Assoc Designer, Furniture Finishes

You will be an important part of the Kids and Teen Furniture Product Development team, responsible for wood finish development and management across both brands.

Responsibilities

• Own finish development projects from the initial concept to final approval, ensuring each finish meets brand quality standards and seasonal deadlines.
• Review and create comments for color, tone, texture, quality and wood species in detailed specs to share with our global offices and factories.
• Maintain and organize the finish library, categorizing, updating and purging panels.
• Assist in shipping, managing and tracking all incoming and outgoing shipments of panels/samples between our global offices and factories.
• Follow finish trends and present moods/inspiration seasonally with a clear point of view on the direction of new finishes.
• Assist designers to ensure finish samples are on track to arrive for milestone meetings and deadlines.
• Support designers and business partners with their finish panel needs.
• Assist with seasonal presentations, creating finish boards for reference.
• Maintain our finish panel display as a reference for all top finishes.
• Attend team meetings and cross-functional checkpoints to provide status updates and help drive projects forward.

Criteria

• Understanding of how wood finishes are developed
• Familiarity of furniture manufacturing and finishing
• 3-5 years of work experience with a retail/e-commerce product or manufacturing company
• Must work on-site in the San Francisco office and perform in a corporate environment
• You are creative, crafty and able to perform light carpentry and fabrication tasks
• Proficiency in MAC OS and Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and Word
• Strong organizational and collaborative skills
• Ability to prioritize and schedule work in a tight deadline driven environment
• Self-starter and problem solver who is driven, motivated and always has a positive attitude
• Pride yourself on the quality of work and are a stickler for the details
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Love to work collaboratively in a group and have innate willingness to dig in and contribute