Associate Product Designer, Hard Goods

The Citizenry is a modern home brand created to inspire people to fill their homes with more meaningful items crafted by the best artisans around the world. The Citizenry is now part of The Havenly brand family (Havenly, Interior Define, The Citizenry, and The Inside). 

Believe craft, quality, and details matter at every brand touch point? Crave to use your design skills as a force for good? We are seeking a seasoned Associate Product Designer with strong design skills to concept and craft inspiring products that evoke The Citizenry’s eclectic aesthetic. With refined taste and an edited eye, you will design within an established identity while working to push the brand forward as we expand our collections and categories to create a best-in-class whole home assortment.

You will work directly with our VP of Design & Product Development, as well as Design, Product Development, Planning and Supply Chain teams to ideate and actualize thoughtfully-designed products across furniture, lighting, tabletop and décor. You will think strategically and create relentlessly with a passion and dedication to the craft.

The cherry on top? Your work will progress The Citizenry’s brand mission, helping preserve artisanal craftsmanship and providing sustainable income to thousands of artisans around the world.

What You’ll do:

• Overall goal: Create compelling products that are inspired by as well as celebrate the best craftsmanship from around the globe. This means making everything you touch

more beautiful and “breakthrough.”

• The ideal candidate has a background in home product design with some experience in furniture. Bonus points if you’ve help build a high-end consumer brand (startup

experience a plus).

• What you will be charged with day-to-day:
• Ideate products based on seasonal concept and inspiration as well as margin and retail targets
• Create detailed spec drawings to share with our artisan partners
• Communicate clearly and effectively with partners to bring to life your designs
• Collaborate closely with brand leadership to move the brand’s aesthetic forward
• Think strategically to identify potential areas of growth and newness
• Research the market to confirm that we are ahead of the curve and not chasing trends
• Hit targeted deadlines to ensure on time product launches

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s degree is required; Advanced degrees/certificates are a plus
• 3-8 years in design roles, some specifically in hard goods such as furniture,lighting and/or tabletop
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
• Strong brand understanding with a refined taste for styles and materials
• Ability to create product across multiple categories
• Communicate clearly and effectively, including with artisan partners where English may not be the first language
• Comfortable quickly pivoting, iterating, and creating multiple versions of designs
• Significant knowledge of and curiosity for the ever-changing home landscape
• Fast-working, detailed and thoughtful. Prefers a team “all hands-on deck” environment
• “Startup Flexible”: You handle ambiguity, serve up clarity, want to chart new territories while working within brand parameters to meet business goals
• Passion for the job and The Citizenry’s brand vision and mission

Additional Details: 

• This is a hybrid position, based 1-2x a week in our Dallas office and/or fulfillment center.
• Targeted compensation for this role is $50-55k, dependent upon experience.  
• Our total rewards package includes competitive compensation, generous PTO, volunteer days off, health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability), 401K, paid Parental leave, and Fertility benefits. In addition, we offer free design services, furniture discounts, and merchandise credits.
• Havenly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Havenly's employment decisions are made without regard with race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

As a company, our goal is to make everyone feel good at home and that starts right here, at Havenly HQ.  We celebrate our differences and encourage everyone to bring their true selves to work each and every day. Throughout the journey of each of our team members, as a company, we take pride in and commit to ensuring that everyone feels valued, heard, welcome and has equal opportunity to thrive. With the above stated, Havenly is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive team. We are open to candidates of all backgrounds and encourage you to apply if interested. 

MORE ABOUT THE CITIZENRY

The Citizenry is a modern home brand created to inspire people to fill their homes with more meaningful items crafted by the best artisans around the world.

We believe a design can only be as beautiful as the environment in which it’s made, so we demand quality – not just in the products we create, but also in the lives of the artisans we work with. We partner with thousands of artisans to craft our exclusive collections, and on average, they are paid wages more than two times the Fair Trade requirement. Together, we are setting new standards for retail.

The Citizenry was recently named one of Fast Company’s Top 20 Most Innovative Retail Companies and Interbrand’s Top Breakthrough Brands of 2020. Since launching in August 2014, the company has been featured in The New York Times, Financial Times, Vogue, and many other publications.

We chose the name “The Citizenry” to reflect the collective of individuals – artisans, designers, and dreamers – who rally together across cultures and continents to bring our collections to life.

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and believe our team is better when we have different perspectives, identities, origins, and abilities working together.

We welcome your application and look forward to getting to know you and your story.

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