Junior Designer

Emergency University; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Emergency University in Portland, OR is seeking a curious Junior Designer to grow with us as we envision and craft simple, thoughtful, enjoyable products and services for customers.

This role offers broad, multidisciplinary experience across physical and digital design, in a high-energy, small-team environment where you will sketch, prototype, facilitate workshops, and contribute to projects from concept to production, while learning from senior designers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in industrial design, transportation design, or related field.
• Some experience (internship, co-op, academic, or entry-level) in a consumer product industry.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.
• Familiarity with at least one 3D modeling software (Alias AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender).
• Familiarity with presentation apps (PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Concepting and sketching across projects.
• Low- to high-fidelity prototyping.
• Workshop facilitation and asset production.
• Cross-functional collaboration and mentorship.

Skills

Curiosity

Communication

Sketching

Visualization

3D modeling

Prototyping

Storytelling

Adaptability

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in industrial design, transportation design, or related field

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

Alias AutoStudio

Rhino

Blender

PowerPoint

Keynote

Job description

We're looking for a curious, adaptable, and driven Junior Designer to join our team and grow alongside us as we envision and craft simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling products and services for customers.

This is an incredible opportunity for an early-career designer to build a broad, multidisciplinary skill set across physical and digital design disciplines in a high-energy, small-team environment where every contributor wears multiple hats. You'll gain hands-on exposure to concepting and sketching, low- to high-fidelity prototyping, workshop facilitation, and asset production across the full lifecycle of projects, pilots, and research initiatives - all while being mentored by senior designers and cross-functional experts.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in industrial design, transportation design, or a related field.
• Some experience (internship, co-op, academic, or entry-level) in a consumer product industry, transportation sector or supplier, design consultancy, or similar field.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite design tools.
• Familiarity with at least one 3D modeling software application (e.g., Alias AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender).
• Familiarity with relevant presentation applications (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar).

Even better, you may have...

• 0-2 years of industrial design or transportation design studio experience (internships and academic project work welcomed).
• Strong curiosity, creativity, and eagerness to experiment with features and functional solutions.
• Emerging ability to translate customer and research inputs into relevant, desirable product concepts.
• Developing communication skills through presentation and storytelling.
• Growing product design aesthetic sensibility.
• Foundational sketching, visualization, modeling, and presentation skills.
• Some 2D application skills (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.).
• Some 3D application skills (e.g., Alias AutoStudio, VRED, Rhino, Maya, or Blender).
• Hands-on experience or interest in building low-fidelity prototypes (e.g., cardboard, foam core, wood, laser cutting, 3D printing) and a desire to learn production and prototyping methods.
• Interest in learning to translate design vision into animated story-form using digital presentation tools (including AI visualization tools).
• A growth mindset and willingness to take on new challenges as design proposals move from concept toward production.

A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.