Mid - Weight Graphic Designer

Company Description

Contain is a product development studio founded in 2017, specializing in ethical and sustainable production. We provide custom packaging and merchandise services while fostering a culture of collaboration with our partners. Our team brings cross-disciplinary expertise in design and manufacturing across apparel, packaging, accessories, and merchandise. With a commitment to environmental innovation, working towards B Corp certification, Sustainability shapes the materials we recommend, how we design, and the partners we work with.

We're a design and packaging studio with two arms:

• Contain Design Studio (CDS) — bespoke packaging design and product development (merch) for external clients.
• By Contain (BC) — our in-house brand range of totes and hats.

We don't do branding. Our work picks up once a brand identity is set, turning it into packaging, products, and in-house collateral and marketing.

The Role

You'll work alongside our Creative Director on packaging artwork, marketing collateral, catalogues, and product development — applying brand systems (ours and our clients') across a range of outputs.

It's a hands-on, in-house role. The right person genuinely enjoys packaging, substrates, finishes, dielines, structural design, and wants to see their work made.

3 or 4 days a week to start, with the option to grow into full-time if it suits. We're a working-parent-friendly studio and flexible about how the week is structured.

Packaging & production

• Set up print-ready artwork to supplied dielines.
• Build physical and digital packaging mockups.
• Maintain product specification sheets for the production team.
• Quality-check samples and final product against specs.
• Brief and cost new development with the production team.

Catalogues

• Refresh existing catalogues for CDS and BC as needed.
• Build new catalogues from our existing templates as ranges grow.

Marketing

• Design EDMs every 2–3 months for new projects and product launches.
• Produce digital assets for the website, social, and ads.
• Keep the website current with new case studies and campaigns.
• Support photoshoot art direction and project documentation with the Creative Director.
• Create content for sponsored posts.

Merch & product development

• Build presentations and visuals to support CDS product development and client pitches.
• Assist with new product development for By Contain.

Client work (CDS)

• Apply clients' brand guidelines through to packaging artwork.
• Work with clients on briefing and rollout of their packaging projects.

About you

• 3–5 years' design experience.
• Bachelor Degree in Communication or similar.
• Strong with Adobe Creative Suite — InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.
• Confident preparing print-ready artwork and dielines.
• A real interest in packaging and how it's made.
• Care about sustainability and bring it into your design choices.
• Comfortable applying existing brand systems rather than rebuilding them.
• Clear communicator with printers, clients, and the team.
• Reliable with time tracking and deadlines.

What we offer

• A small in-house team led by our Creative Director.
• A studio working towards B Corp certification, with sustainability built into the work.
• Flexibility around school runs, pick-ups, side-hustles and family life.
• A clear path to full-time if you want it.

How to apply

This is a permanent part-time position and must be available to work from our Abbotsford studio. This position can be flexible for the right candidate, whether a part-time or full-time position is required.

If you are enthusiastic, dedicated, and self-motivated with excellent communication skills, we'd love to hear from you.

Please send your portfolio and resume with cover letter to ***email_hidden***

• Applications close 30th May, 2026.