Color and Material Finish

Job Description

Are you keen to drive, innovate and develop Color /Material Strategies for LEGO Design play material. If so, apply today

As Senior CMF Lead Designer in the System and Material Innovation Team you will work at the intersection of Color Material Innovation and Product Design

Core Responsibilities

You will have overall responsibility to explore and develop new Color and Material opportunities and Strategies for Innovation across the portfolio, as well as to provoke innovative Material and Platform Innovation

• Innovation and Strategy: Drive innovative CMF strategies, identify emerging trends in color, material and finish design to ensure our products remain at the forefront of design excellence. Able to develop criteria and point of view on innovation opportunity areas and prioritization to bring a vision alive.
• Research and Insights: Conduct research and insights, product design trends and new material technologies and translate them and develop new concepts, product ideas, and CMF strategies.
• Material Technology Development: Collaborate with external vendors/suppliers, material scientists and engineers and explore and investigate in new Material technologies and developments
• Concept Presentation and Visualization: Create visualization, graphics, material samples and hand-crafted prototypes that will demonstrate CMF design concepts. Visualize CMF choices applying 2D and 3D software
• Collaborative Innovation: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineers, Material Development, Designers and Specialists to bring concepts to life.
• Mentorship: Provide Guidance and mentorship to junior Designers, encouraging a collaborative and creative work environment. Share knowledge and expertise in CMF design to elevate the team’s capabilities. Ability to encourage and engage multidisciplinary teams in front end innovation

Play your part in our team succeeding

As part of the System and Material Innovation Team, you will interact broadly with partners across various levels, including all Design Teams, the Design Leadership Team, Operations, and Material Development Specialists.

You should be a proactive and collaborative person and hybrid thinker, able to think flexibly and strategically within your own design subject area as well as across other design fields who adopt innovation to uncover new insights and possibilities.

Do you have what it takes?

• 10+ years CMF design experience, defining trends, color material and finishes for mass manufacture and crafting Design strategies
• Good knowledge of hard and soft materials (Plastics, Textile, Effects, Ink etc.)
• experience with creative and innovative development processes
• Strong visualization skills, 2D/3D and able to communicate a strategy and Design direction to peers
• Work collaboratively with partners across different departments and use agile ways of working
• Phenomenal visual, verbal, and written communication skills, ability to communicate innovative ideas with internal and external partners across all levels
• Outstanding portfolio that proves solid Design skills and forward thinking
• Trend Awareness and Deep understanding of current and future trends in design, materials, and technologies

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

What’s in it for you?

Here is what you can expect:

Family Care Leave - We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

Wellbeing - We want our people to feel well and thrive. We offer resources and benefits to nurture physical and mental wellbeing along with opportunities to build community and inspire creativity.

Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build, so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

Bonus - We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

Workplace - When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is highly committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay and seeks to encourage applicants from all backgrounds (eg. sex, gender identity or expression, race/ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, age and religion) to apply for roles in our team.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you dream of being a part of our team and you meet many, but not all of our listed qualifications for this role, please apply.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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