Hybrid Carpet Designer — Color & Textiles Innovator

Shaw Contract EMEA; Cartersville (GA); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Patcraft Commercial, part of Shaw Industries, is seeking a Carpet Designer to develop innovative commercial flooring products from concept to launch. You’ll explore color, pattern, and materials, translating customer needs into thoughtful design solutions while collaborating with Fabrication, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales teams.

This hybrid role based in Cartersville, GA offers close proximity to manufacturing with travel for market research.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related discipline.
• Experience in textiles, materials, surface design or physical product development is preferred.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating design thinking and a sophisticated sensibility for color, pattern, texture, material and composition.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead innovative commercial flooring products from initial research and concept through commercialization and launch.
• Understand customer, market and business needs and translate them into thoughtful design solutions.
• Research influences across art, design, textiles, interiors and materials to inform product direction.
• Experiment hands-on with yarn, pattern, color, construction and manufacturing processes.
• Partner with Fabrication and Manufacturing to understand capabilities, explore possibilities and translate concepts into manufacturable products.
• Manage the details of product development, including prototyping, color development, production set-up, specifications, timelines and launch deliverables.
• Manage multiple projects while maintaining design intent and quality.
• Collaborate with Product Launch, Marketing, Brand, Digital, Segment, Manufacturing and Sales teams.
• Connect with Sales and customers to gather insights, understand their needs and communicate product vision and design direction.
• Travel for market research, customer visits, presentations, industry events and trade shows. Overnight travel is required.

Skills

Textile design

Surface design

Product design

Industrial design

Color & pattern

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Surface Design, Product Design, Industrial Design, or related field

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Illustrator

NedGraphics

Job description

Patcraft Commercial, part of Shaw Industries, is seeking a Carpet Designer to develop innovative commercial flooring products from concept to launch. You’ll explore color, pattern, and materials, translating customer needs into thoughtful design solutions while collaborating with Fabrication, Manufacturing, Marketing, and Sales teams.

This hybrid role based in Cartersville, GA offers close proximity to manufacturing with travel for market research.