Job Details
As a Mid-Level Designer at Evenflo, you will work collaboratively as a part of a dynamic team delivering design excellence across a variety of juvenile categories. The role is responsible for balancing useability, creativity, and functionality while working to innovate in the juvenile space and beyond thru rapid visualization of concepts, use case and usability. Through collaboration, the Designer will help our product teams build Blue Sky concepts, feed Advanced Development ideation and in-line concepting that will kickstart our research efforts and populate our product roadmap.
This role is right for you if:
- You can create high-quality designs and visualizations - you're a sketch Guru!
- You thrive on early concept design phases and but also want to hone your skills in CAD.
- You are open to feedback and enjoy a collaborative workplace.
- You synthesis research into viable concepts from wild to mild.
- You love iterating CMF ideas through rendering.
- You want to explore and use AI in product design
- You have product development experience and are comfortable working independently at times and cross collaborative at others.
- You can develop detailed design concepts with multiple paths to a solution.
Requirements:
- BFA or BS with concentration in Industrial Design
- 3+ years of experience in product development
- High quality Sketch skills (Hand sketch, Sketchbook Pro or similar)
- Strong Conceptual Design iteration experience
- Proficient in Key shot or similar render platforms.
- CAD experience, preferably SolidWorks (Creo, Rhino are a bonus)
- Mechanically intuitive with a basic understanding of engineering theories
Responsibilities:
- Work with the design leader, fellow designers and marketing peers to innovate and develop design concepts for research and advanced development concepts across various juvenile categories.
- Work with project teams to develop initial concepts samples for research validation and beyond into buildable solutions, ensuring that design intent is maintained throughout the design evolution process.
- Develop graphic and sketch visualizations for design presentations and proposals.
- Conduct and lead design research to inform project design possibilities.
- Render ideas into presentation quality, realistic images
- Explore CMF possibilities and bring new materials and unique treatments to the team.
Things we value, but are not required to apply:
- Experience of ASTM standards, specifically in the juvenile space
- Advanced CAD surfacing
- Experience with AI platforms for experimental design concepting