Required Experience – 3-8 years of experience; BA or BS in Industrial Design from an Accredited School
General Responsibilities:
The Home Gear Industrial Designer is responsible to generate innovative design concepts for Marketing peers that meet the needs of the consumer. The designer is the liaison between Marketing, Engineering and the external design community. The Designer is responsible to examine marketing criteria, research the consumer to understand consumer needs, dissect and synthesis a brief to develop the user experience, ergonomics and overall visual DNA of the product using sketching for initial conceptualizing and CAD for final surface and functional mechanics. This role will report to the AVP of Wheeled Goods and Home Gear for Evenflo, a division of Goodbaby International.
Examples of Typical Activities:
- Create design concepts (sketches and 3D CAD) as a result of consumer research or a request from Marketing.
- Participate in marketing research considering user needs and human factors.
- Recommend and Interface with external design partners.
- Evaluate and develop long term business relationships.
- Review design presentations, engineering and design hurdles and provides feedback.
- Ensure project goals (time, cost, etc.) are met.
- Conduct project design research (competitive research, understand how end users use products).
- Present design solutions through sketches, CAD models, physical hand mock-ups, 3D prints and renderings
- Develop a product to the point of prototype with 3D CAD modeling software
- Prepare concept and presentation sketches and renderings for focus groups and management presentations
Required Technical Competencies
- Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
- Good rapid visualization skills through sketches and renderings for concept exploration
- A design sensitivity to home décor and some experience in furniture or furniture-like products
- Experience designing products involving user interaction and ergonomics
- Ability to communicate design ideas using hand and digital sketches and other computer-generated visualization tools including: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Sketch Book (or similar) and Power Point.
- Proficient with Solidworks, and/or ProE Creo. On-shape, Alias, Rhino etc. considered a bonus
- Rendering experience with Keyshot, Visualize or similar. Ability to build render videos a bonus.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and understanding of basic engineering principles to aid in building functional geometry with Engineering partners
- Understanding of Manufacturing processes, Design for Manufacturing and Fit and Finish
- Experience working with and managing external design partners and oversees counterparts
- Experience with juvenile industry standards and testing is a bonus
Required Behavioral Competencies
- Builds Strategic Working Relationships – Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
- Continuous Learning – Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
- Decision Making – identifies and understands issues, problems and opportunities; compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences.
- Innovation – Generates innovative solutions in work situations; tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.
- Manages Work – Effectively manages one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
- Work Standards – Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self imposes standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed
Expected Behavioral Norms
- RESPECT: Be professional and mindful. There’s so much to be proud of in our workplace—let’s show it. When there’s room to offer feedback, let’s be constructive about it. When a colleague deserves praise, let’s be loud and genuine about it. We can make our company even stronger by building each other up and practicing deliberate acts of kindness.
- COMMUNICATION: Be clear, stay connected. Let’s leave nothing to interpretation. If we sense static, let’s commit to picking up the phone and talking things through. We can avoid communication breakdowns by being direct, transparent and respectful with colleagues; responding in a timely manner; and never leave each other guessing.
- COLLABORATION: Put we above I. Let’s strive to break down silos; welcome input and ideas from anywhere and any title; listen and encourage all voices at the table; and work seamlessly across disciplines and as an integrated team to achieve goals and drive success.
- ACCOUNTABILITY: Own it. Let’s embrace our individual responsibilities, own our deadlines and never point fingers. Our workplace becomes even more rewarding when we share in each other’s successes and failures; run buttoned up, timely meetings; say what we mean and do what we say.
- INCLUSION: We welcome you—the whole you. Your background, your culture, your ethnicity, your unique experiences, your way of looking at the world. We truly believe that your individuality helps us create a diverse, inclusive and inspired workplace in which every ethnicity, nationality, religion, elder status, family structure and gender identity is embraced and valued. We also welcome your passion for making the lives of children, your co-workers, and our company better. Because as different as we are, that’s the common theme that will always keep us moving forward—together.
- CREATIVITY: Be bold, brave and unexpected. Let’s push ideas until they scare us a little bit. Because it’s there, in uncharted creative territory, where we find breakthroughs that help our company lead vs. follow. Let’s keep exploring and being curious students of the world. Every day, let’s find ways to inspire each other, draw out cool thinking, and get behind great ideas that bring us all up.
- POSITIVITY: Always see the good. When we arrive at work, let’s check negative feelings at the door. The workday feels a lot happier and healthier when we each see the good in our peers, our work, ourselves. Let’s work together to view challenges as opportunities and always know that the right attitude can change everything.
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At Goodbaby International, we value and embrace you. It’s our belief that diversity and inclusion is an essential component to our success as an international business. Accordingly, we are committed to provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Goodbaby’s policy applies throughout the employment relationship—including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, separation and day-to-day practices.
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