Designer (Home Products)

Marimekko; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Marimekko is seeking a creative Home Products Designer to join our Helsinki HQ. You will contribute to hard goods and textiles design, color direction, and packaging of design packages with technical specs.

The role involves collaboration with Design, Artwork, Merchandising and Sourcing teams. You should have a design MA and at least 2 years of relevant experience, strong IT skills (Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign) and a good eye for color, print and quality.

Qualifications

• MA in Design is required or strongly preferred.
• Strong design experience is required (min. 2 years).
• Excellent IT skills with Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign are essential.
• Good understanding of hard goods and home product design.
• Excellent communication and teamwork are important.

Responsibilities

• Hard materials design process including ceramics, glass, wood or metal.
• Printed fabrics design process and PD for textiles and readymade products.
• Create design packages with technical specifications.
• Coloring prints and finalizing colorways for collections.
• Coordinate collection-related issues and help create collection overviews.

Skills

Color sense

Teamwork

Communication

English fluency

Finnish language advantage

Education

MA in Design

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company’s product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. In 2025, the company's net sales totaled EUR 190 million and comparable operating profit margin was 17.1 percent. Globally, there are over 170 Marimekko stores, and online store serves customers in 39 countries. The key markets are Northern Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The Group employs about 490 people. The company’s share is quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com

We are looking for a creative and driven

DESIGNER (Home Products)

to join our Home Design Team at Marimekko´s HQ in Helsinki.

In this role you have a central role in the Home Collection building to working and supporting both hard materials and textile design process. To succeed in this position you need to have an extensive experience in hard goods and home product design all in all. You have a good sense of colors, shapes, and materials. It’s an advantage if you also have a strong knowledge of printed fabrics, printed textile ready made products (cmt) and good product technical skills. You are not afraid to take responsibility and are eager to contribute to Marimekko´s bright future. You work closely with other designers, our Artwork studio, Merchandising and Sourcing teams, PD team as well as the Sampling studio in our printing mill.

This is a full-time fixed-term position lasting around 6 months in which you report to Marimekko´s Design Director, Home & Print Design.

Your main areas of responsibilities include:

• Hard materials design process (eg. ceramics, glass, wood, metal)
• Printed fabrics design process and printed textiles readymade product design and PD
• Creation of design packages containing technical specifications
• Coloring prints
• Commenting prototypes
• Coordinating different collection related issues and shared responsible of creation of collection overviews

In order to succeed in the role, you have:

• A degree in Design (MA)
• Previous strong design experience min. 2 years
• Excellent IT skills, especially Photoshop / Illustrator / InDesign
• Familiarity with 3D modeling tools is considered a plus, but is not required
• In-depth understanding of hard goods, home product design and collection work
• Understanding of printed textiles and textile products
• An exceptional eye for form, colors, prints & quality
• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent team work skills
• Excellent communication skills, fluency in English, both verbal and written, and Finnish is an advantage

We value a diverse workforce – Marimekko’s culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion, and cherishing diversity. At Marimekko we encourage people to be themselves. We believe in fairness and doing things together, using common sense and finding joy in our work. If you connect with these values and have the right background, we will offer you a unique opportunity to work in an exciting international business environment with an iconic Finnish brand.

Marimekko's culture and working environment are founded on equality, inclusion and cherishing diversity. Marimekko welcomes and encourages everyone regardless of their national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion or other personal characteristic to apply. Recruitment is always based on business need, and the candidates are evaluated on relevant knowledge, skills and experience as well as motivation.

Marimekko is ranked as the 7th Most Attractive Employer in Finland amongst business professionals according to Universum’s ranking. Marimekko is also the 5th most attractive employer in Finland amongst business students. Read more about the Universum’s ranking on their website.