Industrial Designer

For over 40 years, Array Marketing has been a global leader in the retail display and in-store merchandising services industry.

Global brands like Estée Lauder, Sephora, L’Oreal and Samsung to name a few, rely on our team of more than 2,000 employees around the world, to create great retail experiences by bringing their visions to life.

We are committed to building on more than four decades of strength, deep industry knowledge and design innovation to accelerate our growth and serve our customers even better than before.

As we continue to expand around the world, we are looking for critical thinkers who are data driven, have a strong work ethic and care about best practices and customer outcomes to help us carry out our vision.

Join usto make a mark on our business and grow your career.

Who we need

We are looking for anIndustrial Designerto join our team as a transformation artist turning concepts into reality. You will be an integral part of our global design and development group, collaborating with our clients to establish comprehensive project briefs and translating their ideas into innovative retail solutions.

You will provide design recommendations based on retail trends and industry insights, generate value-added ideas and alternative solutions, and develop planograms that can take the client need from concept to product, capturing all specifications (material, finish, process, fit, functionality, aesthetic), for the manufacturing process.

This is a hybrid role with the need to be able to come into the Scarborough head office as required to review prototypes and material samples, and to meet with clients, vendors, & internal teams.

What you will focus on :

• Consultation.You will work directly with internal and external teams. You will :
• Connect with the client and retailers to better understand the brand and consumer behavior as it relates to the design request and post-design to present planogram and apply changes.
• Collaborate with Chapter and BU team members to establish requests and deliverables at initial briefing and post-design to evaluate the feasibility of concepts by considering practicality, aesthetics, budget, production cost / methods, and brand characteristics.
• Work closely with the Project Team in collaborative huddles to guide designs that consider sustainability, value, design for ease of manufacturing, and retail principles.
• Innovation.You will :
• Propose designs that are original, on brand, functional, sustainable, cost-effective, and manufacturable.
• Create design presentations using a variety of techniques that include sketching, technical illustrations, photoshop, 3D SolidWorks Modeling and digital renderings.
• Identify appropriate and cost-effective materials and processes
• Develop solutions that are manufacturable and on brand
• Produce Design Presentations and Planogram Presentations. ensuring format of deliverables and quality of presentations are in line with the Array Way standards.
• Stay at the edge of industry, market and material trends through publications, tradeshows, seminars, or conferences.

What you bring :

The creative drive.You are inspired by purpose, form, function, and beauty. You consider efficiency, sustainability, materials, endurance, and production.

You are empathetic and artistic, passionate about solving creative problems with practical thinking. You have the enthusiasm to bring new ideas to the table for products, the inspiration to think outside the box in design, and the determination to see it through to production.

The experience.You have a degree or diploma in Industrial Design or a related field and 2+ years progressive experience in Creative Design for POP / Retail design.

You have a portfolio that demonstrates your creativity, design skills, understanding of form and materials, and that extra inspiration and innovation.

The technical skills.You are proficient with design software, including Adobe Creative Suite, business software, including MS Office.

You are familiar with AutoCAD and you may have exposure to SolidWorks. You are capable of preparing drawings, illustrations, renderings, presentations or rough sketches.

You can read and interpret documents such as design briefs, safety rules, and procedure manuals.

The interpersonal skills.You have flexible and effective communication skills, and the confidence to present ideas to the team or the clients.

You can write and interpret reports and correspondence. You thrive in a collaborative environment and can build trusting relationships with internal and external teams, influencing without authority.

You are a thorough planner, with a systematic approach to completing tasks. You can work independently with minimal supervision.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment

Diversity, equity and inclusion are a critical component of life at Array Marketing and we are committed to making these values an integral part of our culture.

We encourage applications from all qualified applicants, including women, persons with disabilities, Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC), people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, Intersex, Asexual + (LGBTQ2SIA+) community, and other equity-seeking groups.

We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act ('AODA').

If you require accommodation, please notify our HR [email protected].

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