Senior Development Designer

Senior Development Designer – Bath, Somerset

We’re frontline, a big group company, an award-winning, innovation-driven 3D retail design and integrated marketing agency who apply bigger thinking to everything we do. For over 30 years, we’ve been helping our clients create memorable EXPERIENCES, drive business results to amplify PERFORMANCE, innovate with technology to drive TRANSFORMATION and nurture and connect brands with consumers to build genuine COMMUNITIES.

• Salary of £42,000 – £50,000 per annum, depending on experience
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Up to five paid days of charity work per year
• Hybrid working options (after probation)
• Health cashback scheme
• Life cover
• Pension scheme
• Profit share
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym discounts
• Social events throughout the year
• A welcoming and friendly office environment
• Computer scheme – make savings on IT equipment through a government-backed salary exchange scheme

As a Senior Development Designer, you will transform point of sale display and retail concepts into high-quality, manufacturable solutions that drive engagement in retail audiences.

You will develop concepts from initial brief through to final production, creating detailed technical drawings, material specifications and production methods that are accurate, practical and cost-effective.

Working across several projects at once, you will manage priorities, meet deadlines and ensure all documentation translates to the manufacturing process.

• Ensure drawings, tolerances, materials and finishes are accurate and production‑ready
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, suppliers and other departments
• Assist with the management and development of other designers

To be considered as a Senior Development Designer, you will need:

• A minimum of five years’ experience in a POS design and manufacturing company working as a Development Designer
• The ability to ensure designs are fit for purpose, within budget and meet the aesthetic requirements of the design intent and client expectations
• A strong understanding of current manufacturing techniques in plastics and sheet metal fabrication, injection moulding, joinery, etc.
• Competency in the use of Solid Works
• A portfolio reflecting work within the retail design sector which demonstrates originality and a broad range of skills on live, professional projects for part and assembly, modelling technical drawings, bill of materials, etc.

Other organisations may call this role Development Designer, Retail Development Designer, Product Development Designer, POS Development Designer, POS Designer, Point of Sale Designer, Retail Display Designer, or Senior CAD Designer.

Webrecruit, frontline, and big group are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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