What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surfaces Product Designer position at DHD Consulting?
Position Summary : Creating and developing new product designs and patterns for HIMACS and VIATERA as well as the Surfaces Division as a whole. Aiding marketing and sales team by providing marketing resources and concepts for new products and giving presentations internally and externally to promote new products.
Role Description :
The creation development analysis and research of new product designs and patterns for HIMACS and VIATERA. Tasks may include but are not limited to researching market and design trends analyzing market trends and customer requirements improving existing products and collaborating with product managers and engineers.
Generating color & pattern samples for product development and customer meetings (THD Lowes etc)
Aiding marketing and sales team by providing marketing resources and concepts for new products and giving presentations internally and externally to promote new products.
Ideating for innovative production technology to enhance design and manufacturability of new products. Collaborating with technical team on executing innovative production technologies
Responsibilities :
- Research and analyze market and design trends through tradeshows trendforecasting services and trendspotting
- Analyze competitors design and customer requirements.
- Gain the voice of the customer through focus studies surveys and customer visits
- Perform regularly competitor analysis on HIMACS and VIATERA TERACANTO
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers.
- Collaborate with HQ Design Center or external experts.
- Assist marketing and sales team on design launch needs by sending relevant trends and creating sales tools
- Understand general and new technical manufacturing process for developing new products
- Develop design strategies and concepts.
- Develop prototypes and evaluate test samples.
- Collaborate with product managers and engineers.
- Improve existing products as needed.
- Present design & trend proposal to customers at internal and external events
Qualifications :
Education and Work Experience :
Undergraduate degree in textile graphic interior industrial design or related field.
Less than 2 years experience (newly graduated designer).
Knowledge and Skills :
MS Office Programs (Excel Word PowerPoint etc.)
Adobe Photoshop
Illustrator
Design related software programs
Interpersonal skills
Detail Oriented
Organizational Skills
Initiative skills
Problem solving skills
Great Oral and Written Communication Skills
Physical Demands :
Position requires regular interaction with customers and clients.
Position requires sitting at a desk working on a computer for at least 2 / 3 of time.
Position requires minimal lifting up to 20lbs.
Position requires regular and reliable attendance.
Position requires travel up to 20% of time.
