Location: San Fransisco, CA
Discipline: UX / Product Design
Experience: TBD
Compensation: TBD
As a CMF Designer, you will look for ways to innovate within materials and color. You will work closely with the product managers and development engineers throughout the entire production cycle. You will work on yearly trend forecasts, develop concepts, and create your designs.
In this role, you will work on a range of programs on multiple levels. You will be a lead designer on roadmap programs and you will develop fashionable and innovative accessories. You will partner with colleagues across Fitbit and with partners.
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Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, a related design field, or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with color, material, and finish (CMF).
Experience with material technology and manufacturing processes.
Portfolio that demonstrates color, material, and finish (CMF) applied to product categories with story/rationale.
Preferred qualifications:
Ability to develop innovative color, material, and finish (CMF) designs with manufacturing processes.
Ability to work within constraints and think creatively to create new designs.
Ability to work independently and in a cross-functional team environment.
Ability to develop a design (e.g., proportions, colors, forms, typographies, presentations, functionality, fashion, ergonomics, etc.).
Excellent skills in KeyShot, contemporary 2D software, and presentation tools.
About the job
Fitbit’s diverse line of innovative products of smartwatches, trackers and smart scale help people lead healthier, more active lives by empowering them with data, inspiration and guidance to reach their health and fitness goals. Our products deliver personalized experiences, insights and guidance through leading software and interactive tools to support our users’ health and wellness. Partnering with Google will expand our resources and global platform, and we will be able to accelerate innovation in the wearables category to scale faster, and make health even more accessible to everyone.
Responsibilities
Manage external consultants and resources to provide the team with influences and make it relevant to the brand/current roadmap.
Deliver all of CMF assets to the Instructional Designer (ID) team.
Create, collaborate, and present product concepts, CMF stories, palette, and documentation with industrial designers, CMF peers, design executives, and customers.
Execute products while working directly with factories and vendors.
