Packaging Designer

Heal Nutrition is a fast-growing health and nutrition brand in Malaysia, focused on making healthy eating simple, enjoyable and accessible for everyday life.

We specialize in high-protein and functional nutrition products, including protein shakes, snacks and convenient on-the-go formats designed to support active and busy lifestyles.

At Heal, we place strong emphasis on product quality, responsible sourcing and continuous innovation from product development and packaging to brand experience and retail execution.

If you are passionate about building a meaningful nutrition brand and creating products that help people live healthier every day, we invite you to grow with Heal Nutrition.

Role Description

We are looking for an experienced Packaging Designer to own and manage all product packaging artworks for our FMCG nutrition and snack products.

This role is critical to ensure packaging is not only visually strong, but also accurate, compliant and print-ready.

You will work closely with Marketing, QA/QC, R&D and printers to deliver high-quality packaging for new launches and existing SKUs.

Key Responsibilities:

Packaging Design & Artwork Ownership

• Design and develop packaging artworks for all product formats (pouch, sachet, value pack, labels, boxes, etc.).
• Prepare complete front and back panel layouts including:
• product name, claims, icons, barcode, ingredients, nutrition information and mandatory statements.
• Adapt and update artworks for new SKUs, reformulations and relaunches.

Regulatory & Accuracy Control

• Ensure all packaging layouts follow internal guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with QA/QC and internal stakeholders to verify:
• ingredient statements
• nutrition panels
• claims and icons placement
• Ensure final artwork accuracy before print release.

Dieline & Print Production

• Work with packaging dielines and technical layouts.
• Prepare print-ready files (bleed, trim, colour mode, resolution).
• Liaise directly with printers and packaging suppliers.
• Manage print proofs and pre-press checks.

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Support Marketing and Brand teams on packaging visual direction.
• Support NPD and R&D on new product packaging development.
• Coordinate revisions, approvals and version control.

Artwork Management

• Maintain proper file structure, version control and final artwork archive.
• Ensure correct files are released for production.

Support the marketing and sales teams on non-packaging artwork when required

• Diploma / Degree in Graphic Design, Packaging Design or related field.
• 35 years of relevant experience, with strong hands-on exposure in packaging design.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator (mandatory); Photoshop / InDesign is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of:
• packaging dielines
• print production workflow
• pre-press and proofing process.
• Highly detail-oriented and systematic in managing artwork accuracy.