Product Designer

About the Role

As a key member of the Brand Team in Dubai, the Product Designer will drive the complete design and development of the Maison's product range. This role demands ensuring coherence, appeal, and premium quality across every consumer interaction, encompassing fragrance bottles, packaging, ancillary products, gifting accessories, promotional materials, and other collateral. Reporting directly to the Brand Marketing Director, and collaborating intensively with Product Managers, Product Development, Purchasing departments, and external partners, the designer will convert marketing briefs into groundbreaking, production-ready creations that uphold the highest standards of luxury.

Core Responsibilities

• Transform detailed marketing briefs into attractive product concepts and innovative design solutions.
• Design all main and secondary packaging components for fragrances and additional products.
• Develop assorted collateral including gifting artwork, sets and coffrets, gift-with-purchase items, samples, discovery kits, and blotters.
• Maintain adherence to the Maison’s visual identity, positioning, and luxury benchmarks across all designs.
• Create creative proposals, technical sketches, renders, and compelling presentations.

• Produce top-tier 3D visualizations and renderings to support internal decision-making processes.
• Coordinate the fabrication of physical product mock-ups in partnership with external model makers and suppliers.
• Utilize AI-enabled visualization software to speed up conceptualization and design investigation.

• Prepare technical artwork files necessary for product manufacturing and development.
• Guarantee precise file transfer of designs, specifications, and mock-ups to product development teams.
• Work jointly with product developers and suppliers throughout the industrialization phase, reviewing prototypes, color samples, materials, decorations, and production models to ensure design consistency.

• Collaborate closely with Product Managers to grasp product vision, market positioning, and company objectives.
• Engage with Product Development, Purchasing, Operations, and suppliers to validate feasibility and assure high-quality execution.
• Contribute actively to innovation initiatives and continual enhancement of the Maison’s product portfolio.

Profile & Competencies

• At least 5 years’ experience in product design, packaging design, or industrial design, preferably within luxury, fragrance, or similarly upscale sectors.
• Proven track record in conceiving products from initial concept stages through to industrial manufacture.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Highly skilled in one or more 3D modeling and rendering tools such as Blender, Cinema 4D, Rhino, or Maya.
• Experienced with AI-driven creative and visualization platforms.
• Comprehensive understanding of packaging materials, decoration processes, printing techniques, and manufacturing limitations.
• Exceptional creative acumen combined with meticulous attention to detail.
• Capability to harmonize creative ambitions with technical feasibility considerations.
• Robust project management and organizational abilities.