Interim Product Designer - Wellbeing Design

The Position
As a Product Designer, you are responsible for applying the appropriate visual and functional skills to articulate brand and value propositions into product design concepts. Creatively support and contribute to design of current and future appliances, from initial
concept through production. You will be reporting to the Design Manager – Global Floor Care.

Analytical & conceptual skills:
Ability to contribute to the analyze of consumer insights, trend foresight and competitive landscape to form a relevant understanding of the contextual opportunity for the Branded product offer.
Support the creative process delivering surprising and relevant scenarios / concepts that explore potential or articulate a proposition, based on contextual understanding.

Visual Design Skills:
Strong visual Design skills with the ability to use appropriate tools (sketching, 3D modeling, rendering) to define and communicate product concepts.
Support the creation of effective and appropriate visual languages by understanding the meaning and effect of these on the brand, audience, market and culture.

Functional Design Skills:
Support the creation of functional product concepts that appropriately address the user and it’s contextual requirements. Define and apply general usability principles (in partnership with other competencies e.g. Interaction Design, Product Graphics, etc.).
Able to understand the technical opportunities and constraints and apply appropriate production technology, materials and finishes (in partnership with other competencies e.g. Color, Materials & Finishes, Product Graphics, Surfacing Design, Studio Engineer, etc.).

Communicating & influencing skills:
Communicate ideas clearly and persuasively at an individual (and group level).
Build relationships and appropriately influence relevant internal (& external stakeholders).

Personal Attitudes:
Collaborative nature with ability to work in multi-functional international teams.
Pro-active work attitude and ability to organize personal work to meet deadlines.

About you:
Degree or higher-level qualification in appropriate field such as Industrial Design or Fine Arts.
Up to 3 years of Professional Product Design experience.
A proven track record of excellent design performance in previous positions.
Fluency in English. Other European languages are a benefit.
Alias or rhino 3 years experience, Adobe, Microsoft, Keyshot.

Electrolux offers
This is a great opportunity to work with a fast-paced company. You will work at the global headquarters in Stockholm in Stadshagen. This is a consultant assignment staring January 11th 2021 and continues till June 30th 2022. 

Electrolux is collaboration with Next u for this assignment. That means that you would be hired with an hourly rate by Next u, but work for Electrolux.

Application
To apply, fill out the form at the bottom of the job ad at Next u's website. We recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible as selection and interviews are held continually. You are welcome to send your application written in English

We look forward to your application!

About Electrolux
Electrolux is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell approximately 60 million household products in approximately 120 markets every year. In 2019 Electrolux had sales of SEK 119 billion and employed 49,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.

About Next u
Next u is a recruiting and staffing company that believes that people are more important than resumes on paper. We know that people make the difference between good companies and great companies. That is why we are working with video as an integral tool in our work. This helps to give a far more true and fair depiction of both candidates and workplaces than any words on a paper can do. To learn more, visit our website