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Product Designer - West Midlands - negotiable (V04152)
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Our client is an International Corporation with a great opportunity for experienced and talented Product Designers to pioneer innovative consumer experiences within the Global Chocolate Market. This Product Design role is based in Birmingham, serving as the epicentre of Chocolate creativity and innovation for this global business. They are seeking both a Senior and Midweight Designer to join their expanding design team.
You will be playing a crucial role working on end-to-end product design along with research programmes generating the knowledge needed to create great consumer experiences for their global brands. Using your creative thinking skills and knowledge in consumer centricity tools you will be planning, leading and coordinating projects. The senior designer will also be expected to work autonomously, mentoring and coaching junior team members and contributing with the success of their Chocolate category across the globe.
They are looking for candidates who are creative and innovative with an entrepreneurial spirit. You will be presenting and pitching your creations to both senior and junior stakeholders. There will be some traveling expected within the UK and abroad and they offer a hybrid model of 3 days working onsite and 2 from home.
Skills and Experience sought from the Product Designers:
- Strong project management skills
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- Proven industry experience in product design and development, preferably in FMCG (CPG) or agency environments
- Proficiency in working with consumer insights to drive the creative process
- Innovative problem solving skills with a Holistic mindset
- Strong sketch work, visualisation and 3D thinking
- Proficient with using a variety of CAD and 3D software
What's on offer:
In return for your talent and dedication, they offer a very competitive salary package (discussed with the recruiter before proceeding), along with the following benefits: bonus, healthcare, company pension and 27 days holiday in addition to bank holidays.
If you are a creative and innovative thinker with a passion for product design and a desire to make a global impact in the Chocolate industry, we invite you to submit your application to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.
Location:
West Midlands
West Midlands
Design Field:
Product Design
Product Design
Job Type:
Permanent
Permanent
Salary:
negotiable
negotiable
Benefits:
bonus, healthcare, pension, 27 days hols
bonus, healthcare, pension, 27 days hols
Pippa Baker / Principal Consultant
Pippa has worked in the recruitment industry since 1988 and the vast majority of this time has been within the design sector. She graduated from Leeds University in Textile Management and worked at John Heathcote & Sons before changing career direction and has headed a team of consultants and administrators at Careers in Design since 2000. Pippa is a keen artist and squash player.
Lighting Product Designer - Berkshire - up to £35,000 (V04151)
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From their riverside workshop in Berkshire, this company create elegant contemporary lighting to grace gorgeous hotels, restaurants and private residences worldwide. Their designs combine lightness and strength, exquisitely realised in hand-cut crystals, delicate metal chains, fine silks and hand-wrought metalwork.
In the role of Product Designer you will be leading the delivery of custom-made lighting projects for clients. From initial visualisation and design proposal, through to costing quoting and project scoping and then delivery (supplier liaison, procurement and project management).
Responsibilities include to:
- Work with the Creative Director on the design of new products - market research, component, material and supplier research, producing visualisations and drawings, liaising with suppliers, researching materials.
- Be responsible for all design specifications for existing and new products including Technical Drawings, Bill of Materials, Samples and Assembly Specifications.
- Maintain existing and create new Product Instructions, Product Catalogues and Product Information.
- Work with the Creative Director on design of displays for showroom and other displays.
- Be responsible for managing their product portfolio of project photography.
Skills and Experience needed from the Product Designer:
- At least 3 years of experience in a product design position to include NPD
- Experience of the lighting industry is an advantage but not essential
- Knowledge of design for manufacture
- 3D CAD literate
- Technical and numerate
In return they are offering a salary of £30k to £35k with pension and 25 days hols (plus bank holidays). To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.
