At Jazwares, we believe an innovative idea can come from anywhere, and anyone. We work collaboratively to achieve our goals and we have fun doing it! Jazwares, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading global toy manufacturer with an award-winning, robust portfolio of wholly owned and licensed brands. Founded in 1997, Jazwares celebrates imaginative play with a progressive focus on identifying new and relevant trends to transform into high-quality products for consumers of all ages. Jazwares engages consumers through innovative play experiences with popular brands such as Squishmallows, Pokémon, Star Wars, CoComelon, Fortnite, AEW, Adopt Me!, Hello Kitty, and many more. In addition to toys, offerings also include Metaverse gaming, costumes, and products for pets. Headquartered in Sunrise, Florida, Jazwares has offices worldwide and sells its products in over 100 countries.
As the Product Designer, you will successfully design and develop products for internal IP brands and/or licensed products. You will demonstrate creative thinking and execute on a wide variety of projects to support and align with brand strategies and objectives.
What you will do:
- Instrumental in generating new toy concepts and designing new play experiences for new and/or existing brands and product lines
- Deliver end to end product design including research, concepts, prototypes, and user testing
- Champion great design in our high-quality products and help assure they are within target cost and QA/QC requirements
- Oversees the product design process
- Create systems of play centered around compatibility, usability, and superior play experiences
- Builds consensus between members throughout the design process
- Work collaboratively with your branding, product management, engineering, packaging, licensor, and other internal team partners to create product that is the best fit for the brand and meets licensor requirements
- Attend Brand and licensing meeting and brainstorming to obtain enough information for product design
- Successfully present and communicate concepts to the brand, development, management, and licensor teams
- Ensure delivery of precise, clear, and complete product turnover specifications and ensure they fully understood by the international team/factory
- Work with outside vendors
- Support the overall strategic goals of product, provide direction and feedback during the development process that is attentive to licensor and for brand assurance
- Responsible for completing, reviewing, documenting specification changes, submitting for licensor approval, and providing comments for illustrative turns, sculpts, paint masters, and sample reviews
- Work closely with brand/management teams to resolve development issues, while assuring designs meet the target cost, schedule, and brand standards
- Participate in the entire life cycle of project development from a concept through initial ideation, refinement, prototype execution, and turn over packages to development teams
- Champion high quality designs and products that are within target cost and QA/QC requirements
- Collaborate with packaging design team to assure product and packaging are aligned
- Perform other duties as assigned
What we are looking for:
- Bachelor’s Degree in toy design, industrial design, industrial engineering, or industry relevant field
- 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally experience designingtoy/plastics/ dolls/ consumer products
- 1+ years of experience working with global manufacturing factories (Asia preferred)
- Knowledge of 3D modeling, sculpting, and rendering (Familiar with Zbrush/Rhino/Fusion 360) a plus
- Proactively observes and gain understanding of the competitive marketplace including current trends and innovation
- Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office & G-Suite
- Strong proficiency in adobe creative suite (illustrator, photoshop, and indesign) or other similar tools
Salary range for this position: $85,000 – $95,000/Yr. Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, peer and market data, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. The successful candidate may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. Jazwares offers a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, Insurance, Disability and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation), Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our employees.
JAZWARES is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, age, military status, marital status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
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