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As the Industrial Design Manager, Trends & CMF (Color, Finish & Materials), you will inspire and partner with a world-class industrial design team that shapes thoughtful, meaningful product experiences across the brand. This role focuses on inspiring a creative team, supporting effective execution, and evolving the practice of Trends forecasting and execution to inform both future and short term growth.
Job Responsibility:
Inspire and inform worldclass industrial design team
Foster a culture infused with creativity
Lead the Trend Strategy and Color, Finish, Materials application to our portfolio of brands
Spot emergent design trends and work cross functionally to size cultural themes
Contextualize macro trends and scale relevant to FBIN products
Define inspiration and any relevant guardrails
Inspire design strategy balancing short term initiavies with future forward strategies and execution across kitchen, bath showering environments and accessories
Deliver elevated product and experience design that advances brand relevance and business growth
Spot blindspots in Trend strategies and define solutions to address
Develop design documentation to support new products
Defines, documents and developes technically feasible, elevated CMF across ID projects
Manages CMF database and CMF finish library
Work It Together with the Industrial Design Team to align on emerging initiatives and concept development
Directly lead key initiatives, managing internal and external resources to deliver compelling solutions
Establish and evolve best-in-class trend forecasting processes, methods, and tools
Advance adoption of Trend and Color Finish, Materials methodologies User-Centered Design, and Design Thinking
Embrace and implement new technologies including AI-augmented design tools and emerging platforms
Lead by example in technical tools including Adobe Creative Cloud, Keyshot, VizCom and VR environments
Encourage skillsets that blend technical craft with empathy, creativity, and strategic collaboration
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in CMF, Industrial Design or a related field
10+ years of experience in industrial design, with a strong portfolio of consumer or interior goods
Solid knowledge of global design trends in architecture and interior design with proven ability to translate and communicate actionable recommendations
Ability to take macros trends and translate to product solutions that enhance the overall emotional conection with the user
Confident speaking to and presenting trend strategies to internal cross functional teams and external media
Experience taking physical products from concept to launch preferably including connected or digitally enabled products
Proficient in design tools like Keyshot, Adobe Creative Cloud, and familiar with VR/AR or AI-enhanced design tools
Nice to have:
5+ years leading and mentoring design teams
Experience working for fashion, interior, architecture, home or connected products
Experience in plastics, metal manufacturing and finishing
Knowledge of design systems, visual brand language, and working across multiple brands
What we offer:
robust health plans
a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution