Each module builds on the previous one - practical, measurable, and ready to apply.
• What skills a packaging designer needs
• What the work of a packaging designer really involves
• Who packaging designers collaborate with
• What an effective design brief must include
• Understand how the “fast brain” (System 1) works
• Analyze how color, texture, and sound influence buying decisions
• Conduct a sensory audit of real products
• Develop your pricing strategy (hourly vs. value-based)
• Craft your personal LinkedIn positioning
• Build a simple service pricing table
• Structure brand → product → variant clearly and visually
• Analyze shelf blocking and competitor product lines
• Create a mini planogram
• Apply typography and learn color separation principles
• Work with a basic dieline in Illustrator
• Prepare print-ready files using key prepress terms (bleed, safe zone, etc.)
• Build a visual system for multiple SKUs
• Balance consistency and differentiation across product variants
• Create a project brief for your own packaging
• Develop your first quick sketches and concept directions
• Ask the right questions for both client and consumer insight
• Build dielines, create the design, and prepare print-ready files
• Learn visualization techniques for realistic packaging presentation

After 12+ years in FMCG, beauty and packaging design, I realized something uncomfortable:
– 62% of businesses work without a brand strategy
– 83% of freelancers have no defined process
These are symptoms of an ecosystem that never received real training in how creative work actually works.