Industrial Designer

At Joseph Joseph we love solving everyday problems through intelligent design to create distinctive, functional products that are a pleasure to own and use. We are one of the world’s leading houseware brands with a global presence spanning over 100 countries, available in most major department stores and independent houseware stores worldwide as well as our rapidly growing ecommerce channel.

We are looking for a talented Industrial Designer with an exceptional eye for detail to join our Industrial Design & Innovation team. This is an exciting opportunity to create visually striking, market-disrupting products that solve everyday consumer problems. Working across multiple product categories you will develop inventive, insight-led designs that create meaningful user experiences and leave a lasting impression.

What you will be doing:

• Solving everyday problems with bold, inventive ideas.
• Identifying opportunities and problems that will lead to high ROI product designs.
• Managing multiple projects from research through to commercially viable concept designs.
• Challenging the ordinary to create new disruptive designs.
• Building low fidelity test rigs and prototypes.
• Creating 3D prints of your solutions to test and critique.
• Collaborating with other designers and design managers in the team.
• Clearly presenting ideas to the senior team.
• Liaising with design managers and preparing clear and concise handover presentations.
• Delivering concepts in-line with the critical path.

What we need from you :

• An undergraduate (or masters) degree in Industrial Design or Product Design.
• A minimum of 5 years experience.
• Strong industrial design skills with a proven track record of success.
• A portfolio showing an inventive nature turning ideas into commercially viable products.
• An ability to effectively manage time whilst working to tight critical paths on multiple projects.
• A natural flair to clearly communicate ideas to senior teams.
• A good understanding of manufacturing techniques and processes.
• Excellent knowledge of design applications such as, Adobe CS, Solidworks and KeyShot.
• A creative thought process with a self-motivated drive to create ‘big ideas’.
• An entrepreneurial hands-on approach
• An adaptable, reliable character with the ability to easily engage with others.
• The ability to challenge conventional thinking, whilst keeping ideas commercial.

What you’ll get from us:

• Competitive salary and holiday allowance
• Company performance related bonus
• Hybrid working - 3 days in office, 2 days at home
• Pension contribution
• 24/7 healthcare appointment support
• Exclusive staff discount
• Holiday trading (buy/sell)
• Volunteer days
• Holiday carry-over scheme
• Extra holiday days for long service
• Monthly team recognition scheme
• Flexible start/finish times
• Access to Perkbox
• Season-ticket loan
• Cycle-to-work scheme