Carpet Designer - Patcraft Commercial

Job Title
Carpet Designer - Patcraft Commercial

Position Overview

Carpet Designer  - Patcraft  Commercial

Patcraft designs flooring solutions that transform spaces and experiences, connecting our inner spaces with the outer world. Inspired by our surroundings, we create products for learning, healing, working, and living. We prioritize performance, sustainability, and design, striving to close the loop and reduce environmental impact. Our flooring solutions are balanced at the intersection of these elements, ensuring they meet the needs of today while looking toward the future. Patcraft is dedicated to creating products that not only enhance spaces but also contribute to a better world through thoughtful, sustainable design practices .    Patcraft is a part of Shaw Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than   $5 billion   in annual sales and approximately 18,000 associates worldwide.

Patcraft’s   award-winning design team is looking for a skilled, curious designer with   a strong design   sensibility and a passion for color, pattern,   textiles   and materials.   Our   commercial   flooring   designers are both creative thinkers and product makers.   You’ll   explore ideas, experiment with color,   pattern   and materials, and take products from early concept through sampling,   refinement   and commercialization.   You’ll   design around real   customer   and market needs while having the freedom to explore how we solve them .    With manufacturing   close at hand   and the resources and   expertise   of Shaw Industries behind us,   you’ll   have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of flooring while working closely with Fabrication and Manufacturing.   You’ll   stay close to the development process, seeing your ideas evolve through sampling and refinement into finished commercial flooring.

This   hybrid  position is based   at our Create Centre campus in Cartersville, GA, north of the Atlanta metropolitan area   and   will work in the office 3-4 days per week.

Responsibilities

- Develop and lead innovative commercial flooring products from initial research and concept through commercialization and launch.

- Understand customer, market and business needs and translate them into thoughtful design solutions.

- Research influences across art, design, textiles, interiors and materials to inform product direction.

- Experiment hands-on with yarn, pattern, color, construction and manufacturing processes.

- Partner with Fabrication and Manufacturing to understand capabilities, explore possibilities and translate concepts into manufacturable products.

- Manage the details of product development, including prototyping, color development, production set-up, specifications, timelines and launch deliverables.

- Manage multiple projects while maintaining design intent and quality.

- Participate in collaborative design reviews and contribute ideas and feedback across the team.

- Collaborate with Product Launch, Marketing, Brand, Digital, Segment, Manufacturing and Sales teams.

- Connect with Sales and customers to gather insights, understand their needs and communicate product vision and design direction.

- Travel for market research, customer visits, presentations, industry   events   and trade shows. Overnight travel is   required .

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree or   degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related design discipline   or e quivalent combination of education and professional design experience s .

Preferred   Q ualifications

- Experience in textiles, materials, surface   design   or physical product development is preferred and may include professional, internship or academic project work   to suffice .

- Experience designing textiles, carpet, or  soft   surface   flooring products.

- A strong portfolio demonstrating design thinking and a sophisticated sensibility for color, pattern, texture, material and composition.

- Strong attention to detail and genuine interest in textile construction and technical product development.

- Ability to move between conceptual thinking and detailed execution, with the organization and project-management skills to carry work through development.

- Curiosity and perseverance through an iterative process of making, evaluating, refining and problem solving.

- Strong collaborative, problem-solving, communication and presentation skills.

- Excellent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator;   NedGraphics   experience preferred.

- Ability to travel, including international travel.

Required Competencies

- Innovate
- Execute Action Plan
- Learn Continuously
- Build Customer Satisfaction

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Work Shift
8 Hr non-rotating shift, Hrs fall to in punch day, Observed Calendar, shift starts AM
Shaw Industries is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.