Job Description
Role purpose: Design polymer bath fittings with the elegance of world-class Italian metal hardware — the aesthetic anchor feeding the NPD team a pipeline of manufacturable, premium concepts.
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n1. Key Responsibilities
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- Study premium Italian/European metal fittings and reinterpret their design cues (proportion, silhouette, finish) in polymer.n
- Create concept sketches, CAD models and renders for current fitting ranges, balanced against moulding/tooling constraints.n
- Work with NPD, R&D; and tooling teams from concept through prototype to production.n
- Build and maintain a design language/style guide so the premium range stays visually consistent.n
- Build prototypes/mock-ups to validate form and finish, and track global design and finishing trends.n

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n2. Academic Background
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- B.Des/M.Des in Product or Industrial Design (NID, IIT-IDC, Srishti, Pearl Academy, MIT-ID or equivalent), or a B.E./B.Tech with a strong design/CAD portfolio.n
- CMF (colour, material, finish) coursework and prior exposure to sanitaryware,



furniture or consumer-durable design are a plus.n
- A strong design portfolio matters more than the specific degree.n

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n3. Experience Required
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- 3–8 years designing bath fittings, sanitaryware, consumer durables, furniture or lighting, where finish and premium feel drive the sale.n
- Hands-on experience taking a design from concept sketch to tooled, manufactured product.n
- Prior exposure to injection-moulded plastics or polymer product design is strongly preferred.n
- Experience referencing or benchmarking premium international design and adapting it for Indian manufacturing and price points.n
- Exceptional portfolios with 1–3 years‘ experience may be considered for a junior/associate designer level.n

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n4. Skills & Technical Expertise
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- CAD (SolidWorks, Rhino, Fusion 360 or Creo) and rendering (Key Shot/Blender/V-Ray); sketching and Adobe Creative Suite for presentation.n
- Strong

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