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Overview

At Cricut®, we believe that we’re all born makers. When we built our first cutting machine, we saw the potential for a simple yet powerful tool to completely transform the way people craft, design, and DIY. Since then, we continue to innovate with new machines, platforms, materials, and tools, but that’s just what we do. Who we are is a bustling worldwide community, a means for connection, and an outlet for unbridled creativity. Join us as we place the power of handmade into the hands of ALL.

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Love your work. And your coworkers.

Our company is made up of A+ human beings. We ask tough questions, entertain ideas outside of our own, and work together to make something bigger than ourselves. With Cricut® growing in China, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, as well as Europe and South America, we’re on an unstoppable roll, satisfying that innate creative itch around the world. We train, develop, and celebrate great work with hallway high fives and promotions within. We also throw the world’s best Halloween party.

Enjoy incredible perks.

We take care of our team. From outstanding medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits, to pet insurance, 401K match, life insurance, incentive programs, paid time off, on-site massages, phenomenal work-life balance, and employee discounts, we offer the best benefits package in the DIY consumer electronics industry. Period.

Like what you see? We can’t wait to meet you.

Don’t you just love designing for people that are genuinely excited about your products? Don’t you just love stumbling across low-hanging fruit? Isn’t it fun working with world-class designers?  

Over the last few years we’ve built an incredible design team, full of nice people that like solving interesting problems. People who put their ego aside and help each other for the good of the team, and we’d like you to join.  

We’re looking for a Senior Industrial Designer capable of leading hardware projects from the very beginning of product definition, to the very end of mass production and beyond.  

This position can be remote anywhere in USA.

Responsibilities 

• Provide vision, creative solutions, and beautiful aesthetics for Industrial Design across various categories: machines, products, accessories, packaging, hand tools, soft goods, furniture and everything in-between.  

• Lead design projects from start to finish. 

• Develop and maintain a consistent visual design language across a family of products. 

• Work closely with internal engineering teams to solve problems and deliver great hardware solutions.  

• Collaborate well with our vendors and suppliers to find the best results for the product, company and end users.  

• Clearly communicate design points-of-view with internal stakeholders.  

• Work with external design agencies across the world.  

• Understand user needs, technical limitations, cost targets, timelines and business objectives.  

• Work well with internal teams, including others in the ID team to bring the best possible products to the market.  

• 6+ years of relevant Industrial Design experience including experience in a Design Consultancy/Agency capacity. 

• Mastery of industry standard design software, including 3D CAD (Solidworks, Rhino, Creo), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Keyshot/Bunkspeed. 

• Proficient with the Microsoft office suite 

• Hands-on prototyping and model making experience. 

• An excellent portfolio demonstrating thoughtful design, an understanding of end-users and strong sketching, research, color and form skills 

• Award-winning design experience. 

• Proven track record of bringing products to market in mass production.  

• Excellent communication skills 

• Experience working on products with complex mechanical design in close collaboration with Mechanical engineers 

• Excellent understanding of plastic and metal manufacturing processes 

• Strong organizational skills 

• Strategic and tactical thinking 

What to Do Next: 

Please attach your resume including links to your portfolio where applicable. If you want to show your super powers in other ways – include that information too. You can be sure that Cricut® is an employer who values individuality, equality and diversity, so tell us what you’re all about. If you are a Maker or a DIY enthusiast, whether you think you are a good one or not, we would love to hear about it when you send us your information!

At Cricut®, we celebrate inclusion and diversity. Cricut is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions based on merit. Cricut prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual identity, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, or any other unlawful consideration. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Cricut participates in E-Verify.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description. Candidates must pass a background check and reference check.