Product Designer

An amazing opportunity to join the Award Winning Design Team has now opened at Firmdale Hotels. We have a great opportunity for a talented product designer to join our small but highly motivated team and play a significant role in our growth. We are looking for an individual to work alongside the creative director and take a lead in creating and bringing in-house designs to life. From research into processes, through to design development, prototyping and production, we expect you to manage all parts of the process and play a key role in the development and launch of our new furniture and fabric collections with support and guidance from the purchasing director. In this role, you’ll indeed play a fundamental role in establishing the concept, colour palette, construction, look, feel and features of the new products within our textiles and soft goods category, which also encompasses the logistical and manufacturing aspect of creating something new.

The ideal candidate would come from a background of furniture, fabrics and small decorative objects and have proven experience in delivering exceptional products with creative flair on the Kit Kemp aesthetics. We expect candidates to have in-depth knowledge of design, manufacturing processes and materials, and a fantastic ability to solve problems and find creative solutions under time and budget constraints.

Essential Key Skills

  • Degree in Product Design or relevant design related discipline
  • Highly competent in producing technical drawings and specifications ready for manufacture
  • Competent with 2D visualisation tools – Adobe Creative Suite
  • Good Free hand sketch ability to present ideas discuss concepts quickly
  • you should be highly organised and self-motivated, working independently and integrating with the design team in all aspects of the process
  • Able to develop the production of the designs effectively.
  • You should actively find solutions to your challenges and have original and creative ideas
  • You should have experience with supplier management including negotiating costs, setting, payment/delivery terms and implementing QC requirements with an understanding of retail prices and margins
  • Ability to put together professional design presentations.
  • You should have high standards for quality and detail.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Independently, and using the resources of the design team, develop new designs from concept through to manufacture and market launch.
  • Develop further designs using the vast number of archives that we have worked on in the past.
  • Develop full collections of new products for Shop Kit Kemp
  • fully manage project schedules and budgets
  • identify new suppliers and establish good working relationships with an emphasis on quality
  • develop designs proposals and prepare tender and quotation documents
  • assist with the assembly and installation of bespoke commissions
  • Come ahead of time with new ideas and suggestions of interesting products to develop.
  • Skills and experience:
  • Previous experience designing extraordinary pieces of furniture, fabrics, dinnerware, packaging for products, etc.

Firmdale Hotels is an international award winning group comprising of 10 high end luxury hotels and 8 bars and restaurants in London and New York, offering exclusive training programmes and incredible career development. The normal hours of work for this role are 40 hours per week.

What makes Firmdale such a special place to work?

  • We have created safe spaces to work and support our employees receiving lateral flow testing and the Covid 19 Vaccine
  • Employee led committees allowing you to have your say, generate ideas and make a difference
  • Social events and team activities (bowling, quiz nights, netball teams and more)
  • Award winning training opportunities (Apprenticeships, WSET, supplier visits and Master Classes to name a few)
  • Wellbeing activities and support available to all staff members

What are the Firmdale employee benefits?

  • Competitive salary
  • 28 days paid holiday (including bank holidays) increasing with length of service
  • Companywide and departmental incentives including a generous refer a friend bonus
  • Firmdale Experience and Long Service vouchers (Afternoon tea, dinner for two, Film Club and an overnight stay)
  • Wage Stream – An employee app to stream your wages before payday
  • Perkbox – An employee platform offering a huge variety of discounts and our reward and recognition program
  • Wait, there’s more! Quarterly team events, volunteering and regular Manager catch-ups

Why join Firmdale Hotels?

We are delighted to have been recognised by the hospitality industry for some of the great work our teams have done. To name a few of our recent awards and accolades;

  • Firmdale Hotels - “Winner of the Best Employer Award at The Cateys 2017 & 2020 and Number One in The Caterer Best Places to Work in Hospitality”
  • Manager of the year - Laura Sharpe, Cateys 2018
  • Hotel of the year - Group - Cateys 2018
  • HR Team of the Year at the Hotel Cateys 2017
  • Restaurant Team of the Year, Ham Yard Hotel at the Hotel Cateys 2017
  • Best Chef Development Strategy Award at the Springboard Awards 2017
  • Firmdale Hotels – “Excellence in Employee Engagement”, HR in Hospitality 2016
  • Firmdale Hotels – “Candidate Experience Award”, Caterer.com People Awards 2016
  • Ham Yard Hotel – “Best Afternoon Tea Award”, Harden’s 2016
  • Sarah Williams – “Food and Beverage Manager of the Year”, Hotel Cateys 2015

In line with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, we do require all applicants to have the eligibility to live and work in the United Kingdom. Documentation will be required at interview stage.


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