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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1. Key Responsibilities

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- Study premium Italian/European metal fittings and reinterpret their design cues (proportion, silhouette, finish) in polymer.
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- Create concept sketches, CAD models and renders for new fitting ranges, balanced against moulding/tooling constraints.
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- Work with NPD, R&D; and tooling teams from concept through prototype to production.
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- Build and maintain a design language/style guide so the premium range stays visually consistent.
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- Build prototypes/mock-ups to validate form and finish, and track global design and finishing trends.
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2. 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.
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- CMF (colour, material, finish) coursework and prior exposure to sanitaryware,



furniture or consumer-durable design are a plus.
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- A robust design portfolio matters more than the specific degree.
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3. 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.
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- Hands-on experience taking a design from concept sketch to tooled, manufactured product.
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- Prior exposure to injection-moulded plastics or polymer product design is strongly preferred.
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- Experience referencing or benchmarking premium international design and adapting it for Indian manufacturing and price points.
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- Exceptional portfolios with 1–3 years‘ experience may be considered for a junior/associate designer level.
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4. 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 pr

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