Design Associate Job Description
Design associate
provides leadership in and conduct activities associated with support of existing product manufacturing efforts as it pertains to design, documentation, and general support of inspection processes, manufacturing processes and test processes and cost reduction activities to include engineering analysis, product design, drawing preparation, cost estimation, and product planning.
Design Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Design and drafting for Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Systems projects in the chemical process, power, and forest products industries
Transform Industrial Design concepts into functional and manufacturable products, while following Newell’s Product Development Process
Oversee retouching photo work, and all other printed materials from various departments that are utilized in the field
Styles and photographs concepts
Responsible for timeline adherence
Must be highly skilled in Illustrator and Photoshop
Must be flexible with the ability to self manage
Bachelor s degree with 2 years of experience in handbag or related accessory design
2-3 years related work experience in graphics and/or textile CAD design
Demonstrated proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Design Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Design Associate
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: FAA, PMP, OEM, DAS, EASA, ISO, FDA, LEED, AP, RCDD
Education for Design Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the design associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Interior Design, Design, Technical, Computer, Graphic Design, Associates, Fashion, Furniture, Mechanical Engineering, Education
Skills for Design Associate
Desired skills for design associate include:
Features and benefits of existing and new product line
Products
Company standards
General principles of home décor and design
Related computer applications
Work management system
Engineering & Construction Planning processes
E&CP processes
CSS
HTML
Desired experience for design associate includes:
Strong hand sketching ability, including flat sketching
Fashion/luxury brand experience, a plus
Available to work a 24 hour/week schedule
Work with Packaging Design team to oversee the tracking and filing of internal photo work (single product page photography and all materials necessary for internal and retailer.com use)
Coordinate and deliver brand-right designs that tie back to the over all concept and business strategy
Adapt design based on feedback
Design Associate Examples
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Design Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of design associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for design associate
- Collaborate with Senior Designer of E-Commerce & Social Media
- Responsible for circulating proofs from Production
- Manages and keeps organized excess proofs in cubbies for storage and reference purposes
- Mentor and manage a group of creatives, providing clear direction and constructive feedback
- Lead by example articulating and presenting creative ideas to teams and internal clients
- Collaborate with Designers, Copywriters, Illustrators, Art Directors and business leaders
- Work closely with Campaign and Project Managers to schedule deadlines, and resolve resource any delivery issues
- Be able to juggle multiple projects, lead by example and delegate work effectively
- Have strong leadership and mediation skills, enjoy mentoring and fostering growth of junior team members
- Can discern individual team members’ abilities and match the right people with the right work
Qualifications for design associate
- Available for full training schedule
- Mastered use of MS Office tools
- High attention to detail and organization in design work and project management
- Ability to build relationships a must
- Creative with good design sensibilities and a passion for home
- Comfort with leveraging technology to support our customers
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a design associate. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for design associate
- Enters projects as requested into the work management system using Designer field notes, templates, and/or Expert Designer or other methods
- Copies/translate sketches/notes from Designers into appropriate format for attached construction prints on lighting work orders in the work management system
- Verifies/completes the dependencies in the work management system prior to releasing job(s)
- Assists Designer with updating work management system for status, project comments, or customer comments and contact information
- Compiles, reviews, and prints reports from work management system as needed
- Are comfortable collaborating with people from different creative disciplines and teams
- Extensive design experience in brand identity, art direction, web, motion, advertising and typography
- In-depth understanding of Adobe Creative Suite
- Self-motivation, flexibility and an impeccable attention to detail
- Drive innovation and deliver differentiated, holistic solutions that improve health and wellbeing
Qualifications for design associate
- Ability to work with successfully with customers and team
- Positive attitude with stylish professional appearance and high energy with a desire to learn the business
- An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating visual branding, advertising and great user-centered design solution
- Coordinate user research and the identification and synthesis of user needs into design opportunities and frameworks
- Provide human factors/usability guidance in collaboration with our industrial design team to support design development
