Industrial Designer

The Nokia Design team is seeking a talented Industrial Designer to join our innovative product design team. You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of our new category of device products, ensuring a human-centric experience design approach. As a key member of the team, you will collaborate with various stakeholders to define product propositions and identify business opportunities, driving the success of our products in the market.

• Lead the industrial design process for a new category of device products, ensuring a seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, marketers, and user experience designers, to define product requirements and specifications.
• Conduct user research and gather insights to inform design decisions, ensuring a deep understanding of user needs and preferences.
• Create detailed design concepts, sketches, and prototypes, translating ideas into visually appealing and functional product designs.
• Work closely with the engineering team to ensure the technical feasibility of design concepts and provide design guidance throughout the development process.
• Develop and maintain design guidelines and standards, ensuring consistency across the product portfolio.
• Conduct design reviews and provide constructive feedback to junior designers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Stay updated with industry trends, emerging technologies, and design innovations to inspire and enhance your design work.
• Present design concepts and proposals to internal stakeholders and clients, effectively communicating design rationale and value.
• Ensure design deliverables meet quality standards and timelines, collaborating with project managers to manage project scope and resources.

Must Have

• Minimum 3 years of experience with a degree in Industrial Design
• Solid experience and results from working with suppliers.
• Experience with making and shipping a world recognized and acclaimed consumer product
• Consumer understanding & empathy
• Design strategy & concept creation
• Prototyping
• The knowledge of the highest standards of Industrial Design practices in a consumer or professional driven business
• A good business, market, consumer, and marketing understanding
• Strong hardware technology understanding
• The ability to take and drive decisions to prioritize product design requirements by directly and indirectly influencing stakeholders
• The humility of a team player collaborating well in complex international environments
• The ability to build your network fast
• Exceptional project and structuring skills
• Excellent problem solving, influencing and communication skills
• A dynamic, enthusiastic, and winning personality
• Strong knowledge of marketing strategy, techniques, effectiveness, tools, and functional competencies relevant to the role
• Education level required: Bachelor or MA in Industrial Design degree level
• Training/consulting
• Global experience is a plus

Key Competencies

• Exceptional 3D skills (Alias/Catia/Rhino/Solid Works/NX)
• Exceptional sketching and presentation skills
• Excellent Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop skills
• Excellent on Key Shot or similar
• High ethical standards; able to manage very confidential information and projects.
• Self-starter and strategic thinker, with good critical thinking skills and problem-solving ability.
• Sufficient technology and industry understanding
• Ability to communicate crisply and clearly, at appropriate levels
• Fast learner, able to understand new technologies and process changes
• Creative and innovative in style, and flexible and able to shift strategies and tactics when required.
• Project management and change management
• Detail oriented, well organized, and efficient with time management.
• Strong presenter with good English language skills (both in person and virtually)
• Able to work effectively in a rapidly changing and demanding virtual environment across global time zones
• Proactive and collaborative work style with a bias for action.