Furniture Designer

Responsibilities

• Provide design direction to suppliers and create original designs that are on‑brand and commercially viable.
• Collaborate with Design Director, Product Development counterparts, and sourcing partners to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve product and design issues.
• Partner with the Product Development team to understand category needs and execute on design briefs.
• Support business growth through PD partnership and proactive, innovation‑driven design proposals.
• Partner with peers across the team to ensure brand continuity across multiple Walmart private label home brands.
• Support the broader team across outdoor, soft home, and hardlines categories as needed.
• Monitor the competitive landscape, analyze sales data, and research new technologies and innovation pertaining to indoor furniture categories.
• Apply findings to inform design decisions and propose forward‑thinking solutions.
• Clear and concise communication during presentations/reviews to Upper Management, retail partners, and suppliers.
• Diligent approach to workload, maintaining good, timely communication with internal and external teams.
• Must have great design sensibility that marries back to the aesthetic of each brand and must be proactive in bringing workable, innovative designs to the table.
• Adaptability, open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design and 3+ years industry experience in Home categories
• Background in designing furniture
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Strong and organized communication skills and follow‑up
• Ability to design & create renderings via Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop etc. & create presentations in PowerPoint.
• Ability to Planogram in InDesign is a plus.
• Solidworks experience a plus
• Experience designing in Keyshot