Industrial Designer - Senior

About the role

The Senior Industrial Designer will be responsible for the design of RealTruck’s extensive product roadmap, lifestyle, and branding needs. This role will be highly collaborative with Engineering, Product Management, and Marketing covering the development of products in Truck, Jeep, and Off-Road accessories.

Responsibilities

• Drive the communication of ideas and work within a team effectively using a combination of sketching, CAD visualization, 3D models and working prototypes to evaluate potential solutions.
• Collaborate with the design leadership to contribute to a design language that solidifies the RealTruck brand for the category.
• Research design related areas of influence such as trend, color, materials, processes, software, and AI aided design practices.
• Develop designs through sketching, CAD/surfacing, high-quality renderings, mock-ups, and 3D printed models.
• Communicate the design intent through visual storytelling to gain acceptance by project teams.
• Explore concept generation through ideation, competitive assessments, and identification of unmet user needs.
• Participate in brainstorming and concept-generation events to establish opportunities to explore and develop.
• Create the materials required to convey the design direction to management or cross-functional partners through renderings, and models.
• Manage several projects concurrently while ensuring communication flow to design lead and stakeholders is maintained.
• Contribute to the identification of new ideas, products and/or features that improve customer satisfaction, seek opportunities to reduce costs and keep our product line at the forefront of our industry.
• Hold a creative mindset that can aid in making design decisions in support of the user and the brand/design vision.
• Utilize consumer insights and functional needs to provide conceptualization/visualization that enhances new product concepts enabling consumer-centric and winning products for the category.
• Maintain awareness and solid understanding of existing products and competitive products within the industry.
• Contribute to and support the Company Growth Plan and its goal to ‘Lead the industry through innovation and superior product offering’ by accomplishing the following:
• Support design leadership in building an inspired product pipeline for the category.
• Develop concepts for category specific consumer-driven innovations year over year.
• Help contribute to the definition of product platforms that allow for differentiation and step-up strategies.
• Collaborate with other designers within a category working in close cooperation with Engineering, R&D, Category Management teams to deliver insight driven, cohesive approach to the design of our products.
• Participate in creative workshops and aid in leading design activities that result in innovative design solutions.
• Deliver compelling design, meeting the criteria outlined, that supports the desired brand identity and design language.
• Help guide entry-level designers, sharing knowledge and bringing up other designers’ level of contribution.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in educating others on the value and contribution of industrial design.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in industrial design required. 4+ years of experience as an Industrial Designer of consumer products required.
• Skills, Abilities, And Knowledge: Knowledge of CAD Modeling – Solidworks. Knowledge of Rendering Software – Keyshot. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator. Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook); ability to prepare professional PowerPoint presentations. Strong interpersonal skills that bring a positive and collaborative working relationship at all levels. Excellent communication (verbal/written) and presentation skills. Ability to write, speak and comprehend English. Proven leadership skills that inspire and motivate team members and colleagues. Strong understanding of branding and the development of a design strategy that aligns with the brand. Naturally curious, passionate, and relentlessly driven to find better solutions to solve for users’ needs. Ability to dive in, learn, analyze, and create strategy out of ambiguity.

Compensation & Benefits

Competitive salary, bonus structure, and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, company-paid life insurance and disability, and a 401(k) with company match (eligible the first of the month after you start).

Additional perks include: Wellbeing days, parental leave, educational reimbursement, referral bonuses, and exclusive employee discounts on RealTruck products.

RealTruck is committed to providing a supportive and inclusive environment where employees feel valued and empowered to achieve their full potential.