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Job Description
Position Overview:
We are looking for a Senior Industrial Designer to join the Stanley Product Design Team. The Senior Industrial Designer will be part of a growing creative community at Stanley and, through invention and originality, will drive designs that inspire consumers to create a more sustainable and less disposable life and world. The Senior Industrial Designer will report to the Director of Industrial Design and will work closely with cross-functional partners in Engineering, CMF and Graphic Design, Product Development, and Product Management to deliver category driven consumer experiences that inform and align with Stanley integrity, performance and innovation promise.
About the role:
Collaborate with design, engineering, management, business, and functional groups to design and develop new products through strategic thinking and process.
Advocate for aspects of a product design that relate most directly to end-user characteristics, needs and interests.
Participate in research activities to establish knowledge based on users, trends, materials, and processes that may be applied towards development of new products.
Work closely with product management, engineering, and customers to design solutions that meet end user needs while satisfying product requirements.
Collaborate and partner with R&D to design and develop innovative and patentable solutions.
Create documentation necessary to convey design intent to various audiences.
Make strategic design decisions and recommendations for projects by consulting with design leadership, product management and business groups.
Implement and Organize design activities around schedules and project goals
Mentor and lead junior designers, collaborate with design peers, and work to continuously improve the performance of the team.
Champion & contribute to the company’s Sustainability mission.
Represent & promote a culture of creativity and design while exhibiting overall corporate values.
About you:
You understand the business impact and advantage design can provide and able to explain and influence with your work.
Strong sketching and conceptualization skills, combined with the story-telling skills to inform and communicate design intent.
Strong verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
Skilled at prioritizing tasks and managing timelines, and effective and producing long term strategic deliverables and quick turn task work.
Ability to work accurately with close attention to detail, regardless of timeline restrictions.
Strong interpersonal skills at working effectively with individuals and large groups (internal and external) at all organizational levels.
Highly motivated with a bias to action, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Advanced knowledge of product manufacturing including plastic injection molding, metal forming, CMF techniques, and Design For Manufacturability.
Strong affinity for food and beverage, and how we consume them everywhere!
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Industrial Design.
7+ years of experience as a practicing designer with a focus on product design.
Expertise with 3D CAD software (Solidworks preferred), rendering software (Keyshot preferred), and Adobe Creative Suite.
Direct experience communicating with engineers & factories, Asian factories a bonus.
Portfolio examples of current relevant work.