- Contribute to the improvement of design processes, including supporting documentation, guidance materials, SOPs and editing documents
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of design associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for design associate
- Designs and lays out print and electronic promotional collateral including brochures, flyers, e-mails, corporate and product presentations
- Uses a disciplined approach and multiple methodologies to assist in analysis and determination of preferred solutions to technical challenges
- Understands the principles of basic surfacing to ensure exposure to master, skeleton, and kinematic models
- Supports Moldflow and finite element analysis (FEA) with guidance to deliver a robust engineering design
- Develops computer aided design (CAD) models based on industrial design intent to transform concepts into manufacturable specifications
- Participates in brainstorm activities to push the limits on product design while maintaining product integrity
- Create fieldwork guides and conduct fieldwork with patients and staff on- and off-site
- Design, create, and facilitate cross-departmental workshops
- Analyze data in collaboration with other team members
- Support selected design projects through all activities, including problem framing, planning, research, analysis, synthesis, ideation, prototyping, and translation to implementation
Qualifications for design associate
- Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Design Strategy or Product Design is preferred
- Relevant experience in strategy, content development or program management
- Ability to support the development of visual/verbal narratives using a combination of tools, including Microsoft Office software and Adobe Creative Suite, for strategic presentations, scopes of work and team inspiration
- Ability to distill and simplify complex information
- Graphics/rendering software (SketchUp, Adobe, 3D Max, and Bentley MicroStation CAD, ) experience
- Strong written and verbal communication presentation skills required
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a design associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for design associate
- Collaborate on direction of Design Innovation Group by developing vision, purpose, and objectives together with S&I leadership and design group
- Attend and participate in key design conferences providing external exposure for the work of the design innovation group and MSKCC
- Maintain professional growth and development through seminars, workshops and professional affiliations to keep abreast of the changes in design methodology, healthcare, and related industries
- Design and format marketing materials including property brochures, proposals, presentation boards, flyers, postcards, newsletters, and event invitations• Determine size and arrangement of material and copy and select font style and size of type, according to company brand standards
- Fulfill mapping requests when mapping coordinator is out of office• Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts
- Leading projects with limited input from the Design Manager
- Guiding and directing colleagues on projects with communication, delegation and follow-up
- Mentoring and sharing skills across the Design Central team
- Rationalize, visualize and verbalize solutions with the project leaders
- Maintaining and following asset management structure, file naming and project tracking
Qualifications for design associate
- Ability to work a combination of days, nights and weekends
- Previous sales experience preferred, but not required.Creative with good design sensibilities and a passion for home
- Motion graphics experience (After Effects, Final Cut Pro)
- Skills are typically acquired through 1+ year of experience
- Proficiency in Adobe CC with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
- Communication – highly articulate
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a design associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for design associate
- Responsible for CAD model, drawing package, bill of material, and product specification
- Performs engineering analysis to predict the behavior of the proposed designs using appropriate analysis tools, hardware or software
- Provides input to product design plans including budgets and schedules
- Works with vendors to finalize design and create specifications specific for that product application
- Works with test engineers and technicians to develop a test plan, which simulates the requirements of the customer
- Supports company quality policies within their respective area
- Must be comfortable handling all project types and tasks
- Applies standard designs to lower complexity corrective maintenance work, follow-up work, and/or other routine program work
- Assists the Designers with general work order preparations, particularly for overhead and underground revenue work, major projects and other maintenance / program work
- Completes work orders that do not require a field visit of guidance from a Designer
Qualifications for design associate
- Ability to build meaningful relationships
- Comfortable leveraging technology to support our customers.Whether you’re laying out a floor plan or navigating a customer’s order in the system, you’re comfortable leveraging technology to enhance the customer experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of SQL, HL7, APIs, and computer networking a strong plus
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering required (Mechanical Engineering, Design Engineering preferred)
- Demonstrates computer literacy in CAD (Creo preferred)
- BS/BA in Apparel Design/Manufacturing or equivalent combination of education and experience