Spur Jewelry is hiring: Jewelry Sketch Artist in New York

Please send your portfolio or examples of your jewelry designs and renderings and a brief cover letter to apply.

Jewelry Design Artist

What youll do at Spur

• Hand rendering jewelry designs using digital programs.
• Interpreting design prompts using photographs of existing heirloom materials
• Work with our client and production team conceptualizing jewelry designs aligned with our brand aesthetic
• Problem solve designs with unique materials using knowledge of jewelry fabrication and techniques.
• Make artful design and merchandising decisions within various project scopes.
• Regularly execute design edits.
• Write thoughtful descriptions of your designs.
• Attend design team meetings.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years professional experience in designing jewelry.
• Coursework or relevant professional experience in jewelry rendering and/or technical drawing.
• Experience working in digital sketching programs, such as Sketchbook, Procreate, Fresco.
• Minimum availability of 10 hours per week during business hours Eastern time with reliable consistency.
• Excellent command of jewelry design and knowledge of common fine jewelry fabrication techniques.

About you

You Enjoy

Fine jewelry, custom work, all things vintage & antique, sustainability, and recycling.Your Strengths

• You pride yourself in your communication, verbal and written correspondence.
• Youre adaptable and agile at learning new processes.
• Youre good at learning new technology.
• You can speak authoritatively when it comes to jewelry.
• History, nuance, and details are very important to you.

Bonuses

• Bench experience.
• Command of Airtable.
• Command of Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop.
• Experience executing custom projects and knowledge of common pitfalls in custom work.
• Basic knowledge of gemstones.