Christine Petroff

Packaging Designer · JOYIN

San Diego, CA

In My Own Words

Accomplished creative Senior Graphic Designer and Project Manager with over fifteen years of experience and demonstrated ability. Able to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines while maintaining pixel perfect accuracy. Excited to work on new projects finding creative solutions independently or in collaboration with a team. I am a hard-working versatile designer hoping for a challenging position that allows me to utilize creative skills and be a part of something bigger than myself.

Work Experience

Packaging Designer

JOYIN

2021 – Present

Responsible for creating original packaging designs for consumer goods for retail, online and seasonal. Creating dielines, logos, pattern design, background illustration, photo development and correction, product mockups, and packaging mockups.

Production/Project Manager

Seven 20

2017 – 2020

Developed housewares, novelty, stationery, drinkware, kitchen accessories, paper goods, and textiles for licensed properties Star Wars, Disney, Sanrio, Marvel, DC, Doctor Who, Harry Potter and more. Production management experience approving productions, proofing packaging, working directly with manufacturers producing consumer goods for big box retailers – Walmart, CVS, Walgreen’s, HOT TOPIC, Spirit Halloween and Amazon. As well as working directly with licensors to move projects alone and meet deadlines. Designed custom licensor packaging, product photography, large B2B sales events like New York Toy Fair. Ability to create large amounts of prototype packaging.

Packaging Designer

Jinx, Inc.

2016 – 2017

Responsible for creating original packaging designs for video game brands Minecraft, Overwatch, Rocket League, The Witcher III, Halo, Counter Strike, World of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, and Hearthstone. Designing for mass market, specialty and international retail: toy sets, blind boxes, collectible series, apparel hangtags, accessories hangers, control display units/POPs, custom dielines, patterns, security stickers, holographic hat stickers, illustrations, prototype packaging and handling daily packaging updates.

Senior Graphic Designer

X-1 Audio Inc., formally H2O Audio Inc., San Diego, Ca

2005 – 2013

Web Design and E-Commerce Development: Created weekly newsletter designs for over 35,000 subscribers, web banners, 3rd party website skin ads and content development. Graphic Design and Print: Print ad campaigns, catalogs, datasheets, B2B sales guides, POP displays, promotional and event specific postcards, stickers, t-shirts, event booth design, large scale trade show graphics, banner flags and pop-up tents. Packaging Design and Die-lines: Created hang tags, box and clam shells, unique packaging for big-box retailers such as Apple, REI, Costco, Dick’s Sporting Goods. Developed product instruction manuals photos and copy writing. Photography and Art Direction: RAW format product and lifestyle photography for packaging and online, photo editing, maintaining and organizing art server. Experience leading a design team and interns as well as art directed studio and on location photo shoots with third party photographers.