Senior Creative Designer, Consumer Electronics

Senior Designer, Consumer Electronics

The Senior Creative Designer is a senior-level, hands-on designer responsible for creating innovative retail environments, fixtures, displays, and branded experiences for many of Outform's Consumer Electronics clients across the West Coast.
This role combines industrial design, retail design, experience design, visualization, and strategic thinking to create compelling physical retail solutions that achieve both shopper and commercial objectives. The ideal candidate is a strong designer who develops thoughtful creative concepts supported by clear design rationale and confidently communicates those ideas to clients and internal teams.
Working closely with Creative, Strategy, Sales, Engineering, Program Management, and Production, this individual transforms business objectives, shopper insights, retailer requirements, and emerging technologies into manufacturable retail experiences that elevate brands and drive results.
This position has no direct reports. The Senior Creative Designer is expected to mentor junior designers, contribute to creative reviews, and provide design guidance across cross-functional project teams.
Lead the creative development of retail displays, fixtures, branded environments, and shopper experiences from concept through production.
Serve as a trusted client-facing design partner for many of Outform's Consumer Electronics clients.
Translate business objectives, shopper insights, retailer requirements, and brand strategies into compelling physical retail experiences.
Develop innovative concepts supported by thoughtful design rationale and commercial awareness.
Balance creativity with manufacturability, cost, durability, timeline, and production requirements.
Contribute to new business opportunities through concept development, presentations, workshops, and design storytelling.
Creative Leadership
Consumer Electronics Brand Clients
Sales & Business Development
Strategy
Engineering & Industrial Design
Program Management
Production & Operations
Quality, originality, and effectiveness of creative concepts.
Ability to develop solutions supported by thoughtful design rationale.
Client confidence, presentation effectiveness, and relationship building.
Successful translation of concepts into manufacturable retail solutions.
Contribution to new business opportunities and client growth.
Collaboration across cross-functional teams.
Consistent demonstration of Outform's "Dare to Innovate" mindset.
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or a closely related discipline strongly preferred.
Candidates with exceptional expertise developed through extensive retail fixture, retail environment, and experience design will also be considered.
7+ years designing retail fixtures, displays, branded environments, experiential activations, or physical retail experiences.
Retail experience is highly preferred. Exceptional candidates from adjacent industrial design disciplines may be considered if they demonstrate strong applicability to physical retail environments.
Outstanding portfolio demonstrating sophisticated retail design, industrial design thinking, experience design, and client-facing presentations.
Advanced proficiency using industry-standard 3D CAD, visualization, and rendering tools.
Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
Deep understanding of materials, manufacturing processes, fabrication methods, and production constraints.
Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
Comfortable presenting directly to senior client stakeholders.
Experience supporting RFPs, workshops, concept development, and business pitches.
Exceptional hands-on designer with outstanding creative judgment.
Thinks strategically while remaining grounded in practical execution.
Naturally curious, always seeking innovative ways to improve retail experiences.
Understands that every design decision should support a business objective, shopper need, or brand story.
Confident presenting work and explaining design rationale without ego.
Collaborative partner who builds trust across clients and internal teams.
Self-directed, accountable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Passionate about retail, consumer electronics, emerging technologies, and experience design.
Working conditions are in a normal office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, and stand, using hands to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools, or controls. Occasionally, the employee must crouch or kneel. The employee must occasionally exert or lift up to 20 pounds. Successful performance requires good eyesight with or without corrective lenses. Requires long periods of time working at a computer and includes phone work. Travel up to 30% of the time may be required for client meetings, workshops, site visits, prototype reviews, trade shows, and events and is an essential function of this position.
The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Outform does not provide visa sponsorship now or in the future. Outform does not provide relocation assistance.
Outform Group is an equal opportunity employer. Outform Group makes employment decisions and provides equal employment opportunity without regard to an applicant's or employee's race, sex, color, age, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please notify the Outform Group Human Resources department.
Outform Group, Inc. offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, 401(k) and matching contributions, HSA and FSA, leave programs, paid time off including holidays, and we continually review to align and update our benefit offerings