Product Designer (Hardlines - lighting, wall art, home décor, and storage & organization)

JOB - 735

Product Designer (Hardlines - lightning, wall art, home décor, and storage & organization)

Only resumes in English will be considered. Please ensure that your portfolio is included with your resume. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

About Hired Remoteli

Hired Remoteli is a recruitment agency connecting top-tier talent across Latin America with companies in the United States. We specialize in sourcing, vetting, and placing high-performing remote professionals.

About Our Client

Our client is an established company in the home décor and home textiles space, supplying trend-driven consumer products to major retail chains across the country. They operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a strong emphasis on quality, innovation, and speed-to-market. The company works across a broad range of hardline and softline home categories and maintains active relationships with overseas manufacturing partners.

Role Snapshot

• Location: LATAM - (Remote)
• Schedule: Full-time 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST
• Type: Contractor

Position Summary

We are seeking a creative and commercially minded Product Designer — Hardlines to design and develop trend-right products across lighting, wall art, home décor, and storage & organization.

This is a hands-on design role for someone who can translate trends and customer needs into innovative, retail-ready products. The designer will work closely with Product Development, Sales, Sourcing, and overseas factories from initial concept through final production.

Responsibilities

• Design products across hardline home categories including table and floor lamps, wall décor and art, decorative accessories, and storage & organization
• Develop original product concepts, collections, color palettes, materials, finishes, and surface treatments
• Create detailed CADs, renderings, technical drawings, specifications, and presentation materials
• Build cohesive product assortments tailored to retailer, consumer, and price-point needs
• Partner with Product Development and overseas factories to translate concepts into manufacturable products
• Review prototypes and samples, providing clear feedback on construction, color, materials, scale, and overall design
• Maintain design intent throughout the development and production process
• Research emerging trends across home décor, lighting, color, materials, and consumer lifestyles
• Conduct competitive shopping and identify whitespace opportunities within key retail accounts
• Translate high-level trends into commercially viable products appropriate for mass-market retail
• Understand competitive price points and design products with cost and value in mind
• Partner with Product Development, Sales, Sourcing, and Packaging throughout the product lifecycle
• Create customer-specific concepts and assortments for major retail accounts
• Prepare compelling trend boards, product presentations, and line review materials
• Manage multiple projects, categories, and retailer deadlines simultaneously

Requirements (Must-Have)

• 3-5+ years of product design experience in hardlines, home décor, lighting, storage, or related consumer products
• Strong portfolio demonstrating commercially relevant product design and development
• Experience designing 3D products, with a strong understanding of materials, construction, scale, and manufacturing
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; experience with CAD, 3D modeling, or rendering software strongly preferred
• Knowledge of materials such as metal, wood, glass, ceramic, resin, plastics, and mixed-media construction is preferred
• Experience working with overseas factories and product development teams
• Strong understanding of retail trends, consumer preferences, and mass-market product development
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Experience designing for major retailers is strongly preferred

Soft Skills

• Excellent organizational and time-management
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal

Technical Skills (Required)

• Technical drawing and specification development
• Product rendering
• Knowledge of materials including metal, wood, glass, ceramic, resin, and plastics
• Trend research and trend board creation
• Product assortment development
• Prototype and sample review
• Presentation deck and line review material creation
• Understanding of m…