Designer

7 months ago


Sydney, Australia King Living Full time

Established Australian designer and manufacturer of furniture
- Collaborative & inclusive working environment
- Global business with growth opportunities

Since 1977, **King Living** has pioneered quality Australian design, continually pushing the boundaries of what furniture can achieve. Designed to adapt to our changing lives and last for generations, our furniture marries the power of innovation with traditional handcrafted methods.

**King Living** has expanded from a homegrown business into a global brand. A family owned and run Australian company headquartered from our Support Centre in Sydney, our Showrooms and manufacturing centres span Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia, China, and Thailand.

At **King Living**, we are dedicated to creating simplicity and balance in both our living spaces and our work environment. We take pride in our past accomplishments and are thrilled by the possibilities of the future.

**The Opportunity**
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We are seeking a Designer to handle all aspects of furniture design for King Living. You will ensure that designs and associated processes meet commercial standards and align with King Living’s Brand and Product DNA. This includes delivering furniture designs characterised by premium quality, elegant simplicity, comfort, functionality, and contemporary aesthetics.

**The Role**:

- Collaborates with the Creative Director to design, develop, and oversee the production of new furniture projects from initial concept to final delivery.
- Travel up to four times a year for two-week durations to either Thailand or China.
- Works in a fast-paced product development environment, ensuring timely execution of projects.
- Maintains high standards of functional and technical performance in all projects.
- Coordinates with key stakeholders to incorporate their inputs effectively.
- Prepares comprehensive production documentation and develops prototypes in the in-house R&D workshop.
- Ensures design alignment with the established direction, quality standards, timeline, and financial goals.
- Implements cost-effective design strategies during the development phase.
- Ensures quality and workmanship of product are in line with King Livings Brand and Product DNA
- Engages with local and international production teams and cross-functional departments for seamless collaboration.
- Liaises with retail, engineering, and manufacturing teams to manage design specifications, distribution, and necessary adjustments.
- Generates product information packets in collaboration with Design Admins for cross-departmental use.
- Manages and communicates production changes via ECN (Engineering Change Notice), ensuring clear understanding across the business.
- Creates Product Services manuals for customer service and technicians, ensuring thorough product support.

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**About you**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design or equivalent
- 3+ years furniture or equivalent design experience
- Experience with upholstery and soft furnishings design
- Experience with variety of manufacturing processes, especially metal fabrication, injection, moulding, metal casting and CNC machining, etc
- Practical knowledge of materials, material properties and material finishing
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, SolidWorks and Keyshot
- Proficiency in producing production documentation
- Proficiency in producing prototypes using in-house R&D workshop

**King Living Benefits and Our Offer to You**
- Career development and ongoing product training
- Supportive and friendly team environment with a true family feel
- Generous employee, family, and friends ‘product discounts
- Discounted health insurance, retail brands and vouchers
- Paid Parental leave.
- Australian owned company with a growing global footprint
- EAP to support your ongoing health and wellbeing.
- King Living is an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will be considered regardless of your race, sexuality, religion, colour, gender identity or parental status._
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- To be considered for this role you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident with full working rights to work and live in Australia._


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