Mid-level Designer – Craster – London

Craster is a design-led company offering an integrated design and manufacture service for premium hotel, retail and restaurant groups. We empower our clients to communicate the values of their brand through the fabric of design. Design sits at the centre of our culture. We bring a unique blend of values to our process, combining curiosity, integrity, sustainability and exceptional quality. Our in-house development team draws on its extensive industrial design experience, category knowledge and market awareness to create truly unique and compelling products that live and breathe our clients’ brand values.

We are growing the business and looking to add a talented, self-motivated, mid-level product designer to our existing team of four who will play a key role in the way forward in our product development and innovation.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and oversight of the end to end design development of both Craster in-house products and clients brand products. This will include sketching, visualisation and prototyping, with an understanding of cost implications in decision making throughout the design process, and ability to manage the budgets within these.

We are looking for a strategic thinker who can provide leadership to both clients and colleagues, and is able to collaborate effectively to get the best from our core manufacturers and suppliers.

Applicants will not be considered who do not have a good degree in product or industrial design, and have at least five years’ of product design experience in a similar industry.

Experience of Solidworks, KeyShot, Adobe Suite skills, with a good level of competence in Microsoft Office, is essential. Candidates must possess a strong understanding of materials, production processes and design for manufacture as this role involves engagement at every stage of the product development process, communicating directly with manufacturing partners.

Salary is negotiable, depending on experience.

Application deadline: December 24, 2015

How to apply

Applications without portfolios showing evidence of skills in sketching, model making, 3D CAD and technical drawing will not be considered. Unfortunately we will not be able to reply to all applications and therefore if you have not heard from us in four weeks of applying please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Apply to: jobs@craster.com

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