Licensed Product Designer

Job-722

Licensed Product Designer

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 a leading global manufacturer, importer, and distributor of home décor and home goods spanning Softline's, hardlines, bedding, furniture, and lighting trusted by the world's largest retail chains. They're looking for a Product Designer with hands-on experience across both hard goods and soft goods to support their kitchenware category. This role covers the full design and development process, from concept through production-ready specs.

Role Snapshot

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

Position Summary

We are hiring a creative and detail-oriented Product Designer with experience in licensed consumer products, preferably within Hardlines categories such as Home Décor, Giftable, Tabletop, and Specialty retail.

This role will work directly with the Product Development Manager to develop trend-right, innovative licensed products across a variety of consumer product categories, including frames, tabletop accessories, trinket boxes, jewelry holders, storage solutions, snow globes, coin banks, and other giftable items. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of licensed design and can take creative direction, product briefs, retailer needs, and licensor guidelines and translate them into compelling, commercially viable product concepts.

Experience Needed

Candidates must have experience working with licensed products. Familiarity with licensed brands, style guides, and the process of translating intellectual properties into physical products is a key requirement for this role.

Experience designing licensed Hardlines products is highly preferred. Candidates should be familiar with developing physical consumer products across giftable, tabletop, decorative, and specialty retail categories.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Product Development Manager on new product concepts and development for licensed Home Décor and Giftables.
• Interpret creative briefs and direction into strong product concepts, CADs, renderings, and presentation-ready artwork.
• Design across categories including lighting, tabletop décor, frames, mirrors, storage, vanity, ceramics, wall décor, seasonal décor, small giftables, and collectible/impulse items.
• Develop product with Specialty retail accounts and their consumers in mind, including fandom, gifting, collectability, trend, and impulse purchasing.
• Work within licensor style guides and approved assets while finding creative ways to translate characters and properties into product.
• Create cohesive collections and product stories across multiple categories.
• Research trends, competitive product, materials, finishes, constructions, and techniques to bring newness into the assortment.
• Explore dimensional and value-added executions such as sculpting, embossing/debossing, specialty finishes, mixed materials, lighting effects, texture, and layered construction.
• Make design revisions based on direction and feedback from the Product Development Manager.
• Prepare and organize artwork for internal review, customer presentations, and licensor submissions.
• Revise artwork based on licensor and customer feedback throughout the development process.
• Maintain organized design files and manage multiple projects, licenses, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Design and develop licensed Hardlines products across categories such as frames, trinket boxes, jewelry holders, storage items, snow globes, coin banks, tabletop accessories, and other giftable products.

Requirements (Must-Have)

• Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related field.

• 3-5+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on licensed consumer products.

• Experience designing licensed Hardlines products for Home Décor, Giftables, and/or Specialty retail categories strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience working with licensed brands and interpreting licensor style guides.

• Portfolio of relevant product design work required for consideration.

Technical Skills (Required)

• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
• Strong ability to create product CADs, renderings, and presentation-ready concepts.
• Understanding of physical product design, including shape, construction, material, finish, color, and function.
• Experience working within licensor style guides and approved asset libraries.
• Knowledge of dimensional and value-added design techniques such as sculpting, embossing, debossing, specialty finishes, and mixed materials.
• Ability to design cohesive product collections across multiple categories.
• Experience preparing and organizing artwork for internal reviews, customer presentations, and licensor submissions.
• Strong creative vision with the ability to translate direction and briefs into compelling product concepts.
• Ability to take creative direction while also contributing new ideas and solutions.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, licenses, and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for trends.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work closely with a product development team.
• Adaptability to incorporate feedback from managers, licensors, and retail customers throughout the design process.

Tools & Systems

• Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, SharePoint/OneDrive)
• Time tracking: Hubstaff
• Internal systems: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, CADs

Why Join?

• Competitive pay in USD.
• 100% remote — work from home or anywhere.
• Flexible time-off.
• Work with an international team.
• Learning opportunities.
• Be a member of an elite group of top talent.