Toy Designer - Innovation Job at Just Play, LLC, Newtown, PA

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  • Just Play, LLC
  • Newtown, PA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Product Designer

Department: Creative – New Brands

Reporting To: Senior Director – Product Design

Location: Newtown, PA

Company Overview:

Just Play is a passionate and trend driven leader in the children’s consumer goods industry. Our products are an impressive mix of promotional and everyday items for the whole family. We work with the world’s leading children’s entertainment brands to manufacture and distribute exceptional products to every major mass retailer throughout North America and around the world.

Job Summary:

Just Play has an incredible opportunity to join the growing Innovation team at a top ten U.S. toy company! Just Play is actively seeking a creative and motivated Product Designer to work on several brands and categories in a fast-paced and exciting environment.

To ensure success as a Product Designer, the ideal candidate will:

  • Thrive in a fast paced and constantly evolving environment
  • Be a collaborative team-player who is adept at processing feedback from a wider functional team.
  • Possess strong sketching, drawing, rendering and dimensional styling skills and the ability to apply them to a fast-paced, iterative design process.
  • Have the inspiration to translate their passion for preschool toys into exciting new toy features.
  • Have familiarity with developing a toy from concept to prototype, and through manufacturing stages.

* This position is located in Newtown, PA and in-office presence is required *

Principal Responsibilities:

  • Actively generate new designs and ideas for New IP Brands at Just Play.
  • Execute on Idea Generation and Product Designs.
  • Design and develop New IP Brands.
  • Successfully present and communicate concepts to the design, marketing and management.
  • Communicate and work with exterior resources like model makers, sculptors, and soft goods designers.
  • Able to identify trends and apply them to new avenues of growth for toy categories.
  • Contribute to various pitch opportunities as they arise to grow Just Play’s portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Toy Design or other related design field
  • Minimum 2+ years’ toy design experience required.
  • Able to multitask and manage several projects at once in a highly dynamic and fast paced environment.
  • Experience across product categories like plush, dolls and play sets/accessories.
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
  • Understanding of 3D software is a plus.
  • Knowledge of material and manufacturing process for toy development.
  • Ability to work both autonomously and in a team environment.
  • Understanding of girl’s product design styling cross categories and the ability to infuse cuteness into designs, a plus.
  • Understanding of features and play patterns in toys.
  • A blue-sky thinker who can problem solve an idea into reality.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Advanced collaboration and interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills.
  • Proficient in all Microsoft Office programs specifically PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams
  • Ability to travel domestically as needed.
  • Fluency in English (both written and verbal)

Just Play is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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