Our client, a design agency, is currently seeking an Industrial Designer with a focus on retail displays to join their team on a freelance basis for 3-4 months. This will be a 40 hour week assignment and you must have your own laptop! They are open to either fully remote, or if NYC based then ideally onsite 1 day per week.
Overview
Design and execute brand and retailer specific display concepts for an exciting array of brands in both the prestige and mass retail channels. You will drive projects from concept through production while coordinating tasks across design, engineering, and fabrication teams. The ideal candidate blends an Industrial Design/ POP background with exceptional graphic and 3-D skills, a sophisticated eye for contemporary retail, and a strong grasp of merchandising strategy and shopper behavior.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualize & design cosmetic retail displays and fixtures, including prestige-inspired retail walls, gondolas, and graphic systems that establish clear competitive brand differentiation
- Create mood & vision boards translating brand equities into compelling CMF palettes, typographic systems, and storytelling hierarchies
- Model & render high-fidelity 3-D environments (SketchUp, 3ds Max,, Solidworks or Rhino) to validate sightlines, planograms, and shopper flow
- Prepare design control drawing - dimensioned mechanicals, BOMs, and material specs -for engineering and vendor bid packages
- Research category & consumer trends to inspire innovation in navigation, interactivity, and regimen-building strategies on a project basis
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (rendering, engineering, sales) in concept development
Qualifications
- 7+ years of industrial design experience
- Retail display and merchandising experience is preferred
- Sophisticated aesthetic sensibility; able to articulate design vision through sketches, storyboards, and polished presentations
- Expert-level Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop) for graphics, information hierarchy, and production art
- Proficiency in at least one 3-D software (SketchUp, 3ds Max, or Rhino)
- Ability to generate technical design control drawings using CAD software (Solidworks, etc.)
- Deep understanding of materials, finishes, lighting, and mass-production processes for metal, acrylic, and injection-molded components
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.
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Looking forward to receiving your resume through our website and going over the position with you. Clicking apply is the best way to apply, but you may also:
danielle.aranya@jobalert.creativecircle.com
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Danielle Aranya - Lead Recruiter
For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 07/18/2025 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
Creative Circle is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Creative Circle will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local law, including but not limited to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact your Recruiter (the person you'll be interviewing with) or a member of our Human Resources team to make arrangements. United Healthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Creative Circle.
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