An agile product design agency driven by strategic creativity.
Phase Two harness creativity to rapidly design innovative new products, collaborating with businesses from disruptive start-ups to innovative global brands. Our expert multi-disciplinary team fuse brand, industrial design & engineering to create emotive and market-leading products and experiences.
Phase Two is seeking an
Our dream candidate should be willing to throw their abundant creative ability into design challenges, have a positive and collaborative attitude, and have an appreciation for good design. They should be able to demonstrate a talent for front-end concept generation through conceptual sketching, card/foam modelling and visualisation skills. Contributing to creative sessions with fresh thinking and ideas.
The creativity doesn’t end with the front-end of the design process, candidates should have a wide knowledge of existing materials and production processes and a fascination with discovering new materials and processes. Utilizing this knowledge and curiosity, you should be able to engineer design solutions suitable for iterative prototyping and production.
Duties/Responsibilities:
» Uncover user insights to identify new product opportunities. Rapidly produce new product design concepts.
» Front-end product development, exploring all aspects of the design such as design thinking, user research, card/foam modelling, digital sketching, and product visualisation.
» Engage in internal and external creative sessions to explore & generate new ideas.
» Produce design visuals & videos to create desire and communicate product functions.
» Work closely with the marketing team to generate visually engaging content.
» Research new technologies, processes and materials to stimulate innovation.
» Design engineering – developing concepts through to production including, Mechanism development, prototyping, user testing, electronic hardware integration, conforming to safety requirements, 3D CAD development and liaising with suppliers.
Required Skills/Experience:
» Open to candidates with 1-10+ years of industry experience. We don’t like to put you in a box, whether it’s junior, mid or senior, we value talent.
» Be self-motivated and a fast learner to quickly expand your core design skills.
» Degree in Industrial Design or similar.
» Strong sketching skills including digital for rapid concept generation.
» Have a clear passion for good design and sustainability.
» Core knowledge about materials, plastic and metal production processes.
» Ability to take creative direction and learn from others.
» Ability to work independently or in a team and across multiple projects, prioritizing tasks and strong organizational skills.
» Ability to use industry-standard 3D/2D software, such as Adobe CC, Solidworks/Fusion 360, Keyshot.
» Experience in creating motion graphics would be a bonus.
» Communicate effectively with clients and suppliers. Fluent in English.
» UK driving license.
Role details:
» Competitive package of benefits.
» Location: Ascot.
» Remote working – Studio-based collaborative role but with flexibility for remote working on a project-by-project basis.
» 40hrs per week.
» Salary dependent on experience/ability.