Location:
Berkshire
Berkshire
Design Field:
Bespoke Lighting Design
Bespoke Lighting Design
Job Type:
Permanent
Permanent
Salary:
£30,000 - £35,000 per annum
£30,000 - £35,000 per annum
Benefits:
pension, 25 days hols
pension, 25 days hols
Pippa Baker / Principal Consultant
Pippa has worked in the recruitment industry since 1988 and the vast majority of this time has been within the design sector. She graduated from Leeds University in Textile Management and worked at John Heathcote & Sons before changing career direction and has headed a team of consultants and administrators at Careers in Design since 2000. Pippa is a keen artist and squash player.
Product Designer - Lighting - Surrey - up to £35,000 (V04150)
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Our client is a well-established bespoke lighting business and is looking for a Product Designer to join the team and help expand its operations.
Your main role will be to develop, engineer and ready for manufacture high-end decorative lighting. You will be assisting in all design matters from tender / concept stage through to drawing approval.
This will also involve the Product Designer to:
- Liaise with staff internally to provide design and commercial assistance
- Help create supporting product documents such as assembly instructions and supporting website information
- Review supplier drawings and technical information
- Help create supporting work for products such as packaging ideas, organise product testing, organise samples, specification sheets etc.
- Inspect parts and products on site, then catalogue, review and communicate issues and developments back to suppliers
Skills and Experience needed for the Product Designer role:
- Able to manage multiple concurrent tasks and good at setting priorities
- Strong product design skills with a high level of attention to detail
- Personable and professional with strong communication skills
- Experience of the decorative lighting business would be useful and if not experience of decorative homeware or furniture would be acceptable
- Strong presentation skills
- Logical thinker and problem-solver
- Proficient in AutoCAD and SolidWorks with good rendering skills
- Self-Motivated - able to work without close supervision
- Out-of-the-box thinker - Able to adapt to challenges and provide effective and innovative solutions
In return they are offering a salary of £30k to £35k with pension plan, life insurance, healthcare scheme and 25 days holidays (plus bank holidays).
To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.
Location:
Surrey
Surrey
Design Field:
Bespoke Lighting Design
Bespoke Lighting Design
Job Type:
Permanent
Permanent
Salary:
£30,000 - £35,000 per annum
£30,000 - £35,000 per annum
Benefits:
pension, healthcare, life insurance
pension, healthcare, life insurance
Pippa Baker / Principal Consultant
Pippa has worked in the recruitment industry since 1988 and the vast majority of this time has been within the design sector. She graduated from Leeds University in Textile Management and worked at John Heathcote & Sons before changing career direction and has headed a team of consultants and administrators at Careers in Design since 2000. Pippa is a keen artist and squash player.
Product Designer - West Midlands - up to £40,000 (V04147)
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Our client designs, manufactures and fabricates an extensive product range including lighting, giftware, engineering products and fully bespoke items. All these are produced to exacting customer specifications by their expert team using a range of materials including steel, copper, aluminium and brass.
They are currently looking for a mid or senior CAD Designer to work with two of their brands of lighting products and to become an integral part of a small team of product engineers. The role will encompass the whole process of product development, from CAD modelling and producing documentation for the factory to follow for production, through to packaging and creating end user documentation.
In summary they are looking for someone who has experience creating documents for production using Solidworks and end users using the Adobe Creative Suite.
For the more experienced candidate with leadership experience there is a chance to progress and lead the team.
The Product Designer role includes:
- Modelling of machined parts, components and sheet metal fabrications in SolidWorks
- Creation of assemblies and configurations in SolidWorks
- Creation of dimensioned part drawings for manufacture
- Production of detailed exploded views and BOMs to guide the assembly team in how to make their lights
- Modelling of well thought out packaging designs
- Sourcing components and liaising with suppliers
Skills and Experience needed from the Product Designer:
- 3+ years’ industry experience, lighting products would be an advantage
- Excellent SolidWorks skills
- An understanding of design for manufacture
- Experience using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign would be useful but not essential
- Experience with SolidCAM or similar CAM software an advantage
Hours: 7am to 4pm, Monday to Thursday / 7am to 1pm on Fridays. In return there is a salary of between £30k and £40k depending on experience plus company pension.
