Kavindu N

Lead Packaging & CPG Production Art Partner | Confidential Multi-Million Dollar US Wellness Brand

Self Employed • Freelance

Aug 2024 - Present • 1 yr 9 mos

Function as the primary, dedicated private design resource for a high-volume, multi-million dollar e-commerce consumer goods brand in the US wellness space. Key Focuses & Ongoing Deliverables: • Autonomously manage the end-to-end packaging asset pipeline, executing high-velocity SKU expansions across dense product variation lineups. • Oversee strict compliance layout structuring, seamlessly integrating mandatory regional warning declarations, nutritional facts, and ingredient tables while preserving clean visual brand aesthetics. • Build and deliver zero-defect, production-ready master vector layouts (complex folding boxes, dropper labels, and flexible film pouches) mapped to precise factory dieline and pre-press tolerances. • Partner directly with the founding leadership team to provide agile creative asset updates with active 24-hour turnaround cycles.

Lead Packaging & Brand Designer

99designs • Freelance

Feb 2017 - Present • 9 yrs 3 mos

• Leverage 9+ years of premium commercial design experience within an exclusive independent network, maintaining an elite "Mid-Level" verified ranking for packaging. • Successfully developed and delivered 127+ individual 1-to-1 brand development and packaging projects directly with international founders across the US and Europe. • Maintained a 98% rapid response rate milestone while engineering production-ready box packaging, food and beverage pouch layouts, and custom bottle label dielines. • Engineer production-ready print mechanics, including exact plate bleed tolerances, Pantone color mapping, and custom varnish layers that pass strict factory pre-flight checks.