London, UK
Senior product designer - soft goods
at tcc global
tcc global is seeking a senior product designer – soft goods to join its team in London.
Competitive salary plus 10% bonus and benefits
Passionate about product design and all things creative? Experienced in establishing the concept, colour palette, look, feel and features of new products within the textiles and soft goods category? Here, you’ll get to collaborate, input and grow within a team of product design experts, developing innovative products which we will eventually sell in a loyalty campaign.
Currently working with over 250 retailers worldwide across 60 markets and generating revenues of circa €460 million, it has never been a more exciting time for a Senior Product Designer, to make an impact within the team, as we look to grow the business over the next three years and double it over the next decade.
About the role
In this role, you’ll indeed play a fundamental role in establishing the concept, colour palette, construction, look, feel and features of the new products within our textiles and soft goods category, which also encompasses the logistical and manufacturing aspect of creating something new (i.e. work alongside the design team, sourcing, supply chain and suppliers).
You’ll design and develop multiple product ranges from end-to-end process from concept through to production, supporting the team to achieve the department KPI’s. This role will also be instrumental in supporting the entire Reward Development team.
40% time: Working as a designer across the campaign and reward development team on a variety of projects, supporting senior colleagues on projects from concept through to design and development. This will entail everything from initial concept sketches to design brief and final product. Joining colleagues at internal and external meetings to progress range development.
40% time: Work as autonomous project manager leading reward development from concept to launch phase, working as part of a team with colleagues in marketing, creative, sourcing, supply chain, brand management and logistics.
20% time: Working as part of a mixed reward, creative, marketing and brand team on new concepts in categories or with brands that tcc has never worked in before as an innovation workstream
Based out of our offices at Heathrow House and remotely from home, life in the campaign and reward development team is full of variety and evolving projects. You will be able to input and collaborate within a strong team of experts who are designing solutions for our clients so that they can reach, reward and retain their loyal customers across the digital and physical shopper journey.
About you
You’ll have practical problem-solving skills and be driven to develop thoughtful design solutions along with strong attention to detail and the ability to communicate ideas through outstanding visualisation skills. With a minimum of five years’ experience as a product designer, and ideally a strong graphic aesthetic.
You’ll have:
- demonstrable experience in soft goods product design, with a sound knowledge of product development through prototyping and testing
- ideally educated to degree level in product design or relevant design related discipline
- experience in working the entire product development process: from conceptualisation to manufacture
- highly competent in producing technical drawings and specifications ready for manufacture
- competency required in creative software -in 3D modelling an advantage
- competent with 2D visualisation tools – Adobe Creative Suite
- ability to put together professional design presentations
- excellent communication skills – visual, verbal, and written proficiency in English
About the benefits
Our culture is professional, entrepreneurial and focused around our people. At the heart of our business are our core values, which we regard as fundamental to our way of working. We encourage respect, truth, collaboration and Ccare, and to that end 5% of our profits are donated to the tcc foundation, aiming to give children “brighter beginnings” around the world and in the communities in which we operate.
Some of our employee benefits include:
- bonus scheme
- pension
- healthcare
- life assurance
- eye care vouchers and annual flu jab vaccination
- cycle to work scheme and free car parking
About your application
Please apply via the link below, it should take no longer than five minutes. If you don’t have an up to date CV, don’t worry. You have the option to apply with your LinkedIn profile, upload an old copy, or just provide some basic information and we’ll take it from there. Whichever way, we look forward to hearing from you. We aim to respond to all applications within one week.
tcc strives to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Information provided will be treated in strict confidence and will only be used for employment-related purposes.
About us and our culture
We believe that in today’s world, loyalty is needed more than ever… but has never been harder to achieve. tcc specialises in purpose led loyalty solutions that offer shoppers relevant, meaningful rewards to strengthen relationships resulting in short term sales impact and long-term brand benefit for our retail partners. And, as we celebrate our 30th year, we are proud to reflect on our history of consistently leading the market with unique and innovative solutions while also focussing on what’s next for loyalty.
With 17 fully sustainable ranges, and more in the pipeline, responsible rewards across the tcc suite of brands focus on themes like recycling food waste, living health lifestyles and protecting the planet we believe what we do today matters tomorrow.
Today we employ some 660 colleagues across 34 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and Australasia.