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Assistant Product Designer

Apparatus 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Full-time

Create and maintain accurate technical drawings, installation instructions, and templates for custom products and internal projects. Coordinate with Sales and assembly teams on custom orders, manage project documentation, and develop client-specific product iterations consistent with APPARATUS design principles.

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain accurate technical drawings, installation instructions, and templates for custom products and internal projects. Coordinate with Sales and assembly teams on custom orders, manage project documentation, and develop client-specific product iterations consistent with APPARATUS design principles.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, proficiency in SolidWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, and Microsoft Office, and 1–3 years of industrial design experience are required; lighting and furniture experience is a plus. Candidates should understand the manufacturing properties of materials such as wood, metal, glass, porcelain, and leather, and demonstrate strong visual communication, collaboration, organization, and discretion.

Key Skills

Industrial design SolidWorks Adobe Creative Suite Microsoft Office Technical drawing creation Installation instruction development Template creation Material property knowledge (wood, metal, glass, porcelain, leather) Visual communication Collaboration with sales and assembly teams Project documentation management Client‑specific product iteration Design principle application Lighting design Furniture design Attention to detail Organizational skills Discretion Problem solving

About Apparatus

APPARATUS is a New York based interdisciplinary design studio that explores the relationship of lighting, furniture and objects in their environments. Predicated on the modernist principle of gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art, fully articulated collections reveal individual pieces as artifacts of a holistic world - each referencing the historical and cultural mood summoned by a singular vision. Founded in 2012, APPARATUS is led by Artistic Director, Gabriel Hendifar. APPARATUS manufactures in Brooklyn and operates galleries in New York, Los Angeles and London that communicate the studio’s singular design ethos. “I approach the work of the studio with the belief that objects are accessories to the human experience and enrich the way we live. My aim is to create work that leaves an emotional imprint, drawing on the language of seduction and sensuality to leave you with the desire to touch.” - Gabriel Hendifar APPARATUS creates each piece with a devotion to the rigor of small s

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