Industrial/CMF Designer - Shanghai

• engage in interdisciplinary client-projects and work with cross functional teams
• conduct desktop- and qualitative-research, and identify intriguing insights
• research, analyze, and identify appropriate colors, materials, and finishes in line with product strategy and design concepts, market trends, and insights provided by the design team
• based on research on trending lifestyles, new materials, markets, and technologies, establish CMF stories required for product design, and deliver emotional values in new perspectives to consumers
• explore and generate innovative ideas, and turn them into people-minded concepts
• participate in design-crits to improve your craft and thinking skills
• design products and experiences using CC, Rhino, Solidworks, Keyshot and/or Cinema 4D.

• major in industrial or product design, ideally with a focus on CMF design
• convincing critical thinking, outstanding creativity and good presentation skills
• keen sense for details and outstanding craft skills, particularly hand-sketching, CC, Rhino or Solidworks, Keyshot and/or Cinema 4D
• knowledge in material trends and forecast innovative material used in a variety of Hard and Soft Goods applications across multiple industries including interior design, home decor, and consumer electronics
• Knowledge in materials and manufacturing processes
• excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Chinese and/or German skills are a big plus
• natural presence, healthy ambition and high emotional intelligence
• independent, self-motivated, and strong hands-on working attitude

• fun and passionate team that places high importance not only on professional skills, but also on great personalities
• onboarding program which will prepare you well for your new role and introduction to your new team
• modern office, flexible work-times and benefits to support a healthy lifestyle, e.g. min. 24 paid vacation days, fitness allowance, home office support
• opportunity to receive on- and off-the-job training, as well as travel to events, trade-shows, conferences, and exhibitions
• opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects with designers, researchers, strategists, technologists and model-makers
• regular team-events, both planned and spontaneous: from team-lunches, annual field-trips and X-mas parties, to ad-hoc Karaoke, or the Oktoberfest

PHOENIX is a product innovation studio that turns brands into winners of tomorrow’s wellbeing mega-economy. As an independent, award-winning studio, PHOENIX makes the foggy future visible to its partners, accompanying them from idea to market success. Today, the team of around 70 international design experts reinvent the future of wellbeing in Stuttgart and Shanghai and thus stand for excellent design - as confirmed by over 900 design awards. Since 1987 we have been driven by Logik, Moral und Magie - our design philosophy which sums up our notion of design excellence: lucid solutions with love for humanity and that special something.