Product Designer - Junior
About The Position
Great product design starts with great insights—and at Gensler, those insights are powered by a broad, cross-disciplinary perspective shaped by work across virtually every market sector and geographic region. As a Product Designer within Gensler’s Product Practice you will collaborate with strategists, designers, and manufacturing partners to create innovative products for the built environment. This is a hands-on industrial design role (not UI/UX) that spans the full product development lifecycle, from research, visioning, and concept generation through design development, prototyping, validation, and launch, leveraging emerging technologies, new materials, and evolving user needs to deliver commercially successful products and exceptional user experiences.
Requirements
- Completion of your undergraduate study or graduate study in Industrial Design, Environmental Design or similar object-based education platform.
- 1 - 5 years of relevant product design experience
- High proficiency level of Solidworks along with rendering skills (Keyshot preferred)
- Experience and interest in AI visualization platforms such as Nano Banana is required.
- Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
- Strong skills in 3D modeling, prototyping, and material exploration.
- Ability to create or interpret technical drawings, fabrication details, and assembly diagrams.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on skills in model making, digital fabrication (CNC, laser cutting), or 3D printing are a plus.
- Curiosity about emerging technologies, including generative AI and computational processes, XR/VR/AR for product visualization, parametric design tools, and material innovation and sustainable fabrication methods.
- Revit proficiency a plus
- Project management experience a plus
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative products and solutions for the built environment, including furniture, lighting, wall systems, flooring, and architectural hardware.
- Conduct market, user, and competitive research to identify opportunities and inform product strategy.
- Participate in design charrettes, innovation workshops, and stakeholder reviews to shape product concepts and direction.
- Create and communicate design ideas through sketches, renderings, 3D models, prototypes, presentations, and technical documentation.
- Evaluate concepts for aesthetics, performance, ergonomics, sustainability, code compliance, manufacturability, and cost.
- Research and specify materials, finishes, colors, and manufacturing processes.
- Develop and review mock-ups, prototypes, and production samples to refine and validate product solutions.
- Present concepts and recommendations to clients and project stakeholders.
- Explore emerging technologies, visualization tools, computational design methods, and prototyping techniques to advance product innovation.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- disability
- wellness programs
- flex spending
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- 401k
- profit sharing
- employee stock ownership
- twice annual bonus opportunities
- reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
- reimbursement tuition for certain eligible programs or classes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
