Fiskars Group k Hiring for Industrial Designer(s) at Middleton, WI Full Time

Job Description

Our purpose at Fiskars Group is to make the everyday extraordinary. Join our team and seize the extraordinary opportunity to influence the everyday!

Established in 1649 as an ironworks, Fiskars has grown to be a leading consumer goods company. Our on-going commitment to quality, impactful design won us the “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year,” in 2020.

Today, Fiskars serves people around the world with a portfolio of globally recognized brands including, Gerber, Iittala, Royal Copenhagen, Waterford, and Wedgwood. We are building a family of iconic lifestyle brands with the vision to create a positive, lasting impact on our quality of life.

We are looking for an exceptional industrial designer to join our diverse and talented global design team. In this role you will be responsible for the development of premium consumer product solutions. Creative problem-solving will be your most valued asset.

The ideal candidate will have a variety of job duties including but not limited to:

Analyze and interpret consumer insights into product solutions

Build aesthetic and functional prototypes

Create analog and digital sketches and renderings

Develop product forms, functionality, usability and ergonomics

Implement branding and product DNA in all product design

Having a collaborative approach and the ability to work cross-functionally with design and packaging engineers, product managers, graphic designers, and more are key for this role. Solidworks modeling/surfacing proficiency is desirable. Adept understanding of Adobe Suite is a requirement. You understand and embrace design principles, theories and concepts and implement them in your everyday work at Fiskars. The ideal candidate pays attention to details, seeks continual learning and has fun throughout the creative process.

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design from an IDSA accredited school. 3 – 5 years’ experience in product design. Experience designing durable consumer products is a plus.

This position is out of our Middleton, WI office and will be a Hybrid role.