Packaging and visual concept design for DailyStrips wellness oral strip brand

We are looking for a packaging / wellness brand designer to create the first visual direction and packaging mockups for DailyStrips, a pre-launch wellness brand for fast-dissolving oral strips for the U.S. market. We have two products: 1. Sleep Strip Melatonin 3 mg + L-Theanine 10 mg + Vitamin B6 1 mg 2. Energy Strip Caffeine 10 mg + L-Theanine 20 mg + Vitamin B12 0.05 mg Brand slogan: Great night, good morning. Brand direction: Clean, modern, premium, trustworthy, simple, wellness-oriented. The brand should not feel medical, aggressive, cheap, cartoonish, or like a low-quality Amazon private-label product. This is not yet a final print-ready packaging project. We first need visual concepts and mockups. Final print-ready files may come later after we receive exact dielines and packaging dimensions from the manufacturer. Scope of work — Phase 1: - Create 3–5 visual concept directions for DailyStrips - Include visual direction for both Sleep Strip and Energy Strip - Suggest color palette and typography direction - Create simple front-facing packaging mockups for both products - Create one simple Shopify hero / landing page visual direction - Optional: simple logo / wordmark refinement for DailyStrips Designer requirements: - Experience with packaging design - Experience with wellness, supplement, beauty, skincare, functional beverage, health, or CPG brands - Ability to create clean premium visual systems - Understanding of packaging mockups and later print requirements - Familiarity with dielines, bleed, CMYK, and print-ready PDF/AI files is a strong plus - U.S. DTC / supplement / wellness market experience is a plus, but not required Please include in your application: - 3–5 relevant packaging or wellness brand examples from your portfolio - Your process for concept exploration - Whether you can later prepare print-ready files - Estimated timeline - Fixed price for Phase 1 only Budget note: This budget is for Phase 1 concept exploration only. Final packaging layouts, back/side panels, sample sachet design, and print-ready dieline files may be quoted separately later. A detailed brand brief is available and will be shared with shortlisted candidates.