Product Design Director
Loop Earplugs, Belgium
Job Description
You heard it right - we’re on the lookout for a new ProductDesign Director.
An inspiring, creative, people-person with out-of-this-world talent for product design.
We’re Loop. And we make earplugs. Not the cheap, yellow, airplane kind the iconic, sound-enhancing kind. The kind that changes lives. The kind that give people the freedom to lose themselves in every moment. At their volume and their own style.
And you? Well, we’re hoping you’ll be our new Design Director. The one to lead a team of crazy-talented industrial designers and style specialists, with a razor-sharp eye on the aestheticsandstyle of our products and campaigns.
Your management skills are on point
The way you inspire and lead your team of growing designers is damn cool.
So much so that you’re known for jumping into team meetings with your light-bulb moments, such as a quick sketch or a bit of creative insight. Which makes you a star leader.
Your team of industrial designers and style specialists will be leading the way with our seasonal launches, special editions and co-branded products, so when it comes to making sure everything’s up to scratch, you make sure you’re on it.
You’re a pro at improving processes and current ways of working in a positive and proactive way - inspiring the team as you go.
Managingbudgets and planning? You’ve got it down. You know that organization and structure makes for a stronger, more productive team that gets more results.
Your flair for design wins us over
You’re a creative, design obsessed artist, who has honed their craft to have ultra confidence and pride in their work. Making you the legend we’re all raving about.
That’s why we trust you to work alongside the engineering manager and product management team to guard the quality of design in all product stages.
In fact, you’re such a design guru that we know you’re going to take on and implement the improvements in existing products all because you stay up-to-date with the latest developments and trends.
You’re a perfectionist, with crazy attention to detail
You’re all about making sure things are ‘just right’. And your awesome communicationskills have a big part in making it happen.
You liaise with the marketing and design teams to make sure that deadlines of product development are right on track.
You take charge of our productdesignguidelines, making sure that all Loop products are in line with the same look and feel.
You’re a master at reviewing the designer’s work to ensure exceptionalquality on alldesignprojects whilst maintaining brand consistency to boot. And when you hit challenges along the way, you handle them like a pro with determination and motivation.
Requirements
But before we seal the deal, there are a few little desirables for this role to have a ponder on:
- You have +12 years of experience in Product Design
- You have experience with managing a team and long-term product development projects
- Your education has been in industrial design
- You speak English
- You can work one day a week at our office in Antwerp the rest of the week the location choice is yours!
Benefits
- You get to rise to the challenge of working for a scale-up and trust us, it’s challenging.
- An open-minded work culture. We operate on a global level, so flexibility is built into how we work.
- We take care of our team that means we pay you what you’re worth.
- Also, we went to Senegal for our last team-building trip. Just saying.
So, are you our next Product Design Director?
Interested? Get in touch by reaching out to our talent partner, Astrid, with an up-to-date CV if you have one. If not, just a link to your LinkedIn profile will do.