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Company Description: We are seeking a talented Junior-Level Industrial Designer to join our team of researchers, designers, engineers, and prototypers at our studio in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Your role will help create future products for consumer, professional, and healthcare brands, delivering meaningful design solutions.
Job Description
You will:
* Help design and develop consumer electronics and similar devices for mass production
* Participate in research and mine for insight to inspire solutions
* Build compelling design narratives that convey the brand and audience you are designing for
* Create outstanding product concepts across a broad spectrum of industries
* Possess a strong aesthetic sensibility and a great eye for detail
* Design holistic user experiences
* Have a sustainability mindset when developing new concept ideas
* Continually hone your creative, technical and communication skills
* Confidently move between craft and digital tools to optimize creative workflow
* Collaborate with an open mind with colleagues and clients
* Lead with creativity and act with urgency
* Drive to design at the highest level for our clients and their customers
Our Team
We offer a dynamic and supportive team environment with full R&D facilities, a 1,500 sq m studio, workshops, and labs designed to maximize experimentation, creativity, and fast progress. The studio is located in the beautiful surroundings of Co. Wicklow, near Bray’s seafront and 30 minutes from Dublin City Centre.
Qualifications
* Excellent portfolio of industrial design experience showcasing your skills, thinking, and methodology
* Bachelor’s degree in industrial design
* Ideally 2 years professional experience in design consultancy/agency
* Fluent and confident with hand sketching and craft modelling
* Exceptional aesthetic sensibility
* Empathetic to user needs, motivations, and behaviours
* Thorough understanding of three‑dimensional design and skilled with Rhino/SolidWorks and Keyshot (or similar)
* Proficiency across multiple design tools you will use in projects (e.g. Miro, Figma, Adobe Creative suite, Teams)
* Experienced at tuning in to brand values and crafting compelling stories
* Experience working with consumer and healthcare brands is a positive but not essential
* Excellent communication and presentation skills with a strong ability to articulate and convince others of your ideas and strategies
* Solid understanding of industry trends and advancements in design and creativity
* Good understanding of engineering and manufacturing requirements
* Knowledgeable and passionate about emerging technologies (AI, machine learning, generative AI, XR, etc.) and its impact on design solutions
Benefits
* Health and lifestyle perks with private healthcare for you and your family
* 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
* Generous company pension scheme
* Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives
* Annual performance‑based bonus
* PA share ownership
* Tax‑efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)
Equality Statement
We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other range of human difference. We welcome applications from under‑represented groups. Adjustments or accommodations – if you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, please contact recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com.
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