Technology Partners is currently seeking a talented Innovation Design Specialist. Do you have experience transforming consumer insights into innovative, actionable solutions for product and packaging design, while leading workshops and guiding cross-functional teams?
Let us help you make your next big career move a reality!
What You Will Be Doing:
We are seeking a creative and forward-thinking Innovation Design Specialist to drive ideation and design initiatives across projects. This role involves transforming consumer insights into actionable product, packaging, and service solutions aligned with strategic business needs. The ideal candidate will have a hands-on approach to developing concepts through sketching, modeling, and rapid prototyping. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, facilitate innovation workshops, and incorporate emerging trends and technologies into meaningful, consumer-centric innovations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead early-stage innovation processes, leveraging consumer and technical insights to create impactful solutions.
- Plan and execute strategic and ideation workshops using diverse facilitation tools and techniques.
- Develop concepts through sketching, 3D modeling, animations, and graphic design for product and packaging innovations.
- Partner with consumer insights teams to identify and prioritize market opportunities.
- Support teams with prototyping and concept evaluation for desirability and feasibility.
- Facilitate best practices in innovation through internal and external networks.
- Coach and guide teams on problem identification, brainstorming, and innovation sprint methodologies.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or related field, ideally from a NASAD-accredited institution.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in industrial design, product development, or related roles.
- Expertise in sketching, virtual and physical modeling, graphic design, and 2D/3D software.
- Proven ability to translate consumer needs into innovative product and packaging solutions.
- Strong project management and facilitation skills.
- Proficiency in prototyping, including hands-on use of model shop tools.
- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
Desired Skills & Experience:
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and large-scale projects.
- Familiarity with design practices and innovation tools in fast-paced environments.
- Strong creative problem-solving abilities.
- Track record of driving trend analysis and applying findings to product innovation.
- Experience mentoring or coaching teams on design and prototyping.
Pay: $22.75 – $32.50 /hr.
We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this time or accept candidates who would require a corp-to-corp agreement.
If this position sounds like you, WE SHOULD TALK!
We realize our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we offer the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Long and Short-Term disability
- Life insurance
- Direct deposit
- Referral program
Your better future is ready, and we want to put the right tools in your hands to get you there. Let's go!
Keywords: innovation, design, industrial design, product development, packaging, consumer insights, prototyping, sketching, 3D modeling
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Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Technology Partners does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal civil rights laws.
All offers of employment at Technology Partners are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and drug screening that meet corresponding laws and regulations at the city, state and federal level.
Pay ranges are influenced by candidate qualifications, experience, and role specifics, with the actual rate determined considering skills, market conditions, and are subject to change by the employer; pay negotiations follow all state and federal legal guidelines.
