Associate Product Designer (Cinmar)

CBFG0168Associate Product Designer - Color, Print & Pattern Location: West Chester, Ohio Brand/Business: Grandin Road Reports to: Senior Designer

About the Role The Associate Product Designer is a developmental role designed to build the skills and experience needed to advance to a Designer position. Specializing in color, print, and pattern, this designer will also contribute to product design and concept development across home categories. Working under the guidance of the Senior Designer, you’ll help translate global trends and customer insights into brand-relevant concepts and product designs. You’ll support projects from initial concept through revisions, sample review, and final approval - balancing creative vision with business needs, product requirements, and established design processes. What You’ll Do

• Curate trend research and develop seasonal and trend boards that balance market insight with brand relevance.
• Create seasonal color palettes and curate print and pattern direction aligned with the brand vision.
• Develop and place artwork across product types, creating cohesive capsule collections across categories.
• Translate global trends into relevant concepts and designs, considering shape, materials, color, and print and pattern.
• Under the Senior Designer’s direction, develop SKU-level designs from initial concept through revisions and final sample approval.
• Design within the line plan and support financial growth and profitability, considering assortment strategy, price points, and cost engineering.
• Ensure designs align with seasonal concepts, big ideas, and the overall creative direction.
• Present concepts to the design leader for review and approval.
• Present product concepts and final specifications to cross-functional teams; partner with Merchandising on sketch revisions and approvals.
• Present final designs to the Executive team.
• Review first and final samples with Merchandising, helping ensure feedback, revisions, and approvals are completed on schedule.
• Prepare complete, accurate product design specification packages and meet calendar deadlines.
• Collaborate with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, and manufacturers/vendors throughout the development process.
• Travel for inspiration and to build knowledge of vendor capabilities.

Product Categories

Experience designing for home products is essential, including:

• Home decorative accessories
• Entertaining products, including serveware and dinnerware
• Home textiles, including bedding, decorative pillows, doormats, and table linens

What You’ll Bring

• Experience designing products for the home market, especially in the categories listed above.
• Strong design skills and a point of view in color, print, and pattern.
• The ability to interpret trends and translate them into designs that feel relevant to the brand and customer.
• An understanding of how to develop designs across product types and create cohesive collections.
• The ability to work within a design process, follow direction, manage revisions, and meet deadlines.
• Strong collaboration and presentation skills, including comfort sharing work for feedback and approval.
• Attention to detail when preparing designs, specifications, and sample comments.
• A growth mindset and interest in developing toward a Designer-level role.

Success in This Role Success means creating thoughtful, brand-right designs; contributing to cohesive seasonal direction; supporting product development with care and accuracy; and building the skills to take on increasing design ownership.

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at workwithus@qvcgrp.com for assistance.

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.