Director of Product Design

Craft Agency Ltd; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package available

Quarterly cultural spend

Employee frame allowance

Educational allowance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

EAP

Health, vision and dental cover

FSA/HSA

401(k)

Commuter benefits

10 paid holidays plus PTO accrual

Job summary

Craft Agency Ltd in New Orleans seeks a senior eyewear designer to own end-to-end product design for optical and sunglasses. You’ll lead silhouette development, material and colour work, and construction detailing to turn concept into production-ready frames.

You will drive CADs, tech packs, sampling and fit validation, and manage overseas factory relations to ensure execution stays true to design intent. Fluent in eyewear construction and documentation of repeatable processes, you’ll set the

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in eyewear design, across sun and optical.
• Led product end-to-end and documented design processes.
• In-house or frame studio experience; comfortable with overseas manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end eyewear design from concept to production readiness.
• Lead silhouette development, material and colour work, construction detailing.
• Drive CADs, tech packs, sampling, and fit validation.
• Manage overseas factory relationships to ensure design intent is met.

Skills

End-to-end design

Eyewear construction

CAD

Adobe Creative Suite

Overseas manufacturing

Process documentation

Tools

CAD software

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Overview

This is an independent, New Orleans-born eyewear label that has transformed into a genuine luxury name: worn by musicians, athletes and actors you’d recognise immediately.

In the founder’s words: “What has lived primarily through instinct, taste, and direct involvement now needs to become a true system.” This is not iterating inside someone else’s process. It’s building the process itself.

The Role

You’ll own end-to-end product design across optical and sunglasses, from concept through production readiness. That means leading silhouette development, material and colour work, and construction detailing; driving CADs, tech packs, sampling and fit validation; and managing overseas factory relationships so execution holds to design intent.

The Package

$100,000 – $150,000
Relocation package available
Quarterly cultural spend and quarterly employee frame allowance
Educational allowance for ongoing development
Paid parental leave, adoption assistance and EAP
Health, vision and dental cover; FSA/HSA; 401(k); life and AD&D
Commuter benefits; 10 paid holidays plus PTO accrual

The Person

You’re a specialist eyewear Designer with 5 – 8+ years across both sun and optical, currently in-house or at a frame-producing studio. You’ve led product end-to-end and are fluent in eyewear construction, materials and fit. Crucially, you’ve built and standardised technical processes before – not just designed well, but documented how good design repeats.

You’re advanced in CAD and Adobe Creative Suite, comfortable with overseas manufacturing, and ready to be the senior design authority while creative direction sits with a founder.