Senior Designer, Collectibles

Duration: 4-month contract, 40 hours per week. Onsite in Broomfield, CO.

About the Role

Our well-known footwear client is seeking a Senior Designer, Collectibles to help shape innovative collectible products across entertainment, gaming, sports, lifestyle, and fandom-driven categories. This role will lead the creation of highly desirable consumer products by combining storytelling, character-driven design, and strong product development expertise. The ideal candidate is passionate about collectibles, toys, pop culture, and fandom communities, with the ability to translate ideas into compelling products that resonate with consumers and collectors.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative collectible products across toys, figures, plush, accessories, and emerging product categories
• Develop original product concepts, character-driven ideas, and collectible product systems
• Create concept presentations, mood boards, renderings, prototypes, and storytelling materials
• Translate consumer, fandom, and cultural insights into compelling product experiences
• Lead projects from ideation through production and commercialization
• Partner with development, sourcing, manufacturing, and licensing teams throughout the product creation process
• Collaborate with factory partners to support engineering, manufacturability, and execution
• Present concepts and creative strategies to internal stakeholders and external partners
• Stay informed on emerging trends, franchises, artists, brands, and fandom communities
• Champion innovation and identify new opportunities within the collectibles category

Requirements

• 5-8+ years of product design experience within collectibles, toys, consumer products, licensing, or related industries
• Strong portfolio demonstrating both concept development and physical product execution
• Experience developing products from concept through manufacturing and commercialization
• Strong understanding of collectibles, toys, fandom culture, gaming, entertainment, and pop culture trends
• Experience designing character-driven, figural, plush, vinyl, or collectible products
• Strong 3D thinking skills with experience in CAD, 3D modeling, sculpting workflows, or related tools
• Experience working with licensed brands or intellectual property
• Strong knowledge of color, materials, finishes, and manufacturing processes
• Experience developing collectible programs, product series, or product ecosystems
• Familiarity with 3D printing, rapid prototyping, or model-making is a plus

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Passionate about collectibles, toys, gaming, entertainment, and fandom culture
• Strong product designer with excellent concept development and storytelling skills
• Experienced in creating products that feel emotionally engaging and highly collectible
• Skilled at balancing creative vision, consumer appeal, and commercial goals
• Collaborative partner who thrives in fast-paced product creation environments
• Strong visual communicator with presentation and pitching experience

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.