srch 11068: Director of Industrial Design-Innovative Consumer Products

Director of Industrial Design – Innovative Consumer Products
Greater Michigan
Srch # 11068

Are you a visionary leader looking for an opportunity to work on a wide range of design challenges, including product design, strategy, and branding? Do you approach design at a Global strategic level with business and financial acumen? Do you work closely with sales and marketing to source new products, as well as engineering to execute quality manufacturing? If this sounds like you, please read further!

Yeh IDeology is a boutique design, strategy and innovation recruitment firm based out of New York City. Our client is a leading innovation company in search of a Director of Industrial Design to lead their existing creative team, source new products and maintain their growing brand of technical consumer products for the future.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SKILLS
* Visual brand language creation and development for their family of products
* Growing the company’s potential to establish a winning proposition for consumer experiences and design of their products
* Contributing input and support for long term plans, line extensions, and new product charters as a member of the category leadership teams
* Presentation of deliverables during executive reviews
* Guiding reporting Associates with career mapping and planning assignments
* Accountable for overall product design quality and craftsmanship

REQUIREMENTS
* Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design or Product Design
* 8-10+ years of relevant industry experience
* Master’s Degree preferred
* Visionary leadership
* Team management and ability to motivate
* Business and financial acumen
* Change management/ leadership
* Global strategic thinking and implementation
* Strong oral and written communication skills

Due to the volume of applicants, we are unable to respond to each candidate. Please no phone calls.