Lighting Designer Jobs & Careers

This atelier design studio and workshop produces unique, custom-made sculptural design. Initially producing furniture and lighting they have expanded their work and today their pieces can be found in some of the most fascinating and beautiful properties in the world.

They are recruiting for an experienced and talented metalsmith craftsperson to join their creative and friendly production workshop team. This is a position which would suit a person who is time-served working in fine art bronze foundries or artist / design studios, involved in manufacturing high quality functional interior products or sculpture, in metals such as bronze, brass and steel.

Duties and Responsibilities for the Metalworker

• Fabrication of brass lighting or furniture from raw materials
• Fabrication of steel or iron lighting or furniture
• Ability to train others in metalwork processes
• Assembly of cast bronze components to create functional sculptural products
• TIG Welding, Silver Soldering, Soft Soldering and Metal Chasing
• Jig and pattern making
• Fabrication of brass components
• Lathe Work and polishing

Person and Experience Required for the Metalworker:

• Typically 10 years' experience particularly in bronze and brass
• Experience within the arts or interior product manufacturing is important
• Proven experience in making high-end sculptural products
• Knowledge of luxury furniture and lighting manufacturing
• Demonstrable skills, taking a brief through to completion
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent communication and teamworking skills
• Showing integrity, focus and professionalism
• London based

If this sounds a good fit then please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com. All applications via our website will receive a reply.

This company specialises in the design and manufacture of lighting products and as one of the leading suppliers to the interior designer and specifiers market, their products have earned a reputation of being extremely well made and beautifully designed.

The company is looking for a Junior Product Designer to work on the design and development of new product ranges as well as the maintenance of their extensive back catalogue of products. This will include producing concept renders, reverse engineering and product design, and the generation of technical drawings for manufacture. You will also be required to solve engineering problems should they arise and comfortably manage your own time and workload in a fast-paced design environment.

The Junior Product Designer role will not be solely task based; there will be an element of discussion and negotiation with people internally and with external suppliers.

Experience and Skills required for the Junior product Designer role:

• Educated in a relevant degree discipline such as Product Design or Design Engineering
• Some industry experience in using SolidWorks and a competent user of Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign
• The ability to produce technical drawings for manufacture and show evidence in your portfolio of designs for final manufacturing process (not just prototyping)
• Must be able to organise their own time to meet project deadlines
• Should have the ability to project manage and show examples of problem solving
• Experience of design for manufacture and understanding of engineering concepts and materials
• A keen eye for quality and design with great attention to detail

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a creative working environment, in a role that would offer an individual the chance to develop their own skills in the high-end interior industry.

To apply and find out more please send in your CV and Portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com.