Job Description
Job Title: Product Designer
Location: Mason, OH
Schedule: 1st shift, typically 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (flexible to 9–5). Hybrid option: ~2 days/week from home after ramp-up.
Employment Type: Direct Hire
Compensation: $60,000–$70,000 (depending on experience)
Position Summary
The Product Designer turns customer/retailer specifications into production-ready designs—primarily pillows—and partners closely with Sales and Manufacturing to ensure products are buildable, cost-effective, and on-brand. Work is about 80% office / 20% manufacturing floor with <5% travel to vendors, plants, or retail partners.
What You’ll Do
- Translate sales/customer specs (e.g., for Costco, Macy’s, and other retailers) into clear, manufacturable pillow designs and documentation.
- Develop product specifications: construction details, fills, fabrics, dimensions, tolerances, labels/packaging callouts, and BOMs.
- Create and refine drawings, diagrams, and production art in Adobe Illustrator; leverage light CAD as needed.
- Collaborate with plant teams to validate feasibility, optimize cost, and support first-article builds and sampling.
- Enter/maintain product data in the ERP system; ensure item masters, BOMs, routings, and revisions are accurate.
- Partner with Quality and Ops to troubleshoot issues, implement changes, and maintain revision control.
- Support retail and private-label programs with line sheets, spec packs, and change requests.
- Monitor timelines and communicate risks; keep stakeholders aligned through launch.
What You’ll Bring (Top Skills)
- Hands-on pillow design/spec creation experience (or closely related soft-goods/textiles product design).
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator; familiarity with CAD (enough to interpret/adjust basic drawings).
- Comfort working in/around manufacturing and collaborating directly with plant teams.
- ERP exposure (creating/maintaining items, BOMs, routings) and strong attention to detail.
- Nice-to-have: experience serving Costco/Macy’s or other big-box retail programs; knowledge of textiles/fabrics, trims, and labeling; understanding of cost drivers and DFM principles.
- Background from bedding, textiles, furniture, upholstery, automotive interiors, or similar spec-driven manufacturing is highly relevant.
Qualifications
- Education: No strict requirement; portfolio or work samples demonstrating spec creation and Illustrator skills are highly valued.
- Strong technical documentation skills (spec sheets, BOMs, revision control).
- Comfortable splitting time between desk work and the production floor.
Benefits & Perks
- Generous PTO: Prorated in year one; 20 days starting each January, increases after 3 years; unused PTO paid out at year-end.
- Holidays: 8 paid company holidays.
- Health: Medical, dental, vision.
- Retirement: 401(k).
- Wellness: Program to earn money Jan–Dec.
- Flexible work hours; relaxed, family-owned culture (yes, you can wear shorts in the office).
Additional Info
- Work Environment: ~80% office / ~20% on the manufacturing floor; <5% travel.
- Background/Drug Screen: Required.
- Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship available).
Bonus points if you’ve worked with bedding/textile competitors or similar manufacturers (e.g., spec-driven soft goods) and can hit the ground running on pillow construction and documentation.
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