tag - Product Designer

Product Designer is needed in United States.

Client: tag

Location: United States

Contract: Freelance

Job Description

The Product Designer develops and executes innovative, market-relevant product and packaging solutions in a fast-paced, collaborative environment—balancing creative talent, trend awareness, and organizational discipline with strong ownership from concept through final execution. Reporting to the Creative Director, this role owns assigned collections from concept through final artwork, specs, and sample approval, partnering with Product Development, Sourcing, Sales, and overseas vendors to deliver on time, on brand, and on cost. The designer is expected to bring ideas, identify opportunities, and shape products and workflows, not just execute assignments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in graphic, product or surface design, illustration, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5–7+ years of product design experience, ideally in home décor, tabletop, or gift, designing for overseas manufacture.
• Packaging design experience and experience taking product from concept through overseas manufacturing, including vendor specs and sample approval.
• Excellent illustration skills in a variety of styles; strong sense of color, pattern, and form across both surface artwork (including hand lettering) and 3D product forms.
• Working knowledge of decoration techniques across substrates (e.g., decals, screen printing, glazing, embossing, foil, embroidery, sublimation).
• Highly detail-oriented, with accurate design specs; able to prioritize multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, and strong marketplace awareness with the ability to apply trends to product design.
• A track record that reflects the values above: ownership, curiosity, business judgment, and a willingness to challenge how things are done.
• Availability to travel to trade and trend shows.
• Strong portfolio of consumer-focused design across multiple substrates, including finished product sold at retail and the process behind it; portfolio link required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hand sketching, painting, and sculpting.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes across substrates.
• Aware of product safety and compliance requirements.
• AI knowledge and ability; interest in supporting AI in all areas of product development.

Technical Skills

• Adobe Creative Cloud; NedGraphics or similar textile design software.
• Digital sketching tools (e.g., Procreate).
• Generative AI tools (e.g., Adobe Firefly, Google Nano Banana, Midjourney, Magnific).
• Presentation software and project trackers; PLM experience a plus.
• 3D modeling/rendering (e.g., Rhino, SolidWorks, KeyShot) a plus; must communicate 3D forms clearly through dimensioned drawings.

Physical Requirements

• Position requires occasional standing, walking, reaching, bending, lifting, and movement.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 50 lbs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health savings account
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Company paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary Life insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Paid time off

Additional Information

The successful candidate must be able to pass a pre-employment background check and drug screening.