Industrial Designer

Company Description

At Fortune Brands Innovations, we believe that our innovation and success are fueled by the passion of our people and the strength of our teams. Together, we work to fulfill dreams of home by aligning around common goals, being agile in the face of change, holding ourselves accountable, and acting with integrity and transparency. We succeed when everyone belongs and strive to build a Home for All where all associates can be their true, authentic selves at work. Learn more about our culture here

Job Description

• Serve as the lead industrial designer on cross-functional Moen project teams with design integrity and a passion for meaningful collaboration to balance what is desirable to our end users, what is viable for the business goals, what is feasible to manufacture.
• Independently lead multiple fast-paced projects at one time with mentorship from senior industrial designers.
• Individually lead each phase of the design process across discovery research, initial concept development and testing, final CAD development, and final design story documentation.
• Manage support from other industrial designers as needed with thoughtful delegation skills.
• Initiate thorough design briefs to refine relevant style targets, define user requirements and to communicate necessary design tasks and timelines - enabling upfront alignment across project teams and relevant stakeholders.
• Apply advanced elements of art and principles of design to form, color, finishes and graphics while balancing user-centered functionality and ergonomics.
• Create sketches and 3D prototypes to explore ergonomic, human factors and form issues.
• Develop cohesive product collections that possess shared strong visual collection language elements.
• Define refined concepts with detailed color, material, and finish documentation.
• Communicate with vendors, suppliers, engineering, product owners, and project managers to ensure concepts are clearly understood and enable effective collaboration to refine final CAD models for feasible manufacturing.
• Create presentations that clearly communicate the authentic design story for each project to inform authentic storytelling across all commercialization strategies and marketing content creation.
• Collaborate with consumer insights and user experience teams to actively participate in and promote discovery research and on-trend and design style research to build the design story.
• Travel domestically and internationally to industry trade shows and design fairs to track global design industry trends and present top opportunities to inspire the business.
• Propel and evolve the Moen visual brand language to meaningfully embody our core values.
• Develop impactful, award-winning designs to elevate the Moen brand.
• Occasionally collaborate with design teams supporting fellow FBIN brands within House of Rohl, Outdoors, Security and Connected Products - creating impactful synergies for the organization.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• A bachelor s degree in industrial design is required.
• 3-6 years of Industrial Design experience is required.
• Demonstrated ability to execute responsibilities listed above.
• Advanced skill and experience in the following is required:
  • 2-D hand + digital sketching and rendering skills:
    • Programs: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), Sketchbook Pro, etc.,
  • 3-D digital modeling and rendering skills:
    • Programs: Solidworks, Keyshot
    • Solidworks experience is preferred as this will be the mandatory CAD package for all Moen projects to ensure efficient collaboration with engineering teams.
  • Strong verbal and visual presentation skills:
    • Programs: InDesign, PPT, Miro
    • Ability to clearly communicate design inspiration and intent internally to project teams and leadership teams as well as externally to customers and merchants.
• A strong work ethic and ability to manage multiple complex and fast-paced projects at once.

• A keen eye for global trend forecasting across macro cultural drivers, fashion, architecture, furniture, housewares, kitchen, bath, and CMF.
• A strong passion for thoughtful form development across ALL décor styles from traditional to contemporary.
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and demonstrated ability to preserve design intent while working with tight manufacturing constraints. Experience with metal casting processes is a plus.
• Flexible, creative, resilient, and driven to maintain design excellence from project start to finish.
• Team-focused attitude, with the desire to share knowledge, assist others and work together to achieve great results.

Additional Information

At Fortune Brands Innovations, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands Innovation (FBIN) is built on industry-leading brands and innovation within our operating segments: water, outdoors and security. We have an impressive track record of strong financial results, market outperformance and growth, which translates into career and professional growth opportunities for associates. Please visit our website at to learn more

Equal Employment Opportunity

FBIN is an equal opportunity employer. FBIN evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information.