What You'll Do: As an Industrial Designer, you will work with a cross-functional team of Marketing, Product, Brand, and business leaders to bring our ideas to life with your creative execution and good product design judgment. You will have a critical role of concepting and developing new products. In this role you will contribute to all aspects of industrial design and product innovation, taking products from concept through production.
- Contribute to all aspects of industrial design and take products from concept through production
- Developing new products and improving existing items
- Manage all aspects of the product development process on assigned projects from initial concept to generating new product innovations
- Conceptualize new product concepts through ideation sketching, mockups, 3D CAD, and presentation
- Perform competitive assessments, product research, and study customer reviews
- Participate in user testing to collect consumer insight and analyze feedback to determine if designs meet customer needs and safety requirements
- Make recommendations for product function and feature specification.
- Must possess knowledge of hard goods and soft goods
- Responsible for working closely with the Engineering, Marketing, Costing, and Compliance departments to establish key product features
- Analyze and help define color, materials, and finishes. Collaborate with the Branding team to drive brand consistency across all products
- Assess product obstacles and use design skills to complete the project successfully
- Coordinate with PMO to complete project tasks and meet shipping schedule
- Other duties may be assigned
Bring It! - Bachelor's degree (B.S.) in Industrial Design or Product Design from four-year university or equivalent preferred and 1-3 years' experience
- Must possess knowledge of hard goods, soft goods, and electronics
- Ability to work on all phases of the design process, including trend research, innovate, and develop products
- Must possess some knowledge of manufacture and molding techniques, including injection molding, blow molding, rotocast, compression / liquid injection molding
- Must be proficient in Solidworks, KeyShot, Illustrator and Photoshop.
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic, with excellent time management
- Ability to thoughtfully communicate your designs, receive feedback gracefully, and contribute to the work of others
- Excellent team player and independent worker
We Got You Covered! As a Great Place to Work Certified™ company, we are committed to offering the best to our employees. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, vision, dental, prescription drug coverage, life insurance, wellness benefits, generous employer-matched 401(k) plan, Paid Childcare Leave, among other benefit plans. Our total rewards are top of market and include competitive salary, bonus, and opportunities to earn equity. We focus on supporting employee development and growth.
We regularly hold social functions to foster a genuine camaraderie that enhances teamwork. At our company-wide award functions, we take time to recognize the talent and dedication of the people who make Munchkin the most loved baby lifestyle brand in the world.
To give our people flexibility, we offer hybrid work environment with opportunities for half-day Friday's all year around and provide annual weeklong global office closures giving our people a chance to recharge.
Salary range: $80,000 - $95,000
To learn more, visit us at www.munchkin.com.
