🎀 Welcome to Sanrio! 🎀
Sanrio is the global lifestyle brand best known for pop icon Hello Kitty. We’re also home to an endearing cast of characters including the newly crowned #1 favorite Pompompurin, alongside Cinnamoroll, Pochacco, Kuromi, and many more. Since 1960, our “small gift, big smile” philosophy has inspired a World of delight—where even the tiniest token can spark happiness and an enduring connection.
🌸✨ We’re looking for an Associate Hardlines Designer to join our Creative family! ✨🌸
Do you dream in colors, doodle in the margins, and get excited about turning everyday products into something irresistibly cute ? 💕 We’re searching for a Hardlines Designer who can sprinkle a little magic into everything from toys to lifestyle goods. If you love blending functionality with charm—and you’re ready to design items that make people smile the moment they see them—this might be the perfect adventure for you! 🎀🎨
🌟 Essential Job Responsibilities 🌟
- Assist and support the Hardlines design team in the development and design of products that are current and on trend for each season.
- Communicate day-to-day design direction and brand guidelines to both internal departments and external licensees/partners and develop innovative and creative concepts.
- Responsible for product approvals (approval system, hardline samples), 3D review/analysis, creating overlays, etc.
- Track and administer Licensing product approval process for assigned Licensees and/or collaboration partners.
- Design product concepts for Style Guides, Licensees/external partners, inspiration decks, retail pitches, etc.
- Collaborate specifically with Hardlines team members, other members of the Creative team as well as other departments as needed. (Sales/Marketing).
- Accountable for creative research for Hardlines categories around trends, product, materials, and colors.
- Utilize trend services and trend shopping.
- Maintain the creative integrity of Sanrio Brands where innovative designs reflect the latest trends for children, teens, and adults in key categories.
- Collaborate on the creation of style files to help support our Licensees understand our vision.
- Prioritize, balance and manage workload with multiple deadlines.
- Work with Licensees to ensure character/brand integrity, design excellence, legal compliance, and quality of Licensed products.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What do you bring to the table?
✍️🎨🧸 Desired Skills, Experience & Attributes
- AA in Industrial/Product Design or closely related area (BA/BFA preferred).
- 2+ year’s experience within the Consumer Product industry or equivalent design expertise.
- Must have knowledge of various raw materials (e.g., textiles, plastics, etc.) specifically for Hardlines.
- Excellent drawing/illustration skills with key knowledge in Hardlines product development; able to translate objectives into visual format and must be physically able to use computer and artist tools to execute creative deliverables.
- Computer proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word, and other as needed, specifically about Hardlines product development.
- Good organization/prioritization skills necessary to work under tight deadlines, understanding of time management.
- Must be nimble, can pivot based on changes and can work in a fast-paced environment.
- Must be resourceful and possess logic and critical thinking.
- Good written/verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Must be a team player with the ability to take direction and work professionally with others.
- Must maintain company/licensee proprietary and confidential design concepts & information.
Salary: $65,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance