Designer, Product Development, Consumer Products
 Mathys-Potestio, LLC | |
dental insurance, 401(k)
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 United States, California, Los Angeles | |
 Apr 16, 2025 | |
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This Product Development Designer reports to the Global Product Development Hardlines lead and will be responsible for helping to drive the product design and development of multi-category hardlines products for key retail partners from concept through to production.
Our tech client is seeking a Senior Designer. What you will do: - Work with retail, licensing and strategy leads to drive and influence the creative translation/extension of our titles into multi-category consumer products, with an eye on innovative, market relevant development while ensuring alignment back to the properties. - Explore product trends, product strategies and product design & development for multi-category within hardlines, including but not exclusively plush, accessories, stationary and seasonal. - Build partnerships with licensees and brands as well as internal CP teams, partners across the organization. - Align closely with the Consumer Products Global Hardlines lead and Art Director on all deliverables for product development and packaging. - Work with hardlines lead to support product development from creative vision and kickoff with partners, through to retail launch, ensuring the assortments are well designed and merchandised and that there is proper differentiation across retail. - Lead and guide licensees, retailers and brands on how to translate our titles into successful products for all properties for which merchandise will be developed. - Develop creative product development tools and guidelines that help to inspire and drive new and elevated ways of developing products and bringing products into the market. - Onboard licensees and collaborative partners into our internal systems and ensure timely asset deliveries - Manage product approvals via internal systems ensuring high standards in storytelling, development and execution What we need from you: - An urgency to ideate quickly and execute, repeatedly. - Demonstrated 3-5 years of experience in multi-category hardlines consumer products design and development - with a knowledge of both vertical and licensed product design. - Strong trending capabilities and ability to innovate. - Experience working with major studio title consumer product programs. - Diverse product development background with a focus on fans. ?????? This opportunity is located in Los Angeles, CA and requires hybrid work (some on-site presence expected). The pay for this W-2 position ranges from $68.00-$70.00 per hour. This position may be eligible for benefits such as PTO, health and dental insurance, and/or 401(k) benefits upon meeting certain length of service and hours requirements Mathys+Potestio values applicants of all backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion or religious creed, disability or handicap, sex or gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. #LI-AS1 | |