Career - Sr. Industrial Designer

Job Description

Job Title: Sr Industrial Designer of Protection

Location: Corona, CA
Pay Range: $110,000 -$123,600.00 (exempt)
Reports to: Sr. Director, Global Creative Design

SUMMARY

Troy Lee Designs, the world’s leading aspirational brand of bicycle and motocross helmets and apparel, is looking for a Sr. Industrial Designer of Protection. The Sr. Designer for soft and hard apparel Protection will lead all aspects of the design process for TLD from inception through buy ready completion. This position is responsible for creating an innovative and proprietary protection product line that will differentiate itself in the motocross and mountain bike markets and create an incremental growth opportunity for the Troy Lee Designs brand.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Lead all design aspects for introduction of new protection product line for bike and moto.
  • Partner with bike and moto Product Manager with establishing a proprietary design strategy, direction, and design language for the entire product line, in order to create a proprietary position and maximize commercial opportunity.
  • Design best in class innovative protection that solves the demanding needs of our riders.
  • Full execution of transformation from product line direction into technical designs for entire product line.
  • Lead and maintain full execution of design and product development process from start to final buy ready status.
  • Design and develop and all trims, packaging, and manuals for all in category models each season
  • Manage comprehensive product development milestones to insure on-time delivery of quality product that is ready to go-to-market.
  • Monitor and maintain the development communication with vendors each day, style by style.
  • Monitor fabric and trim development, tracking responsibilities, and approval process to achieve product and calendar requirements.
  • Manage and monitor communication with vendor s regarding each applicable product style throughout the development cycle.
  • Manage tracking, comments, and calendar related to all product phases (Protos, SMS, PPS, TOP).
  • Address styling & fit comments during development (in conjunction with Designers).
  • Ensure all raw materials are compliant and meet necessary requirements.
  • Work with Product Line Manager on product line strategy specific to architecture, pricing strategies, and profitability targets to ensure strong revenue and gross margin targets.
  • Work closely with supply chain on product development, raw material development, certification testing, R&D requirements, etc.
  • Work with key athletes on product development and testing to ensure product meets all expected requirements.
  • Assist in product meetings at all stages from product creation through go-to market.
  • All other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

  • 5-7 years’ plus of industrial design experience.
  • Significant knowledge, involvement, and understanding of the mountain-bike and motocross markets.
  • Significant knowledge and usage of design software such as Illustrator, Solidworks, Creative Cloud etc.
  • Excellent knowledge of graphic design.

JUDGEMENT & REASONING ABILITIES:Ability to recognize discrepancies and resolve problems quickly using sound judgment, poise and diplomacy. Requires ability to use judgment and reasoning skills, and determine when issues need to be escalated.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear and see. The employee is frequently required to sit; use hands and fingers, bend, stoop and reach with hands and arms. And:

  • Ability to lift up to 35 lbs – < 5% daily
  • Ability to sit at a desk and use and view a computer - 80% daily
  • Ability to hear and speak into a phone - 50% daily
  • Ability to stand bend, stoop and twist - 20% daily

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The noise in the work environment is usually moderate. Other factors are:

  • Ability to travel if needed (less than 5% annually).
  • Fast paced, with multiple demands environment
  • Professional, yet casual office work environment
  • Ability to work flexible hours as required.

REQUIRED PREHIRE SCREENINGS:

  • Criminal - Felony and Misdemeanor 7 Years
  • National Criminal Data Base 7 Years
  • Social Security Verification
  • Employment Verification
  • Education Verification
  • Employment Verification
  • Credit Report

Troy Lee Designs provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (gender), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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Application Process: Interested candidates should submit their resume outlining their relevant experience and passion for the role, to: resume@troyleedesigns.com