Mid-Senior Graphic Designer

Remote role. Open to candidates based in New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, or Singapore.

About Manukora

Manukora® is a global wellness brand, leading the fast-growing US Mānuka honey category. We're on a mission to preserve the power of Mānuka and deliver it to the world in pure, functional formats at uncompromising quality, purity and potency.

Born in the wilds of New Zealand, we harvest one of the planet's rarest natural resources: raw Mānuka honey. This creamy caramel super honey contains unique antioxidants, prebiotics, and a special antibacterial compound called "MGO."

Established in 2015, we are a founder-led, family-owned business headquartered in New Zealand with operations globally in the United States and Europe. Manukora is a certified B Corporation, working with locally-based master beekeeping partners to produce the highest quality Mānuka, leading through ethical beekeeping practices and investing in our bees, their environment and the communities that surround them.

We are a team of beekeepers, herbalists, food scientists, and wellness professionals working to deliver this one-of-a-kind honey and reimagine the immune and digestive wellness categories.

The Opportunity

Manukora is searching for a Mid - Senior Graphic Designer (Packaging & Digital), a craft-led, hands-on designer who will work alongside our Senior Design Lead to bring our brand to life across packaging, digital, and brand touchpoints. This is a critical role for the business: as Manukora scales globally, our visual language is one of our most powerful growth levers, and this designer will shape how we show up on shelves and screens around the world.

The Graphic Designer is the creative engine behind every package, mock-up, and visual presentation, turning briefs into distinctive design that earns its place on shelf and protects the integrity of our brand at every touchpoint.

This is not a generic in-house design role.

This role exists to:

• Translate strategy into beautifully crafted, on-brand packaging and assets
• Bring creative options and considered thinking to every brief, not just execute requests
• Own quality, consistency, and finish across every project that goes out the door

If the Lead Designer sets direction, the Graphic Designer makes sure the work lands, distinctive, premium, and shelf-ready.

If you are craft-obsessed, thrive in fast-moving environments, and are energised by seeing your work on shelves around the world, this is a rare opportunity to join a mission-led brand in its most exciting chapter.

What You'll OwnPackaging Design & Production

• Translate briefs into considered, distinctive design concepts across packaging, brand assets, and print.
• Produce high-quality 3D renders and visual presentations that communicate packaging concepts with clarity and impact.
• Set up artwork on dielines with precision, prepare production-ready files, and build mock-ups that bring concepts to life for review.
• Own the proofing process end to end, refining detail until every piece is shelf-ready.

Brand Integrity & File Discipline

• Apply Manukora's visual language consistently across every packaging and brand touchpoint.
• Maintain disciplined file management - versioning, naming, and archiving to best practice.
• Expand and tidy the brand asset library so the wider team can self-serve confidently.
• Protect the integrity of our brand through consistent typography, colour, and visual language across every market.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with the Senior Design Lead, product managers, and marketers to take concepts from brief to shelf with creative intent.

• Bring options to creative reviews - pressure-test ideas, explore directions, and contribute generative thinking, not just execution.

• Lend your craft to wider design needs across digital, brand, and trade marketing as our portfolio grows.

• Stay open to feedback and iterate with care, so every revision sharpens the work and the brand.

• Stay tuned in to packaging, design, FMCG, and wellness trends and the wider competitive landscape. Use insight to shape concept work and keep our brand distinctive.

• Bring curiosity about how AI tools can sharpen and accelerate the creative process, without compromising craft, brand, or creative intent.

What Success Looks Like (6-12 Months)

• Packaging projects delivered on or before deadline (95%+), 100% on-brand and on-spec, with most approved within three proof rounds.

• Zero to minimal production errors or reprints traced back to artwork or file setup.

• A consistent visual language applied across every touchpoint, with files versioned, named, and archived to best practice.

• An expanded, tidy brand asset library that the wider team can self-serve from confidently.

• Trusted by the Lead Designer, product, and marketing teams as a dependable, generative collaborator, bringing options to creative reviews, not just execution.

• Supports the management of the wider design team and junior designers, developing their skillset and lifting craft standards across the team.

• Meaningful contribution to digital, brand, and trade marketing projects beyond packaging, delivered at the same craft and brand standard.

Who You AreCraft-Led Designer

• Hands-on, hungry to create, and able to execute packaging design to a premium standard.
• Sharp attention to detail, with high standards for typography, colour, and visual language.
• Protects and elevates the brand through every touchpoint, across every market.

Disciplined Operator

• Strong file management, organised approach, and consistent on-time delivery.
• Self-manages, prioritises, and flags risks early.
• Confident working both independently and as part of a team.

Generative Collaborator

• Brings creative options and considered thinking to briefs, not just execution.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; confident working with senior stakeholders.

Trend-Spotter & Curious Mind

• A real passion for health, wellness, and FMCG, with a sharp eye for what's shaping the category.

• Genuinely curious about how AI tools can accelerate the creative process, open to experimenting, never at the expense of craft.

What You BringRequired

• 4+ years' experience in a similar in-house or agency role, with a strong packaging-led portfolio.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Graphic Design or equivalent.
• Fluency in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Figma.
• Skilled in 3D tools - Maya or SolidWorks for modelling; Rhino or Keyshot for rendering.
• Strong understanding of print production, packaging materials, and design-to-production workflows.

Bonus

• Working knowledge of AI design tools and a clear point of view on when to use them in concept exploration, mood-boarding, and production support.

• Experience within FMCG, health, or wellness brands.

• Exposure to design considerations across global markets.

Why Join Manukora?

You'll join a mission-led, product-obsessed brand at a moment of rapid global growth, with the opportunity to shape how Manukora shows up on shelves and screens around the world. You'll work alongside passionate experts, contribute to meaningful category innovation, and help bring one of nature's rarest resources to people around the world.

How to Apply

Alongside your CV and portfolio, please submit a 1-2 minute video (Loom or similar) introducing yourself, walking us through a piece of work you're proud of, and giving us a sense of who you are.

This is a requirement. Applications submitted without a video will not be considered.