Product Design and Development Manager

AB Hires and Consulting is a Mother-and-daughter owned gifting brand seeking a Product Design and Development Manager to support the evolution of its brand. The role involves developing innovative products and improving existing ones, working cross-functionally to bring them to market.

Responsibilities:

• Ideate and develop creative and innovative product concepts - from product to packaging design, we want to see it all!
• Develop and spearhead product roadmap
• Using market research, develop thoughtful plans of improving existing products to meet the evolving needs of the customer
• Trend forecasting: Discover trends, conduct competitor and market analysis by talking to customers, completing surveys and more
• Manage team of designers and provide guidance on artwork, renderings and design process
• Support photoshoot ideation and asset design process
• Ad hoc projects
• Think quickly to troubleshoot problems, communicate clearly and collaboratively
• Be creative and have fun! Having a professional, can-do attitude with a sense of urgency will go a long way
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Dependable work ethic - you see a project through from start to finish
• A positive attitude - you see challenge as a growth opportunity
• Entrepreneurial spirit and desire to work in a startup environment with a goal to be disruptive to the gifting industry - you are a self-starter that knows how to lead a team
• A bachelor's degree in product design, or a related field
• Good taste and an eye for design - you're both analytical and creative, and obsess the details
• Highly proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign - you will be managing the design process
• Food and gifting industry experience - bonus!
• Amazon.com experience - bonus!