Associate Product Designer – Accessories

At Little Words Project, we believe in the power of small words to create meaningful connections. What started with bracelets has grown into a brand built around positivity, self-expression, gifting, and community.

As we continue to grow, we’re expanding our product assortment beyond bracelets into accessories, gifts, and lifestyle products designed for both our own customers and leading retail partners.

We’re looking for a creative, detail-oriented Associate Product Designer to help bring our growing accessories assortment to life. This position is hybrid and reports to our corporate location in Mountainside, NJ.

Working closely with our Design Director, you’ll support the design and development of products from initial concept through production. You’ll help translate trends, customer insights, and the LWP brand into products that feel fresh, thoughtful, and commercially relevant.

This role is a great opportunity for a designer who enjoys the intersection of creativity, physical product design, retail, and product development and wants to see their ideas become real products.

You’ll work across categories that may include bag charms, jewelry and accessories, soft goods, paper goods, gifting, packaging, and other lifestyle products.

• Support the design and development of new accessories collections from concept through production, under the creative direction of the Design Director.
• Execute channel-specific and retailer-exclusive product designs as briefed by the Design Director and leadership team, tailored to the assortment, customer, and price architecture of key retail partners.
• Translate brand vision, trend insights, and retail customer profiles into compelling accessories designs across categories including bag charms, paper goods, soft goods, and giftable add-ons.
• Track trend, material, and competitive activity across the beauty, fashion, and lifestyle accessories landscape, including products and assortments performing at target retailers, to inform new product concepts.
• Create sketches, renderings, and prototypes to clearly communicate design intent to internal teams, retail buyers, and vendor partners.
• Support material, color, component, and finish selection with consideration for quality, cost, and brand alignment across retail price points.

• Create detailed spec sheets, tech packs, and production-ready files for factory and vendor partners, including complete Pantone/color references, dimensions, component standards, and other design specifications.
• Maintain organized, editable working files (.ai) with clear version control to ensure internal teams, factories, and external partners have access to current artwork.
• Review samples, manage design revisions, and provide clear, actionable feedback throughout development cycles to support retailer delivery timelines.
• Partner with Product Development to ensure designs are manufacturable, cost-effective, and scalable to wholesale volumes.
• Support cost-engineering efforts by adjusting materials, components, and construction to meet target costs without compromising design intent.
• Design with retailer-specific compliance, testing, labeling, and quality requirements in mind, partnering with Product Development, which owns verification.

• Support packaging and merchandising formats designed for retail environments, including peg, planogram, counter display, gift sets, and shelf-ready presentation.
• Develop retailer-ready product and packaging concepts aligned to specific channel requirements, price points, and merchandising needs.
• Prepare presentation-ready concepts, renderings, and samples to support retailer…