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Job Description
Responsibilities:
*Strategic analysis of market trends and competitive landscapes.
*Collaborate with Product Development Managers and Sales teams to build disruptive, compelling, and innovative assortments, centered around high-volume key items, that meet the needs of our customers, end consumer and SA Consumer Product’s financial goals.
*Design ideation and refinement of product designs for both new to market products as well as existing product redesigns.
*Initial category of focus to be Golf equipment products then expanding into other sporting goods hardlines product categories as the business needs expand.
*Lead ideation brainstorming sessions to gain insight into product category and product specific needs.
*Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to refine product designs and ensure manufacturability and an extremely high level of quality is maintained.
*Collaborate and assist Sales, Graphic Design, Ecommerce Manager and Digital Marketing Manager to create eye catching, informative, easy to understand enhance content renderings, graphics, augmented reality, animations, and videos for our products for use on ecommerce sites if needed.
*Create collaborative processes to ensure timely and thorough completion of all Product Design tasks.
*Ensure brand standards are upheld for our internal brands as well as retail private brands.
*Travel to domestic and Asia manufacturing facilities when needed to oversee design elements of the development process. Comfortable with up to 20% travel.
*Travel to retail partners and trade shows with the Sales team when needed to provide support as the product category expert.
*Quick responsiveness to opportunities and unforeseen hurdles.
*Work closely with both US and Asia partners to ensure customer objectives are achieved
Qualifications:
*10 + years of experience in an Industrial Design/Product Design roll within an industry leading consumer products company or design firm.
*5 + years of experience in Golf and or Sporting Goods product design with an industry leading consumer products company or design firm a major plus.
*You have a burning desire to create the Product Design team and processes that you have always wanted.
*You are analytical and data-driven and have demonstrated the ability to understand key performance drivers and how to turn insights into impactful processes.
*You work very hard to exhibit strong interpersonal, collaborative and motivational skills.
*You are comfortable with adjusting goals, and willing to ‘roll up your sleeves’ to solve a variety of challenges in a very fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
*You must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
*You practice outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
*You possess a strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, Solidworks proficiency a must. KeyShot rendering and animation, After Effects and Premiere Pro knowledge a major plus.
*Undergraduate or post graduate degree in Product Design or Industrial Design.
* Portfolio required.
