Material Co is hiring: Aruliden Design Studio - Industrial Designer in New York

Aruliden Design Studio - Industrial Designer

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This role is to be located by our New York City office.

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 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.

About The Industrial Designer Role

This is a role for a designer that wants to generate beautiful work at a high level. Industrial Designers are a key part of a project team, working as 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.

Industrial 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 multiple stages of product development, from blue-sky ideation to design for manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have some level of familiarity across multiple stages of physical product design and development.

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.

As an Industrial Designer you will:

• 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 Senior Designers and 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 senior staff 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.

About You

• 3+ 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
• Some familiarity with the process of liaising with manufacturers, engineers, and vendors
• 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.

What We Offer

• Flexible & synchronous time off. We trust our colleagues to take responsibility for and manage their workloads.
• 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: $62,800.00 - $85,000.00

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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