Toy Designer

Job Title : Toy Designer

Toy Designer

Department : Product Design

Product Design

Reporting To :

Director - Product Design

Location : Newtown, PA

Newtown, PA

Company Overview :

Just Play is a passionate and trend driven leader in the children's consumer goods industry. Our products are an impressive mix of promotional and everyday items for the whole family.

We work with the world's leading children's entertainment brands to manufacture and distribute exceptional products to every major mass retailer throughout North America and around the world.

Job Summary :

Just Play is seeking a Toy Designer to work on several brands and categories in a fast-paced and exciting environment. The ideal candidate will be a professional team player that can manage multiple tasks / projects simultaneously in a timely manner, while maintaining the highest level of organization.

To ensure success as a Toy Designer, the ideal candidate will : Be a collaborative team-player who is adept at processing feedback from a wider functional team.

Possess strong sketching, drawing, rendering and dimensional styling skills and the ability to apply them to a fast-paced, iterative design process.

Have the inspiration to translate their passion for preschool toys into exciting new toy features.Have familiarity with developing a toy from concept to prototype, and through manufacturing stages.Principal Responsibilities :

Responsible for taking product design from concept to production by creating illustrations for concept designs, technical drawings for sampling, and production documents to communicate changes throughout a development process.

Manage phases of design development with in-house design teamPrepare presentation boards for licensor & retailer meetings.

Ensure that design direction complies with all necessary safety, cost, and production parameters.Effectively communicate and interact with other departments as it relates to assigned product lines.

Communicate daily with Asia partners.Minimum Qualifications :

3-5 years' experience in the toy industryBSA or BFA in Industrial Design or Toy DesignStrong sketching ability and presentation skillsKnowledge of toy development processes including sculpture, model making, rapid prototyping, engineering design, and simple IC developmentKnowledge of toy manufacturing processes including injection molding, rotational molding, blow molding, all decoration processes (spray masks, tampo printing, silk screening), assembly, packing, and shippingExcellent communication skillsAbility to travel domestically as well as internationally

Just Play is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applicants without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.