About the Role:
We are looking for a passionate and creative Designer with world-class design sensibility to join our team in Shenzhen, China. The ideal candidate shares our love for music, brings fresh design perspectives, and can translate trends in fashion, interior, and culture into iconic product experiences for Harman’s renowned brands, including JBL, Harman Kardon, AKG, BSS, Soundcraft and more.
What You Will Do:
· Take a lead role with hands-on responsibilities.
· Conduct design brainstorming sessions.
· Create concept designs in 2D and 3D formats.
· Prototype designs using in-house and 3rd party resources.
· Develop detailed product design specifications and CMF documents.
· Present design solutions.
· Participate in user research activities.
· Investigate and propose new fit and finish options and CMF trends.
· Work on innovative and trend defining product concepts in collaboration with our multi-disciplinary creative teams across the globe.
· Be part of the team that is creating and delivering innovative and groundbreaking design experiences across various product categories.
· Work with design leaders in all phases of the design thinking process from concept, to strategic, to tactical, and implementation.
What You Need:
· Love for Design & Music.
· 5+ years of experience in the field of industrial design with an impressive portfolio.
· Experience in designing products for the world of consumer or professional markets.
· Solid knowledge of the design process from trend research and design strategy to concept development and manufacturing execution.
· Excellent 2D and 3D skills: fluent in the Adobe Creative Suite and 3D such as Rhinoceros and KeyShot.
· Experience defining Materials, Colors, and Finishes.
· Ability to create photorealistic renderings.
· Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication and presentation skills.
· The ability to work seamlessly with leaders across functions.
· Ability to multi-task many projects and products at once.
· Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Industrial/Product design.
· Basic knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, tooling methods, and assembly methods.
· Able to quickly generate visual and physical definitions of new products that convey key attributes of function and layout.
· A proven structured approach to creative problem solving.