Contract Junior Industrial Designer

Encadria Staffing Solutions places employees at Georgia-Pacific and many other Koch companies across the country. The Koch family of companies is built on principles of integrity and respect. We pride ourselves on doing the right thing... for you, for us, and for the companies we partner with. We provide opportunities for temporary, temporary-to-hire and full-time employment. If you are looking for your next career move, consider this-

As a Junior Industrial Designer with 0-2 years of experience, you will be an integral part of our Industrial Design Team supporting GP PRO's new product development efforts in Atlanta, GA. Collaborating with our category teams and the Technical Center engineering team in Neenah, Wisconsin, [AM1] you will contribute to the development of innovative product solutions for towel, tissue, and skincare categories.

This role has two primary responsibilities and an additional learning and growth opportunity. The first responsibility is in the early-stages of innovation, which will include in-field immersion and observation, brainstorming, concept generation, and illustration. You will participate in developing a range of alternative concepts that address unmet needs identified through insights. The second responsibility will be owning the creation of our instruction guides and labels as well as creating high quality renderings of our products to be used in presentation and marketing materials. You will also be partnered with design peers and leadership to learn and experience the process of taking concepts from the early stages of innovation through the development of final design solutions that adhere to visual brand language guidelines, manufacturing constraints, and ensuring the insight-led features remain intact in the final product.

Responsibilities

• Participate in early-stage innovation, including in-field immersion, observation, brainstorming, concept generation, and illustration.
• Collaborate closely with marketing, insights, category, and R&D teams.
• Apply user insights and voice of the customer (VOC) to create innovative design solutions.
• Develop features and product concepts, focusing on creating valuable intellectual property.
• Execute designs in alignment with brand strategies and guidelines.
• Share and present work regularly to category and R&D teams.
• Work closely with Engineering to ensure design intent, develop specifications, and validate prototypes.
• Create support materials for Intellectual Property (IP) activities, instruction manuals, and informative labels.
• Actively seek opportunities for mentorship and continued skill building.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Industrial Design
• 0-2 years of industrial design experience.
• Portfolio must demonstrate fundamental industrial design skills
• Knowledge of with using Adobe Suite, Sketching Software, 3D CAD (Solidworks Preferred), and Rending Software (Keyshot Preferred)

Equal Opportunity Employer. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.