PRODUCT DESIGNER – Consumer Products
Chicago, IL
Our client is a U.S. market leader for wall and poster frames, and is the premier full-line supplier of tabletop frames, albums and scrapbooks, mirrors, wall décor and art-print products. With our depth of experience and broad product line, our client has grown to be the supplier of choice to North America’s largest retail chains serving the mass market, hobby and craft, office products, photo and specialty channels. Our client uses a vertical, integrated manufacturing process and is unique to the industry as a world class manufacturer with owned factories in the United States, Mexico and China.
GENERAL POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Develops overall creative strategy for product line. Provides design support and development of company product in conjunction with company product managers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Responsible for maintaining the integrity of design, while ensuring that the creative is strategically on target and on time.
• In-house creation and selection of artwork from outside design resources to be applied to products.
• Communication with overseas vendors on design issues and materials as they relate to the product design.
• Provide support to sales as a design consultant at major presentations, requiring analysis of design trends and knowledge of the competition.
• Development of sales literature & advertising.
• On-going design trend analysis compiled into bi-yearly presentations to aid product development and sales. Requires constant observance of changing trends and new product development through consumer and trade publications including mail order retailers, internet research, shopping the market, design and trade shows
• Attend design and trade shows both domestic and international to aid in trend and market analysis and sourcing.
EDUCATION: 4 yr college degree, BFA in Industrial Design or similar preferred.
EXPERIENCE: 3+ years experience in design of home décor products
SKILLS: Knowledge of the industry. Excellent sense of Design/Trends. Good communication skills required for presentations. Clear understanding of the production process. Time management. Great people skills. Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and PhotoShop. Working knowledge of CAD a plus. Excellent sketching and concept-generating ability.
Position ID: GOG-20091018-SCM
