High-Impact Product Packaging Design
In a retail environment, your packaging is your silent salesperson since it compiles all your marketing into a single package. Same goes for your signage.
I design custom product packaging that doesn’t just look beautiful on a shelf, but is engineered to communicate quality and build immediate consumer trust, as my tailored branding page describes:
By improving shelf appeal with technical print specifications, I remove the fear of production errors, ensuring your product stands out against national competitors.
Precision Label Design for Brand Authority
A poorly designed package on your Ecommerce site can make even the best product look amateur.
I create professional, high-resolution label designs that adhere to industry standards and reflect the premium nature of your brand.
My focus on typography and hierarchy ensures your essential information is legible and your brand identity is unmistakable, giving your products the professional edge they need to succeed in the local market.
Cohesive Visual Storytelling Across Merchandise
The biggest pain point for many businesses is a fragmented look where their products, labels, and promotional materials don't match.
I provide a unified design strategy that ensures your visual identity is consistent across every physical touchpoint, as my tailored branding shows. The goal with it all is to make sure your web design, your video ads, and everything else all match the same look.
That cohesion eliminates brand confusion and reinforces your professional standard, making your business more memorable to customers, and increase their trust in you.
Local Partnership and Print-Ready Peace of Mind
The biggest risk in merchandise design is the communication gap between the designer and the printer.
Because I am located near Lake Zurich, I offer a level of accountability that remote designers can't match, and I am happy to travel to your office or storefront in the Chicago area to review physical proofs together.
You see, there are issues when printing. Good printers will print in the CMYK gamut, and give you an ICC profile so the colors match the final result... Whereas bad ones will use RGB printing (like Walmart), which most often runs outside the range of what's possible, and over saturates colors that shouldn't be. I always use a colorimeter on my display as well, so all the colors match as close as possible.
This hands-on approach guarantees that your final printed products are exactly what you envisioned, with no technical surprises.
Terms of service
IMPORTANT: everything below is subject to payments being made on time, and prompt communication. We will establish those details once we come to an agreement. Also, here is a recent video of me, for a site where I sell kefir grains, in case we meet in person for any of this.
Contract vs. Email: everything is subject to your project requirements, but HUGE projects usually require a small contract in plain English. A typical contract for a large project is about 2-5 pages, but small projects like a basic website can be done through an agreement by email (no fancy contract). It all depends on what you want, but you must pay in milestones as I describe below. Also, if something is NOT in our agreement (via contract or email), then it isn't included in my services. So be clear with what you need, because I only charge based on the specific services you ask for. Anything beyond that may increase the price (though if it's super small and within the scope anyway, I'm probably okay without increasing the price).
Payment milestones: there are usually 2-3 milestones where you pay. They're usually done in 1/2's or 1/3's of the total project price: first to start, second on first draft, and third upon completing everything in our agreement.
Payment types: I accept Cash in USD, Zelle, Credit, Debit, Check, Money Order, Cryptocurrency, Gold, and Silver.
Discounts: you get 5% off if you pay with Cash, Gold, or Silver. All others are 5% more. If you want the discount, we'll meet at a local library room or something similar, and I'll give you a receipt as proof of payment. Although if you do Gold or Silver, I will want to test them first in front of you via sound, weight, and shape.
Time to start: physical payment methods also get me to start the project immediately. Anything else may have a hold until the payment clears (usually 3-7 days).
Time to complete: subject to your project requirements. You will get this in our agreement.