Job Description
Salary Range: $115K - $123K / Annual
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.
Self-starter, organized and creative
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AN RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead all design aspects for introduction of new protection product line for bike and moto.
- Maintain regular communication with factories and suppliers
- 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.
- Full execution of transformation from product line direction into technical designs for entire product line.
- Partner with development team on full execution of product development process from start to final buy ready status.
- Work alongside TLD design teams in apparel and helmets to ensure protection/helmets product line includes key TLD DNA ingredients.
- 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, testing, R&D requirements, etc.
- Work with key athletes on product development and testing to ensure product meets all expected requirements.
- Assist in leading 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.
JUDGMENT & 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 international (less than 5% annually).
- Fast paced, with multiple demands environment
- Professional, yet casual office work environment
- Ability to work flexible hours as required.
REQUIRED PRE-HIRE SCREENINGS: - Criminal – Felony and Misdemeanor 7 Years
- National Criminal Data Base 7 Years
- Social Security Verification
- Education Verification
- Employment Verification
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.
Job Tags
Full time, Casual work, Work at office, Local area, Flexible hours,