CMF Design Freelancer

Freelancer, Part-time · Shanghai

Your mission

Research, analyze, and identify appropriate colors, materials, and finishes in line with product strategy and design concepts, market trends, and insights provided by the design team
Based upon research on trending lifestyles, new materials, markets, and technologies, establish CMF stories required for product design, and deliver emotional values in new perspectives to consumers
Implement CMF concepts with tangible material samples, build contact with local & global manufacturing networking, prototyping is carried out to enable actual development
Participate in the process from product conception to production
Collaborate with cross functional teams, including Industrial Design, Research and Strategy, to translate design concepts into executable CMF specifications
...and more, depending on the project and your expertise!

Your profile

Substantial work-experience in a design- and innovation environment, ideally already as a CMF specialist
Knowledge in material trends and forecast innovative material used in a variety of Hard and Soft Goods applications across multiple industries including interior design, home decor, and consumer electronics.
Knowledge in materials and manufacturing processes
Work with material vendors to develop both advanced material samples and standards for production
Work alongside with engineers, suppliers and manufacturers to develop concepts and prototypes into material technologies suitable for mass manufacturing
Highly independent and self-motivated, strong work-ethic and high reliability in remote/on-site team settings

Why us?

fun and passionate team that places high importance not only on professional skills, but also on great personalities
friendly, family-like work-environment and low levels of hierarchy
opportunity to work on a diverse range of projects with other designers, researchers, strategists, technologists and model-makers
a fair freelance contract and reliable payment

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About us

PHOENIX is a product innovation studio that turns brands into winners of tomorrow’s wellbeing mega-economy. As an independent, award-winning studio, PHOENIX makes the foggy future visible to its partners, accompanying them from idea to market success. Today, the team of around 70 international design experts reinvent the future of wellbeing in Stuttgart and Shanghai and thus stand for excellent design - as confirmed by over 900 design awards. Since 1987 we have been driven by Logik, Moral und Magie - our design philosophy which sums up our notion of design excellence: lucid solutions with love for humanity and that special something.

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Your application!

We appreciate your interest in PHOENIX. Please fill in the following short form. Should you have any difficulties in uploading your files, please contact us by mail at hr@phoenixdesign.com.