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Monokoto is recruiting a senior industrial designer to join its London firm.
Freelance and full-time positions
Monokoto is a strategic design studio based in London and Copenhagen. We work with ambitious global clients across many sectors including consumer tech, audio/video, aerospace, healthcare and more. This gives us the opportunity to create exciting, groundbreaking designs that make a real difference to people.
Our design practice is holistic and bridges both physical and digital worlds.
Monokoto is looking for both freelance and full-time industrial designers to work on a diverse range of projects.
You’ll be working within our multi-disciplinary team, and will be collaborating with clients from all over the world.
You’ll be involved in the early concept stages of a brief, right through to delivery of highly detailed designs, specifications, prototypes and products. Client-facing experience is important as you’ll have frequent interactions with client-side design, technical and business teams. We value people who possess both a strategic and detail-focused mindset, who strive to find beautiful, simple solutions to complex problems.
You’ll be working in our blended multi-disciplinary studio in London. You will collaborate with clients from all over the world.
We value people who possess both a strategic and detail-focused mindset, who strive to find beautiful, simple solutions to complex problems.
Experience in transportation design, aviation, healthcare and/or consumer technology projects is desired but not required.
Your responsibilities will be varied and will include:
– industrial design – creating concepts, prototypes and detailed designs
– supplying documentation and detailed files for model makers and clients
– paper/foam/textile model making, product mockups
– conducting material, cultural, and design process research
– creation of mood boards and image research
– involvement in workshops, research and testing sessions
– contributing to the further development of the UX design process
– liaising with external suppliers
– activities may extend to any and all media types – print, digital and beyond
– mucking in with general studio tasks and activities
– many of our clients are international – air travel may be required
Your skills and attributes:
– freelance – five plus years of experience
– full-time – three plus years of experience
– fluent with 2D and 3D CAD design tools; Solidworks, Alias or Rhino and experience with Keyshot preferred
– sketching and illustration
– understanding of manufacturing methods, processes, materials
– diverse experience in product development
– passionate about solving problems and identifying opportunities to make things better for people
– the ability to think big whilst being detail-oriented and delivery focused
– an excellent communicator – verbally and visually
– happy to work collaboratively within a team and take sole ownership of a given task to drive projects forward
– methodical, systematic and structured in the way you work
– excellent design software skills and the ability to visualise/animate/prototype concepts at varying levels of fidelity to demonstrate and test ideas – whatever tells the story the right way
– always eager to learn from others and share your knowledge
– comfortable working from early strategy phases of projects through concept brainstorming and idea development
Salary TBD based on applicant and experience.
How to apply
Include your portfolio and CV.
Write a brief description outlining your experience along with an available start date. You must be able to work in the UK as you will be required to work in our studio in London.
No agencies or recruiters please.
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