Senior Manager, Industrial Design
About The Position
At Coca-Cola’s Global Equipment Platforms team, the Senior Manager, Industrial Design shapes physical experiences for beverage equipment and helps bridge physical and digital products. The role works across a global portfolio that includes coolers, vending machines, fountain dispensers, Freestyle units, and related equipment, partnering with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, manufacturers, and innovators. The position leads industrial design from discovery through production, translating consumer, customer, brand, and business needs into intuitive, human-centered, manufacturable, and scalable products. It also contributes to visual and graphic design for equipment and supports preferred UI initiatives across global equipment platforms. The successful candidate brings creative vision, consumer-centered design expertise, thoughtful leadership, and a collaborative, future-focused mindset. This position is based in Atlanta, United States. Travel is listed as 0%–25%; relocation is not provided. Coca-Cola does not offer employment-based visa sponsorship for this position; applicants must already be authorized to work full-time in the United States without requiring sponsorship.
Requirements
- Portfolio demonstrating exceptional industrial design craft, creative range, concept development, problem-solving, design process, and products brought toward market; include a portfolio link with the application.
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design or a related field.
- 7+ years of industrial design experience with consumer products, commercial equipment, durable goods, or a comparable product category.
- Advanced capability with 2D and 3D design tools, including CAD (such as SolidWorks or Rhino), rendering tools (such as KeyShot), and graphic design tools (such as Adobe Creative Suite).
- Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, such as injection molding, metal finishing, die-casting, and extrusion, with an emphasis on managing cost and quality.
- Experience collaborating with engineering and manufacturing teams to bring designs to market.
- Practical experience applying user-centered design, ergonomics, research findings, or usability feedback to physical product decisions.
- Demonstrated knowledge of industrial design project management, including meeting project timelines and quality expectations.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work full-time in the United States and must not require Coca-Cola sponsorship to continue working legally in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in UI or interaction design, including wireframes, interactive prototypes, or design systems; Figma proficiency is a plus.
- Experience with consumer research methodologies, field observation, or usability testing.
- Experience designing for foodservice, retail, hospitality, or amusement environments.
- Knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design principles across physical and digital touchpoints.
- Experience with CMF strategy, production graphics, brand systems, or visual identity application.
- Comfort experimenting with emerging design technologies, including generative AI, immersive tools, digital fabrication, or rapid visualization workflows.
- Video editing or motion design experience for concept storytelling, presentations, prototypes, or design communication.
- Experience supporting UI initiatives and developments across global equipment platforms.
Responsibilities
- Generate original, future-focused industrial design concepts that address consumer, customer, brand, and business needs.
- Lead industrial design direction from discovery through production, defining the vision, principles, and standards that guide detailed design development and global execution.
- Provide art direction and design feedback to agencies, manufacturers, and development partners to ensure solutions are intuitive, on-brand, manufacturable, and scalable.
- Develop concepts, sketches, CAD, renderings, graphics, mock-ups, market-ready designs, and prototypes for beverage equipment and related components.
- Create product stories, presentations, and design narratives that communicate creative direction and support decision-making.
- Center consumers, customers, crew members, and service technicians in design decisions.
- Partner with UX researchers and project teams to observe behavior, identify unmet needs, translate insights into design opportunities, and validate concepts with users.
- Apply human factors, ergonomics, accessibility awareness, and intuitive interaction principles to physical and connected experiences.
- Partner with engineering throughout development to balance desirability, usability, brand expression, technical feasibility, manufacturability, durability, cost, and operational realities.
- Collaborate with industrial design, UX, UI, engineering, software, insights, marketing, procurement, agencies, and equipment manufacturers.
- Invite critique, communicate design intent, incorporate feedback, manage priorities and deliverables independently, and contribute to broader team success.
- Create or refine graphics for equipment, presentations, documentation, mock-ups, and prototypes; prepare graphic files, guidance, or production specifications for partners.
- Understand, promote, and apply Coca-Cola brand standards and visual identity principles across equipment graphics.
- Support UI initiatives and developments across global equipment platforms (preferred).
Benefits
- A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits is offered, depending on the position.
- Annual incentive reference value of 15%.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
