Hong Kong
Product designer
at A Work Of Substance
Substance is hiring a product designer to join its team in Hong Kong/Bali.
About Substance
Human creations, anchored in culture.
We are a collective of passionate explorers from 15 countries. We exercise the art of forgetting what we know and look to maps of the past, as we scavenge for vibrant stories about the people and cultures that our designs inhabit.
With the intention of respecting our intrinsic relationship with the environment, we are dedicated to nourishing and strengthening the communities that we touch, to conscientiously using our planet’s resources, and to actively upholding our integrity by telling stories through design.
We believe that design is a labour of love as much as it is a love for labour. In our quest to harness the power of sustainable design to improve lives, we revel in the intense ruminations of the future of our world, in the scrupulous refinement of details, and in the thoughtful exploration of the rituals that mold our ideas into shape.
Our team of strategists, editors, graphic designers, architects, landscape designers, interior designers, product designers allow us to shape every single touch point. Our designs are an opportunity to entertain a conversation with your guests, which is essentially what creates a one of a kind experience.
Each design element is a tool to maintain that conversation. It is an invitation to interact and to contemplate, entertaining rituals and creating habits.
It is an opportunity to tell your story and to tell a story that no else is telling.
Job description
We are looking for a product designer with experience designing lighting and furniture to join our team as part of our growing custom-made furniture/accessories design and production activity.
The location of the role could be based either in our Hong Kong office or in our Bali office.
The successful candidate will be both an independent problem solver, as well as a proven team player when it comes to getting the job done. We’re looking for an individual who takes details and aesthetics seriously, and is interested in taking on the most challenging and rewarding projects around the globe and has experience working with raw and natural materials.
If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, get excited about finding smarter ways to do things, and have a burning desire to be part of a winning team where you can truly make a difference, we want to meet you.
Responsibilities:
- discussing the design brief with the creative team
- producing detailed, final hand drawings and specifications
- using dedicated computer software (CAD) to produce design specifications
- working closely with creative director, design director, product designers and rest of the team to ensure the best quality of deliverables and design
- producing reports and presenting ideas to colleagues at various stages of the design process
- modifying and improving ideas according to feedback received
- overseeing the testing of the chosen design
- help source local/regional materials
- work closely with local and regional production facilities to get budgets, quotes, mock-ups, and production
- work closely with the design team and produce mock-ups as per specification
- manage local contractors ensuring intended design is carried out as specified
Requirements:
- experience in drafting F&B/hospitality/retail interior drawings and decoration projects
- experience in working with furniture and lighting
- possesses a love for natural materials
- junior to mid-weight
- ability to conceptualize through hand sketches, render, produce technical drawings and work closely with production partners
- work with factories/partners on site
- create mockups
- review prototypes
- proficient in Rhino, Adobe Creative (In design, Photoshop, illustrator)
- fully fluent in English. Cantonese and/or Mandarin is a plus
- highly motivated and reactive, passionate about design and a good team player
Interested? Please submit your resume and portfolio via the apply for job button below.
www.aworkofsubstance.com