Product Innovation Associate

About the role

The Product Innovation Associate is a next-gen product development role that provides essential support in bringing new product ideas from early concept through commercialization. This role supports the Product Innovation Manager and owns the end-to-end development of smaller categories and curated product programs—bringing strategy, newness, and innovation to life from concept through commercialization.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a cross-functional connector, the Product Innovation Associate ensures product concepts move with speed, accuracy, and consumer-obsessed execution across merchandising, product design, sourcing, supply chain, packaging, brand marketing, and QA.
• Translating insights and trends into actionable briefs, driving timelines, tracking deliverables, and ensuring every item lands on-time, on-trend, and on-margin.

Requirements

• 3-5 years experience in Product Development, Product Design, Trend/Fashion Research, Merchandising, or related consumer product field.
• Experience in retail, private label, pet, home, lifestyle, or CPG preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in product design and consumer trends.
• Comfortable with visual tools (Adobe, Canva, PowerPoint, or equivalent).
• Strong organizational skills; able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Clear communicator; able to partner across creative and operational teams.

Skills

• Product development process, product design, Fashion Research, Trend Research, merchandising, consumer product

Top Skills

• Product development process, product design, Fashion Research, Trend Research, merchandising, consumer product

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Details product development process, product design, Fashion Research, Trend Research, merchandising, consumer product

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of San Diego, CA.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $42.55 - $42.55/hr.

Requirements

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in San Diego, CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 20, 2026.