Director of Industrial Design, quip
$150-180k
+ Bonus pool eligibility
Oral care products, advice, and services
Open for applications
Oral care products, advice, and services
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$150-180k
+ Bonus pool eligibility
101-200 employees
Company mission
To change oral care habits from a have-to chore to a want-to ritual.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional Industrial Design experience, preferred in consumer electronics or personal care products
- Extensive experience with manufacturing processes such as injection molding, mold and fixture making, stamping, plating, painting, casting
- Strong familiarity with manufacturing engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering principles
- Strong concept development techniques utilizing 3D modeling, sketching, sculpting, or other rapid processes
- Knowledge and ability to use tools such as SolidWorks, Rhino, Keyshot, and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as guide others in their right application
- Ability to design user experience sessions, design research sessions, and /or innovative ideation sessions
- Familiarity with prototyping solutions with a mix of samples, handwork, FDM printing, and SLA 3D printing (Form 3)
- Understanding of and familiarity working with product commercialization processes (milestone or phasegate based)
- Experience partnering and working with global contract manufacturers to achieve design vision and product requirements
- You are naturally curious and take initiative to open up new ideas not just by suggestion, but through persuasive prototypes, and other media
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Director of Industrial Design to lead design strategy and execution for our hardware and consumables product roadmaps
- You’ll work with multiple disciplines and guide concepts, thinking, research, and high fidelity form development for our newest products. You’ll also collaborate deeply with marketing, creative, and digital product teams to inform design-focused solutions across the company. You will play a leading role facilitating deep dives into concept development, brainstorms, and workshops to define future innovations as well
- You should not only be adept at communicating concepts through various mediums (sketches, renderings, 3d modeling) but be able to guide and support our Product team and external Partners to develop their own skillsets at the highest level
- Guide cross functional team members and workflows to align Company strategic goals with our highly innovative and executable product roadmap
- Inspire our team of designers, engineers, and researchers to deliver world class design work in a highly collaborative environment
- Define quip’s design ethos and strategy across multiple mediums, paying attention to every detail of a product including packaging, digital, material, finish, weight, and user experience
- Ability to think both strategically and practically about design in order to achieve schedule, margin, quality, and manufacturability
- Ability to translate inputs from a variety of sources including Customers, Consumer Research, and Industry Trends into defined product concepts and features
- Serve as an ambassador for product at quip, bringing your passion to both internal stakeholder reviews, as well external events such as brand and product launches, influencer events, and even media engagements!
Our take
Consumer product companies have long dominated their space with little competition or pricing pressure. However, technological innovation and an increased awareness of the importance of dental hygiene calls for innovation in the dental care industry.
quip is doing just this by producing innovative dental care products that are sold direct-to-customer as an automatic subscription service. While companies such as Shyn, Goby and Buck Brush Co. present competition in the electronic toothbrush industry, Quip’s partnership with Target demonstrates it could be ahead in the race.
The company has raised funding of over $160M to date, which has been invested into expanding its global footprint whilst scaling its personal care platform. It also acquired several smaller companies such as Toothpic and released its own electric toothbrush, described as "industry-disrupting" due to its three-month battery life. With these achievements under its belt, the future is one of great excitement for the company.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2024
$15.5m
LATE VC
Aug 2021
$100m
SERIES B
Total funding: $167.8m
Company HQ
Fulton Ferry District, NY
Leadership
Lauri Kien Kotcher
(CEO)Joined quip in 2023 as CEO. Previously the CEO of The Shade Store and Hello Products. They also served as a Senior Advisor at L Catterton, as a CMO and SVP of Global Brand Development at Godiva Chocolatier, as a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, and as the Head of Global Marketing at Pfizer Consumer Healthcare.
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