We’re hiring!
Want to join us in our quest to do good, play hard, push boundaries and have fun? We are reinforcing our Design team on our journey to become regenerative!
As a Product Designer at Houdini Sportswear, you will play an important part in the creation of truly exceptional products and experiences on our journey towards regenerative. Product design and development at Houdini is a truly co-creative process including not only your closest colleagues but our extend team of supplier, partners, and users. That is how we create products that deliver above and beyond expectations both in terms of performance, sustainability, and style. You will be responsible for the design process from ideation to final product, partake in fitting and field testing and be involved in coloration and range development. Innovation and creativity are a prerequisite, considering we tend to reimagine everything.
In line with our product philosophy, your scope will be systemic, ranging from product impact on nature and culture, and you will be part of the company’s continued transformation from linear to circular. You are an individual who thrives in an entrepreneurial company, setting high ambitions and working in an agile team to reach them together.
You will be based at Houdini HQ in Stockholm, Sweden as part of the Offering team reporting to Heads of Offering.
Responsibilities:
- Create design concepts, products, and developments in our offering range
- Developing new products and managing carry-overs in line with our design philosophy and designers check-list. From seed, to sketch and all the way to finished product.
- Ensure efficient process and communication flow between design, marketing, and development (within x- functional team) for all issues regarding the designed ranges and products
- Ensure proper handover of sketches into development. Main duty is to submit all relevant information needed for the development process such as sketches, detail sketches, fabric and trim indication, artworks…
- Partake and drive design/product development and decisions through fittings
- In innovation processes team up with internal and external partners to bring ideas to life
- Proactively work with digital meetings with suppliers to minimize travels
- Travel to visit suppliers when requested
- Partake in the work of developing Houdini Sportswear as a trailblazing innovator in the industry
Responsibilities as a member of the Offering team:
- Partake in the strategic development and expansion of the Houdini Offering, for trailblazing innovation, systems excellence, above and beyond user experiences to enable reconnection to nature.
- Engage in the creation and development of Houdini's Offerings commercial strength to increase sales and enhance the customer experience.
- Contribute to process and systems excellence, individually and as a team.
- Contribute to a culture of trust and distribution of responsibilities for a joyful, fast and agile way of working and reaching results.
- Strive towards Houdini’s goals and vision in your individual work as well as in collaborations with other internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- A master at combining a fun and challenging job with an equally active lifestyle
- 3+ years of work experience in related roles
- Passionate about creating products beyond expectations
- Experience of working closely with Design and Fabrics & Technologies Development
- Experience of innovation processes and transformation processes for a trailblazing brand is a clear advantage
- Team player with strong vision and a resilient yet determined mind-set, suitable for an entrepreneurial and growing company
- Relevant education within design
- Strong communications skills and fluent in English, both in writing and verbally. Other languages are meriting.
- Analytic mindset and experience Adobe Creative Cloud.
Join us in doing good, playing hard, pushing boundaries and having fun!
At Houdini, every day is a chance to flip the script. To challenge the norm of the industry, to be part of the solution rather than the problem. Never settle for good enough, being part of the bigger vision; to offer people the maximum experience, with zero impact. Creating products above and beyond expectations enabling our end users to focus on fully on their experience in the great outdoors. Looking forward to having you join our team!
If you are interested, please send us your application including a personal letter and CV, at the latest October 18th 2021. We will be interviewing directly, so don’t hesitate to send in your application right away! Please send your application to work@houdinisportswear.com.
