Senior Innovation Designer

About us: Stanley - Built for Life® since 1913. 

Stanley 1913 has fueled the human experience since the iconic Stanley vacuum bottle revolutionized the way people enjoyed food and beverage. Today, our colorful and thoughtfully designed products including the popular QuencherTM series go beyond function, elevating everyday moments with style and empowering active lifestyles. We’re a community of creators, builders and inventors who believe in creating sustainable products for a better life and world that minimize our impact on the planet. Learn more at www.stanley1913.com. 

Position Overview

Seeking a creative Senior Innovation Designer to join our team, working with designers, engineers, and strategists to identify new opportunities. Members of the Innovation Team handle all creative aspects from research to user-centric craft advocacy. This role reports to the Senior Manager of Design Innovation and will be based in Seattle, WA, required to work in a hybrid work environment. Join our team today!

This hybrid role requires working out of our Seattle headquarters 2-3 days in the office per week. 

What You'll Do

• Champion detailed, strategic design thinking principles and processes to identify outstanding opportunities for product, brand, and business innovation.
• Rapidly and creatively think through, ideate, and visualize solutions to innovation opportunities.
• Collaborate with a diverse creative team to tackle problems from various perspectives.
• Engage in both open-ended and focused research activities to identify actionable consumer insights through macro and micro cultural trends.
• Present findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the broader organization, including to the Global Leadership Team.
• Represent and promote a culture of creativity and design while embodying what we value.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of experience as a practicing designer with a focus on Industrial Design.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design or another relevant design field.
• Portfolio examples of current, relevant work that demonstrate expert-level innovative idea generation across multiple product categories through thoughtful, critical thinking and process.
• Keen understanding and foresight of future consumer and cultural trends.
• Remarkable visual and verbal storytelling skills, particularly in rapid concept sketching and storyboarding. Experience in web, UX/UI, and/or video is a plus.
• Expertise in 3D CAD (Rhino or SolidWorks preferred), rendering software (KeyShot preferred), and Adobe Creative Suite. Experience with generative AI tools like Vizcom or MidJourney is also a plus.
• Comfort passing ideas on to other designers for final execution.
• Passion for collaborating and communicating with a diverse range of backgrounds, professions, and personalities.
• Continually seeking out new sources of creative inspiration and information.
• Market and consumer research experience is a plus.
• Creative agency or consultancy experience is a plus.

#LI-Hybrid

Stanley is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Stanley is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to recruiting@stanley1913.com. 

Stanley is a total rewards company, which includes rewards beyond base salary. At Stanley North America, full-time employees are eligible for an annual bonus, based on company and individual results. In addition, we offer a variety of employee benefits, personalized time off, 14-Paid holidays, dental, vision, 401(k), and much more.

About our parent company: Morgan Street Holdings   

Stanley 1913 is part of Morgan Street Holdings (formerly HAVI), a privately owned enterprise with a diverse portfolio of operating companies. These include HAVI Supply Chain, tms, Stanley 1913, and Continental, which provide best-in-class sourcing and supply chain capabilities, brand-defining marketing and promotion services, innovative consumer products, and dining and refreshment food solutions. Morgan Street Holdings employs over 10,000 people and serves 300+ customers across the globe. 

Morgan Street Holdings supports Stanley 1913 with competitive pay and benefits, along with exposure to diverse industries and professional networking and development opportunities.