Inspired by an excited community with a never ending flow of great ideas and driven by an amazing team & infrastructure, Quirky brings one great new product to life EACH WEEK.
Scared? This job probably isn’t for you. Intrigued? Read on.
If you’re a perfect Quirky person you have a bias-for-action, an innate ability to ‘Get Sh** Done’ and are as honest as the day is long. You say what you think even it is controversial and you strive to do what’s right, not what’s easy. You have extremely high professional standards while being able to create a fun, collaborative environment.
In order to ensure exceptionally high product and design quality as we grow, we’re looking for a top notch Senior Industrial Designer with varied experience in Consumer Products.
The perfect candidate has 5+ years of experience designing successful to-market products. They can take a product from sketch to manufacturing. They are hell-bent on taking part in creating an amazing design culture at an ambitious start-up. They are very comfortable explaining their design process to others in the team... and to the cameras! We have an aggressive filming culture at Quirky and you could end up on anything from in-house process videos to televised footage....
General responsibilities:
- Inspire your fellow designers every day; push forward the design culture and broader company culture;
- Help evaluate a weekly influx of new product and design ideas;
- Help provide design direction for products;
- Be deeply involved in creating a maintainable brand tie between dozens of unrelated products;
- Work with partners / internal teams on manufacturing;
- Manage a demanding design and production schedule
Specific Skills
- Strong communicator & team leader;
- Respect & belief in a rapidly iterative design process;
- 5+ years of experience in an Industrial Design (consultancy or brand);
- Strong sketching abilities (hand and digital);
- Advanced SolidWorks modeling skills;
- Advanced skill level with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop;
- Familiarity with Hypershot;
- Good creative problem solving and analytical thinking skills;
- Ability to work independently as well as under tight creative direction.
How to Apply
Apply via email to: seniordesignerquirky.com
*Candidates who are not US citizens or permanent residents need to have authorization to work in the US in order to apply.
Submission Details
We're looking for a resume & portfolio. Submissions without a portfolio (linked or attached) will be overlooked. We're hiring you for a creative job, so be creative with your submission. IMPORTANT: e-mail subject title MUST be 'senior designer'.
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