Manager, Design Development

A commitment to maintaining the highest standards of social and environmental responsibility. As a leader in the jewelry industry, we believe that we have both a business imperative and moral obligation to look beyond our own business practices to support responsible behavior throughout the entire jewelry supply chain.

Tiffany is searching for a strong team player with a high level of professionalism to manage their Design Development team.

• The Manager, Design Development will have formal goldsmithing and/or metalsmithing training and significant experience as a custom bench jeweler.
• Additionally, the ideal candidate will have significant 3D CAD and model making training and experience.
• Excellent decision making, written and verbal communication skills and manufacturing knowledge required.
• Previous management experience a plus.

• 8+ years’ of professional experience as a custom bench jeweler
• Formal creative Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Jewelry Design, Jewelry Arts, Industrial or Fashion Design, or Engineering
• Management experience required
• Significant CAD and model making training and experience (at least 10,000hrs of hands-on model making preferred)
• Expert skill-set in Rhino, Modo, SolidWorks, T-Splines, Z-Brush, Adobe CS, KeyShot, V-Ray, Maxwell
• In depth manufacturing knowledge of the jewelry industry
• Formal creative design training and experience, with high degree of aesthetic sensibility
• Extensive experience working with diverse materials (i.e. woods/ceramics/rubber) and gemstones/diamonds
• Significant experience building, repairing, and troubleshooting metalsmithing/materials manufacturing processes while maintaining design integrity
• Experience applying formal training/skillset to developing a successful design/collection
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong team player with a high level of professionalism
• Ability to adapt and meet urgent timelines under high demand conditions while managing changes in direction and project time frames

Preferred qualifications include the following:

• Formal goldsmithing and/or metalsmithing training
• 5-8+ Years’ experience as a custom bench jeweler
• Gemological training with GIA or FGA diploma
• Formal gem- and diamond-setting training and experience
• Lapidary training and/or experience
• Industry Certification