Product Design / Production Assistant – Studio Warm – London

STUDIO WARM is currently offering an opportunity for a product designer to join the team at their London studio for an immediate start.

STUDIO WARM is a multi-disciplinary design consultancy with a diverse portfolio in product, furniture and spatial design.

Due to an increase in demand, we are looking for highly motivated and ambitious people, with a keen interest in furniture design in particular, to work on bespoke commissions and collaborations with our international client base, across product and furniture design. In addition, assistance is needed with new concept and product development for our own brand collection of high end furniture and interior products.

Role:

Working in a small, busy boutique studio, the successful applicant will have the opportunity to work across a range of disciplines and will be expected to partake in general office duties when necessary.

Duties may include:

working on a variety of projects in scale and typology, from small accessories to commissions and interiors
sourcing high quality materials and samples and liaising effectively with suppliers
monitoring design projects from concept through manufacture including occasional creative director, Corinna Warm
producing technical drawings

Requirements:

bachelors degree in product, furniture or 3D design
proven experience in a furniture or product design studio or similar
experience of different design processes and manufacture with and emphasis on furniture and lighting
excellent hand sketching, model making and presentation skills
great communication skills, with ability to discuss and solve design details
fluency in English is a prerequisite – other languages beneficial
excellent time management and organisational skills
must be proactive and have confidence to work under own initiative
good sense of humour

Software skills:

confident in both Mac OS and Windows
3D Modelling in Solidworks essential
Adobe Creative Suite skills (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator)
Microsoft Office
Additional software beneficial

www.studiowarm.com

Application deadline: January 12, 2016

How to apply

Please send your CV, portfolio (including examples of hand sketching, technical drawing and 3D computer skills) and covering letter to jobs@studiowarm.com with ‘product design and production assistant’ in the subject heading. Please do not send attachments larger than 4MB. We will not review any links to online portfolios or websites.

Please be aware, we can only consider applications which correspond to the requirements outlined above.

We will be in touch to arrange interviews with selected applicants at our London studio.

Candidate must be based in London, be authorised to work in the UK and available for an immediate start.

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