be a great fit.

Apply now if you’re ready to join a vibrant team who believes beauty knows no bounds!