At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape the future of a 50-year-old brand through innovative design concepts.
- Company: Join Vax, a heritage brand revitalising its design identity in Droitwich.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive bonus, pension contributions, private medical cover, and generous holiday.
- Other info: Collaborate with a dynamic team on exciting projects in a flexible work environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on floor care innovation and define the next generation of products.
- Qualifications: Extensive experience in industrial design with strong sketching and CAD skills.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
Senior Industrial Designer
Shape where a 50 year old brand goes next, not just what it looks like.
As Senior Industrial Designer at Vax in Droitwich, you turn design research and insight into concepts that define the next generation of floor care.
A strong bonus, pension and private medical package comes with it, along with flex on site days for the right person.
Scope of the Role
As a Senior Industrial Designer, you look beyond the next launch, shaping Vax's future concepts from research and insight.
- Develop future concepts and visions beyond the immediate NPD pipeline, with Advanced Development.
- Translate design research and consumer insight into credible, buildable concepts.
- Own front end sketching, ideation and design direction from a blank page.
- Produce high quality CAD, renders and visual models in Solid Works that sell an idea fast.
- Shape CMF and the visual brand language as Vax rebuilds its design identity.
- Key Skills and Experience Required
- Extensive experience as a Senior Industrial Designer or Industrial Designer in consumer products, shipped to market.
- A proven track record of turning research and insight into future concepts, not just a brief.
- Excellent sketching, rendering and presentation skills, confident selling ideas to senior stakeholders.
- Solid CAD ability, Solid Works preferred, plus a degree in Industrial, Product or UX Design or equivalent portfolio evidence.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, energised by a blank page rather than a locked brief.
Benefits
- Up to 10% bonus
- 5% and 3% pension contributions
- Private medical cover with Aviva after six months, plus full protection cover
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy three more
- Cycle to work scheme, a free Vax or TTI product after probation, and group staff discount
As Senior Industrial Designer at Vax, you join three designers working with Head of Industrial Design and Design Research, across 26 projects.
Vax is rebuilding its UK design function after TTI brought floor care innovation back to Droitwich, so you shape the design language of a heritage brand as it relaunches.
The role is four days a week on site.
How to Apply
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