Associate Designer, Furniture - Rejuvenation

About the Team

The Rejuvenation product development team consists of highly creative, collaborative, and technical designers and engineers. As a key member of design, you will bring your design skills to the table to support the Furniture team by bringing high quality furniture to market.

Position Summary

As the Associate Designer for Furniture, you will design and develop furniture from concept to launch. In this role, you will be a key member on the design team, executing designs that align with the brand’s customer mindset each quarter. As a key player in growing the brand’s furniture business, the Associate Designer for Furniture will help inspire, innovate, and translate seasonal concepts and market trends into design solutions that meet business needs.

Specific Responsibilities

• Participate in historical design research and market research to create concepts and design strategies for furniture.
• Utilize 3D CAD software, such as Rhino, to create 3D models for presentation renderings and technical specs.
• Create concept renderings in Keyshot for key milestone meetings.
• Create technical specifications for vendors to follow for quoting and development.
• Create comment sheets for Furniture developments with clear feedback for vendors.
• Work directly with global offices/vendors and domestic partners to develop designs that fit target price point and manufacturing capabilities.
• Attend bi-weekly calls with overseas partners to nurture and maintain vendor relationships.
• Follow SOPs to develop finishes from concept to approval for production.
• Organize and maintain development samples and swatch libraries for furniture.
• Update and maintain the design development tracker in preparation for weekly product development meetings.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams through the development cycle to ensure key deliverables are handed off on time.
• Participate in weekly product development meetings to communicate status of developments, clearly and efficiently.
• Gather market research and identify design trends that can be translated into timeless designs.
• Present product and concept ideas to design and cross functional leadership teams.
• Mail and track packages for development samples.
• Identify a breadth of customers to offer distinct product assortments that cater to an array of new and existing design aesthetics for the brand.
• Partner with merchants to identify white space for new products that bring forward new points of view, building off existing core products.
• Participate in building a creative culture that inspires others through curated design inspiration, historical design research, and knowledge of materials and techniques
• Build accountability within the design team to ensure deliverables are delivered efficiently and on time.
Ensure sustainability goals and are being met by making intentional design choices that align with the brand’s sustainable initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years product design experience with a focus in Furniture for home retailers.
• Proven track record of designing home products on a quarterly launch timeline.
• A portfolio that includes experience designing furniture for retail brands.
• Highly detail-oriented, excellent time management skills, and highly collaborative.
• Ability to inspire cross functional partners by presenting thoughtful concepts inspired by market trends, fashion, and interior designers.
• Knowledgeable in all aspects of manufacturing for Furniture, including woodworking techniques and metal construction.
• Proven proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud applications: Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Proven proficiency in 3D programs, including Rhino and Keyshot.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present ideas and design strategies.
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to work, both, collaboratively and independently.
• Experience employing design strategies to achieve business goals.
High standards to quality, integrity and design.

Personal Competencies

Global Business Acumen – Understand the complexity of business on a global scale. Embrace cultural and individual differences with empathy. Work with the nuances of specific local cultures to make informed decisions.

Strategic and Analytical Capability - Ability to think globally, strategically, and objectively. Effectively translates data into actionable insights, strategies and financial plans.

Leading Teams - Attracts, develops and motives the talent needed for current and future business requirements. Articulates an inspiring vision for the future, establishes high performance expectations and sets example through own behavior. Ensures alignment of individual goals with overall business objectives. Coaches team members to success and holds individuals accountable for achieving results.

Drive for Results - Credibility earned through delivering results. Balances urgent and effective action, commitment to excellence, taking initiative to resolve problems and work quality. Demonstrates high initiative and provides leadership in a project-oriented environment.

Effective Communication - Communicates clearly and effectively with associates at all levels, board members, external partners and customers. Strong verbal and written presentation skills including the ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple way and to tailor key messages and presentation style to multiple audiences.

Influence and Collaboration - Builds and sustains collaborative relationships at multiple levels in the company. Able to work through complex disagreements and conflict to achieve resolution. Builds trust by including others and by keeping the cross-functional teams focused on the success of the entire company.