Job Title: Industrial Designer - New Product Development
Location: Southampton
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
Are you an experienced Industrial Designer looking to join a fantastic business as part of their growth strategy?
Industrial Designer role overview:
Based in Southampton, our client is looking for a talented Industrial Designer with a sharp eye for detail to join their New Product Development team. You’ll create distinctive, commercially compelling products that solve everyday user needs across multiple categories.
Acting as the creative link between buying and manufacturing, you’ll elevate high-potential off-the-shelf products with a cohesive look, feel, and user experience. This is a fast-paced, high-impact role requiring a delivery-focused designer who can flex between light aesthetic refinement and full product redesign across a dynamic roadmap.
What you’ll be doing:
Apply and maintain a cohesive design language across a broad product range, spanning aesthetics, materials, and user experience.
Review factory samples and define targeted refinements to elevate quality and visual appeal.
Align design ambition with timelines and cost realities, protecting a premium feel while meeting delivery goals.
Produce clear visualisations, CMF specifications, and technical packs to communicate updates to overseas partners.
Partner closely with buying and engineering to ensure products are functional, durable, and commercially sound.
Safeguard quality across every touchpoint, from tactile details to intuitive assembly.
Design, build, and validate mechanical prototypes to test performance and usability.
What you’ll bring:
A portfolio demonstrating refined form development, brand alignment, and attention to detail.
Experience in fast-paced environments, able to communicate ideas quickly and drive concepts through to launch.
Degree in Industrial or Product Design, with a solid understanding of designing for manufacture.
Confident using 2D and 3D tools (e.g., SolidWorks or Rhino, Keyshot, Adobe Creative Suite) to visualise and present design intent.
Understands the cost and lead-time impact of design decisions; able to balance creativity with pragmatism.
Able to influence internal teams and external manufacturing partners to maintain a consistent product aesthetic and quality standard.
Additional benefits and information:
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Bupa healthcare + dental plan available
Discounts on products
If you feel you have the skills and experience to match this role, we would love to hear from you