Industrial Designer

Role: Mid-Level Industrial Designer (Contract to Full-Time)

Location: Brooklyn, NY 

Salary Range: $75-95,000/year

About Doris Dev and Doris Design: 

Doris Dev is a consumer product development company. We help companies make new products and bring them to market. Our offices are based in Brooklyn (DDNY) and Hong Kong (DDHK). Doris Dev works with startups and established companies across many consumer categories including: hardware and electronics, cookware, soft-goods, and packaging.  Doris Dev also incubates internal brands (such as Canopy) and grows and supports these brands to launch and beyond. 

The purpose behind Doris Design is to create highly functional, beautiful and radical new products. Working with the Doris Dev Engineering teams next door and their dynamic sourcing capabilities across the globe, Doris Design is capable of maintaining an unprecedented level of control over the intent and outcome of every project. 

Doris Design focuses on creating salient ideas, finding their materials and ultimately defining the forms they can be realized in. The office draws on everyday observations, deep research and an anthropological approach as a means of product development. The ambition is to build products that live in the future, with a careful eye on the past. The studio distills ideas down to what they should be, while preserving what appeals to our human sensibilities.

Doris Design works with a diversity of clients in a variety of fields, including hardware, packaging, appliances, kitchenware, furniture, and home accessories. Above all, the office aligns with companies that share their interest in great, enduring design. They work with clients all over the world, from startups, Fortune 100 companies, and heritage brands.

We are seeking an Mid-level Industrial Designer who: 

• Can lead client meetings and presentations, ensuring each client has an exceptional experience that is fun, relevant, and energizing
• Has world-class form and aesthetically driven skills that shine
• You understand form, function and how they work together to design products with a ‘reason to exist’
• Go from brief to design handoff with ease
• Work with clients, engineers and suppliers at every stage of the product development process.
• Has a Desire to refine the design even after handoff 

The Job

• Lead a design project from start to finish
• Interface directly with clients and the direct of industrial design to bring projects to life
• Work with the US, Hong Kong, and Chinese team members to develop great products within the program constraints.
• Manage the design process from concept through production with the director

You should apply for this role if you:

• Have at least three (3) years of experience as an industrial designer producing work of the highest quality.
• Have worked with a top design consultancy or studio. 
• Have an entrepreneurial spirit, and the desire to lead.
• Have a passion for all things design and innovation and using design as a strategic tool in business.
• Have a strong aesthetic sense with the proven ability to manifest a vision and brand in a way that stimulates a person’s senses and emotions.
• Have outstanding verbal presentation skills, and are comfortable presenting to C-level executives.
• Have advanced expertise in CAD modeling, rendering and illustration using software such as Rhino, Onshape, Solidworks, Keyshot, and Photoshop.

Bonus Points

• You have lived in Asia for extended periods to work with suppliers.
• You have worked in a design studio outside of the US and bring a different perspective to traditional industrial design

Working Hours

Because our work involves coordination with the DDHK office, there are meetings that are scheduled outside of traditional 9-5 working hours. That being said, we trust all team members to manage their schedules and to take appropriate measures to take care of themselves and their wellbeing.

Benefits and Compensation

 This is a full-time position that will be compensated with a base salary and annual bonus. Doris Dev offers the following benefits:

• Flexible paid time off (with the expectation that you take two weeks of vacation each year)
• Paid sick days
• An employer sponsored 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work out of our office in Brooklyn, NY
• Work from home 1 day a week 
• If you have a dog, they are welcome to join you in the office

The Process

Please submit your résumé and we will reach out if there is a potential fit. 

At Doris Dev we are constantly refining our hiring process to be as inclusive, transparent, and respectful of applicants’ time as possible. As part of this process, you may be asked to complete a paid assessment based on the role. 

Doris Dev is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We firmly believe that a diversity of experience, perspectives, and background lead to a better environment for our employees and to better results for our clients. We strongly encourage diverse candidates to apply.