Product Designer

Build your future on our remarkable heritage & success as one of North America's largest and most successful catalog companies.

At Colony Brands, our Product Designers work collaboratively with our Merchandisers, Catalog Managers and Vendors to build our product from the “front-end”. Your work will center on hard lines for selected company brands and catalogs. Your work will involve creating visuals to present concepts to Merchants, developing technical specifications and evaluating functionality of products in both physical and digital form. You’ll also be responsible for: - Determining product form, function and manufacturing processes consistent with strategic design direction of Merchandisers and Catalog Manager. - Evaluating customer returns data and developing action plans for reducing returns. - Attending and actively participating in meetings and brainstorming sessions about future product and catalog development.

We need an exceptionally creative individual with professional level communication skills, who thrives in a fast paced, team environment. Ideally you will have a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Furniture or related decorative arts field and 3+ years of Technical Design experience. In addition, we are looking for: - 3+ years of 3D modeling and sketching experience. (Rhinoceros 5 preferred). - Basic knowledge of photo-realistic rendering techniques (Flamingo Nxt preferred) - Proficient in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CC. - Thorough understanding of RTA furniture manufacturing . - Above average communication and interpersonal skills. - The ability to think and develop “out of the box” ideas.