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$150,000 – $160,000
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What this role is
Lead the design and development of Away's luggage category as a director-level industrial designer, responsible for mentoring a team and guiding products from concept through manufacturing. This role suits an experienced designer with a background in hard or soft goods who thrives balancing creative innovation with manufacturing realities and enjoys building great teams.
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What they ask for
Required
- 7+ years of industrial design experience in luggage, technical soft goods, or hard goods
- Proven track record supervising and mentoring design talent
- Advanced understanding of product construction, material R&D, and manufacturing
- Proficiency in Fusion 360, KeyShot, and Adobe Creative Suite
- Exceptional sketching and 3D visualization skills
- Experience working with overseas factories and suppliers
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 20%
Nice to have
- Experience or interest in leveraging emerging technologies like AI tools for workflow optimization
- Direct experience integrating AI-enabled design tools