Senior Industrial Designer

WHO ARE WE?

Iconic British brand ghd is a global leader in high end professional hair styling tools and the UK's number one recommended styling brand. Loved by stylists and consumers, loved by press, and loved by the people that work for the brand!

Merging science and innovation, with luxury beauty and style; ghd combines cutting edge technologies and beautiful designs to create the most technically advanced hair tools in the world. ghd tools deliver "safer for hair" heat styling that have become an essential part of the daily lives of professional hair stylists and consumers globally.

Renowned for game changing innovation and superior performance, at ghd we are on a mission to transform lives with the power of a good hair day!

As a key member of the Industrial Design team, you will help create and develop exciting new and innovative products in line with ghd's premium design values. You will get to work across several product categories. Based in ghd's London Design studio you will collaborate with Global Marketing teams, NPD teams in Cambridge and the NPI teams in Hong Kong.

This role will be based in our London (Soho) office, and we offer a hybrid working pattern of 3 days in the office and 2 days WFH.

• Work alongside the Design and Technical teams in creation of concept ideas - generating designs and prototypes for evaluation.
• Help develop product concepts, integrating technical designs and constraints.
• Assist in user research, generating ideas fed from user / market insights.

• Attend NPD workshops and weekly meetings with the R&D, Marketing and Operations team.
• Understand technical constraints when creating designs for our product range.
• Have a working understanding of manufacturing processes (DFM / DFA).
• Work with suppliers to communicate design intent and manage cost and time constraints.
• Review and manage budgets associated with Design development (rapid prototypes / POP models etc.)
• Work within the Design and Engineering team to uphold brand intent and realise concept visions.
• Creation of on-product graphics including brand-marking, regulatory labels - layouts / and 2D artworks for global ratings labels.
• Develop product peripherals (brushes, attachments etc.).

• Minimum of 5 years' industry experience.
• Degree educated with experience working in a design consultancy or consumer products company.
• Proficient in 3D CAD
  - Solid Works (Including complex surfacing)
• Capable of interpreting briefs and communicating ideas quickly with fluent and confident hand sketching skills.
• UX / ergonomics insight experience and translation into product concepts.
• Must have a sound knowledge of 2D Design packages - particularly the Adobe Suite.
• Ability to create high quality visualisations
  - Keyshot / Cinema 4D
• Confident to work with and manage external suppliers.
• Self-motivated team player, with a positive and proactive approach.
• Ability to mentor junior members of the Design team.

We at ghd are proudly committed to our Company Values and aim to attract and retain employees who live our Values.

• Collaborative
  - We work together to create the extraordinary
• Creative
  - We foster creativity & excellence to create value for our brands and business
• Courageous
  - We are agile, entrepreneurial & we own our future
• Connected
  - We stay connected and ensure we are always consumer first
• Committed
  - We are responsible for our impact on other & the planet

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