[Remote] Senior Industrial [Furniture] Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Branch is shaking up the office furniture industry to create a modern office experience. They are seeking a highly creative and motivated Industrial Designer to support new product development and existing product customizations across their furniture portfolio, collaborating closely with teams in North America and Asia.

Responsibilities

• Support the design and development of new furniture products across seating, desking, storage, accessory, and related categories
• Contribute to early concept development through sketching, ideation, and design exploration
• Develop and refine 3D CAD models, layouts, and assemblies in collaboration with the furniture design and engineering teams
• Support product customization efforts, line extensions, and iterative improvements to existing products
• Generate renderings, models, prototypes, and presentations to clearly communicate design intent and design decisions
• Develop product spec packs, drawings, and design documentation to support prototyping and development processes
• Collaborate closely with product development, sourcing, and engineering teams to ensure designs are manufacturable and aligned with arenaflex, quality, and performance targets
• In partnership with the Asia team, visit factories to review design and development samples throughout the product development process
• Participate in qualitative and quantitative research to understand user needs, ergonomic considerations, and industry trends
• Support post-launch improvements by responding to customer feedback, production learnings, and quality insights Skills
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design (BID) or a related field
• 5–10 years of experience at a design-led product company or product development consultancy, ideally in the furniture space
• Proven experience designing and developing physical products that have shipped to market
• Strong passion for researching, sketching, 3D modeling, rendering, prototyping, and storytelling design ideas
• Experience with furniture-related products or products of similar scale that interact with humans and the built environment
• Working knowledge of furniture materials, construction methods, and manufacturing processes
• Strong design sensibility across form, proportion, color, materiality, ergonomics, and usability
• Ability to translate conceptual designs into dimensioned drawings and CAD suitable for prototyping and manufacturing by international suppliers
• Comfortable collaborating directly with engineers and factories to resolve design and manufacturability challenges
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities with minimal oversight
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with a willingness to practice and improve through regular collaboration with global teams
• An entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable working in evolving environments, with a strong bias for action and learning
• Proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks preferred)
• Strong working knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, with the ability to support light graphic, layout, or visual communication needs as part of broader design workflows
• Experience supporting printed materials, packaging design, or assembly documentation is a plus, particularly in collaboration with graphic or production designers Company Overview
• Branch is an online marketplace for office furniture. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job

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