Senior Analyst, Color, Material, Finish and Trend Designer

The team you will be a part of

DESIGN supports Whirlpool’s vision to "Be the best kitchen and laundry company, in constant pursuit of improving life at home, and in the world."

We inspire lasting engagement, product leadership, and meaningful experiences at home and for our world. We do this on a foundation of empathy, innovation, sustainability, and craftsmanship, with people at the center of our process.

In our 5 global studios we have more than 100 designers in dedicated teams of Graphic Design, Color Material and Finish, Craftsmanship, Industrial Design, Trends Forecasting, User Interaction, Motion Graphics, Usability, Design Research and Studio Engineering. 

This role in summary

A portfolio highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions will be needed to be considered for the role.

The Senior CMF Designer will drive the creation of strategic palette development for use across Whirlpool's global product portfolio.

This position is multi-disciplinary—the desire and ability to seamlessly work with other functions [Industrial Design, Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Marketing, and Engineering] in our US, Asia, Latin America and Mexico studios is critical.

Your responsibilities will include

• Design, develop strategy and implement color, material and finish solutions for multiple brands of home appliances

• Define and visualize brand experience through well crafted presentations

• Forecast and analyze color, material and finish trends for regional and global products

• Present and communicate color direction and strategy to a wide audience

• Produce high quality renderings to effectively illustrate CMF solutions

• Collaborate with other design disciplines, product marketing, development, and vendors to execute on overall project objectives, deliverables, and timelines

• Create, maintain and communicate CMF strategy documents

• Build and maintain relationships with business partners throughout the corporation

• Mentor junior staff through peer reviews and consultation

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design or equivalent creative background

• 5+ years of color, material and finish design experience

Preferred skills and experiences

• Strong creative background with a passion for color and design

• Effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to facilitate communication across different disciplines 

• Strong visual communication skills

• Strong project management skills

• Ability to effectively sell your ideas

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong decision-making abilities and self-motivation 

• Knowledge of product design and manufacturing processes including broad technical knowledge on materials and finishing (metals, plastics and coatings etc.)

• Strong working knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and KeyShot

• 3D modeling ability is a plus