To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920486125.
Location:
West Midlands
West Midlands
Design Field:
Product Design
Product Design
Job Type:
Permanent
Permanent
Salary:
£30,000 - £40,000 per annum
£30,000 - £40,000 per annum
Benefits:
pension
pension
Pippa Baker / Principal Consultant
Pippa has worked in the recruitment industry since 1988 and the vast majority of this time has been within the design sector. She graduated from Leeds University in Textile Management and worked at John Heathcote & Sons before changing career direction and has headed a team of consultants and administrators at Careers in Design since 2000. Pippa is a keen artist and squash player.
Furniture Design Engineer - Norfolk - negotiable (V04075)
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This Company manufactures beautiful bespoke furniture, cabinetry and specialist joinery work for a global network of clients. Their large purpose-built manufacturing complex is home to traditional cabinet making, veneering, carving and gilding skills, complemented by modern design, manufacturing and finishing techniques. Projects include dressing rooms, staircases and libraries, cinemas, wine rooms and games rooms.
Due to continued expansion they are seeking a full time, experienced Design Engineer. An individual who is able to draw on their experience in the furniture and joinery industry to support and steer the design phase of a project and to engineer work which is fit for manufacture, assembly and installation.
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Skills and Experience sought for the Furniture Design Engineer role:
- Excellent design and communication skills in order to capably discuss and establish design principles from a client’s brief
- A good working knowledge of furniture and joinery constructional methods, manufacturing processes and the use of timber and associated materials
- Able to work collaboratively as part of a project team and contribute to best practice
- Self-motivated, flexible and proactive
- Attention to detail and precision in the work produced
- Strong problem-solving, time management and planning skills
- Competent with the basics of AutoCAD
Salary and Benefits:
In return they are offering a very competitive and generous salary plus profit share scheme, contribution to pension and long service additional holiday. There is also a relocation allowance available.
To discuss salaries and find out more please send us your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com.
Location:
Norfolk
Norfolk
Design Field:
Furniture sector
Furniture sector
Job Type:
Permanent
Permanent
Salary:
negotiable
negotiable
Benefits:
profit share, pension, relocation allowance
profit share, pension, relocation allowance
Pippa Baker / Principal Consultant
Pippa has worked in the recruitment industry since 1988 and the vast majority of this time has been within the design sector. She graduated from Leeds University in Textile Management and worked at John Heathcote & Sons before changing career direction and has headed a team of consultants and administrators at Careers in Design since 2000. Pippa is a keen artist and squash player.
Product design jobs are available across the design industry, from positions in small and medium-sized enterprises, to vacancies with some of the largest corporations in the global marketplace. With such a range of possibilities, it can be difficult to choose which of the available product designer jobs is the best for you.
Luckily, Careers in Design is here to help. Quite aside from assisting you with your CV to ensure that it shows you in the best possible light, we also scour through our available job listings in order to find a job vacancy that matches not only your work history, but also your future ambitions.
Our corporate clients post their vacancies with us from all over the world, because they know that we do more to match the right candidate with the right position than any other recruitment company.
While your job history and technical qualifications will be important, there are other strengths that a potential employer is looking for in a prospective candidate. As a product designer, you will be expected to liaise with clients and customers to discuss what they want from the product, so strong interpersonal and presentation skills are an absolute must. You will need a good working knowledge of design techniques and material qualities, as well as experience with CAD and other design software.
Of greatest importance when applying for a product designer job is demonstrating a creative flair. Depending on the role, you may be responsible for a product from its initial sketches through to its first production run, and you will need to maintain that spark of creativity (and its practical application, of course) throughout.
Finding product designer jobs on our website is easy: use the menus at the top to filter through our positions available, to narrow down your search for jobs in your sector and location.
Are you a product designer, looking for the next step along your career path? Register with Careers in Design today, and let us help you find it.
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