Sr. Industrial Designer

About Aruliden & Material

Aruliden is an award-winning studio that builds purpose-driven brands, products, and experiences. A multi-disciplinary team of industrial designers, 2D designers, and strategists, we work together to bring brands to life, whether crafting their strategic DNA, developing a graphic identity, or developing their physical and digital products. We’ve delivered design solutions for: Verizon, Whoop, Google, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Fenty, Cecred, AG1, Canary, Seed, Movado, Bulgari, Supergoop, Simkhai, the MoMA store, Backdrop, Merit, and many more clients across a diverse range of sectors.

Aruliden is the design & innovation studio within Material, a global integrated marketing services company that specializes in uncovering deep, data-driven insights in order to create experiences for clients, transforming relationships between businesses and the people they serve.

About the Senior Industrial Designer role

This is a role for a designer that wants to be in the driver’s seat, generating beautiful work while serving as an example and mentor to other designers on the team. Senior Designers work closely with Design Directors to understand and influence the vision of a project, and are the primary hands-on drivers of design deliverables.

We’re looking for someone with a passion for design, impeccable taste, and a compelling skill set, including a keen sense of aesthetics and the ability to translate brand values into captivating narratives, products, and experiences.

Senior Designers can expect to work with a diverse range of clients—from Fortune 100 companies to fast-moving startups—each offering their own unique challenges and opportunities. They can expect to partake in all stages of product development, from blue-sky ideation to design for manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have gained exposure to most or all of the stages of physical product design and development. Specific category experience might include one or more of: tech hardware & digital experiences, home appliances & decor, beauty/skincare/fragrance packaging, spatial environments, luxury goods, food & beverage, and 360° brand application.

Candidates should be eternally-curious, always looking to push the limits of their skills or to  research new tools and techniques, while bringing this sense of self-improvement to the team. They should have their finger on the pulse of trends and developments in design, technology, arts, and culture. They’ll be expected to demonstrate strategic thinking, visionary storytelling, exceptional ideation through sketching, 3D modeling and rendering, physical prototyping, and an understanding of manufacturing processes and materials. Senior Designers should be able to drive a project with self-sufficiency, checking in with Directors as-needed.

It’s not the primary role of Senior Designers to manage all client communications, however they should expect some amount of direct client contact, exhibiting professionalism, courtesy, clarity, and efficiency in presentations, calls, and messages.

We’re looking for highly creative and strategic thinkers and makers – we listen, learn, reinvent, design and make stuff, come join us!

As a Senior Industrial Designer you will: 

Lead projects as a primary contributor: 

• Contribute to the full design process including strategic thinking, inspiration-gathering, ideation, 3D modeling, physical prototyping, visual rendering, design for manufacturing, and presentation crafting.

• Take on a variety of projects—sometimes simultaneously—from quick sprints to large, complex initiatives.

• Work with Design Directors to understand & translate priorities and help define the creative vision.

• Mentor younger designers, demonstrating by example and by direct guidance.

• Quickly surface any project questions, challenges, or ambiguities to Directors or Project Managers.

• Continuously improve your hard and soft skills, surfacing any interesting breakthroughs with the rest of the team to ensure we’re continuously innovating in our approach to design.

• Maintain high quality standards for design, ensuring the work is strategic, aesthetically appealing, improves the experience of users, and supports business goals.

• Be a champion for ethics in design with a demonstrable interest in and knowledge of social & environmental principles, paired with a drive to continuously improve our impact on human communities and natural ecosystems.

Be a core presence on the team: 

• Help to build and maintain team culture, embracing the positive attitude and low-ego zone we’re proud to have cultivated.

• Pitch in with voluntary housekeeping, whether cleaning up digital files or tidying around the office.

• Suggest improvements to workflow or equipment.

• Strengthen the team with referrals to prospective clients and/or new employees.

About You 

• 5+ years of relevant design experience

• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional taste, ideation, and execution

• Degree in Industrial Design or equivalent experience

• Comfortable familiarity with human-centered design approaches and experience design principles and concepts

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Experience in or exposure to guiding products through a development & engineering process while protecting the integrity of the design intent.

• Comfortable driving a project self-sufficiently with minimal supervision

• Familiarity liaising with manufacturers, engineers, & model-makers

• Concept, sketching, and rendering skills

• Strong proficiency in Keyshot

• Strong proficiency in Solidworks (preferred) and/or other 3D CAD packages (Rhino, Alias, etc.)

• Strong proficiency in basic Adobe Creative Suite software

• Familiarity with Figma, Google Suite, and/or Microsoft Teams a plus

• Located in NYC or surrounding areas, or willing to relocate

Why work for Material? 

In addition to fulfilling, high-impact work, company culture and benefits are integral to determining if a job is a right fit for you. Here’s a bit about who we are and highlights around what we offer. 

Who We Are & What We Care About 

• Material is a global company and we work with best-of-class brands worldwide.  We also create and launch new brands and products, putting innovation and value creation at the center of our practice. Our clients are in the top of their class, across industry sectors from technology to retail, transportation, finance and healthcare. 

• Material employees join a peer group of exceptionally talented colleagues across the company, the country, and even the world. We develop capabilities, craft and leading-edge market offerings across seven global practices including strategy and insights, design, data & analytics, technology and tracking. Our engagement management team makes it all hum for clients.  

• We prize inclusion and interconnectedness. We amplify our impact through the people, perspectives, and expertise we engage in our work. Our commitment to deep human understanding combined with a science & systems approach uniquely equips us to bring a rich frame of reference to our work. 

• A community focused on learning and making an impact. Material is an outcomes focused company. We create experiences that matter, create new value and make a difference in people's lives.  

What We Offer 

In addition to Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability and FSA, Material offers: 

• A work environment that works best for you. Whether that’s fully remote, in one of our offices, or hybrid. (This particular position requires proximity to NYC and willingness to be present in-office 3x per week.) 

• Flexible & synchronous time off. We trust our colleagues to take responsibility for and manage their workloads. That’s why we offer Flexible Time Off along with synchronous company-wide closures and 11 company holidays.   

• 12 weeks of paid parental leave. Every parent deserves to spend the first few months of their new child’s life with them. 

• Help planning for your future. We offer 401K match, as well as periodic financial wellness and planning sessions throughout the year.  

Pay Range: $72,100.00 - 99,500.00

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Material. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself. 

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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