Senior Industrial Designer

BLOND is a critically acclaimed London-based design studio that collaborates with the world’s leading brands and startups—ranked by Red Dot as the No.1 design studio in America and Europe for four consecutive years.

STRATEGIC INNOVATION & DESIGN embodies the studio’s practice. With empathy toward fast-changing social needs and environmental challenges, BLOND harnesses insights to pinpoint opportunities that have the potential to enhance contemporary lifestyles and provoke change. The studio’s designers, engineers, and strategists translate these opportunities into meaningful brands, products, spaces, and experiences that give our partners a market advantage while positively impacting the planet.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Industrial Designer to join our fast-growing team. You will be an integral part of the studio and be exposed to all aspects of a design project, being involved in every stage of the process, from research to strategy, ideation to visualisation. As a senior, you will also be expected to lead projects and manage client relationships.

• Leading a team of juniors and mid-weight senior staff, reporting to the Creative Director
• Client meetings and correspondence
• Participation in ideation sessions
• Engage in and manage desktop and field research
• Strategic design thinking
• Managing projects, including schedule, resources, deliverables, and reviews
• CAD, visualisation and presentation creation

• BA or MA Degree in Industrial Design
• At least five years of industry experience (post‑graduation)
• Strong administrative and organisational skills
• Ability to think holistically about projects and stakeholder requirements—using strategic creativity to help our partners achieve their goals
• Eagerness to become part of a tight‑knit team and a brand advocate
• Ability to manage and lead creative projects from start to finish
• Creativity and innovation‑focused
• Exceptional CAD skills; must include Rhino (3D) and Adobe (2D)
• Able to use Key Shot
• Able to present work beautifully, with clarity
• Detail‑oriented
• Great communicator and confident in communicating with clients
• Willingness to teach and support other staff members
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English are required
• A strong understanding of design for manufacture
• Excellent knowledge of design
• Willing to travel internationally for meetings/development workshops
• Able to work in the UK

• Able to start immediately or with a short notice period
• Ability to speak a language other than English
• Knowledge of Solid Works
• Knowledge of Autodesk Alias
• AI prompting experience

• Birthday day off (paid)
• Education days (two paid days off per year for education - lectures, mentoring and tutoring)
• Beautiful Canal Side Studio
• Friendly Office Dog
• Team Socials and Events

• The position will be based in our London office (Hackney, E2)
• Working from home is offered (one day per week)
• Please note we do not offer working from abroad, all employees are expected to be in our London studio a minimum of 4 days a week.
• Overseas applicants are very welcome, but they must hold a valid British Citizenship or a valid right to work in the UK (please note, we do not offer any visa sponsor ships)

Please read carefully, as applications that do not include this will not be reviewed.

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• No Issuu, Behance or web‑based portfolios will be accepted
• The PDF portfolio should be no larger than 15 MB
• Please title the email: BLOND SENIOR DESIGNER 2026 MARCH
• No need to create a cover letter; please introduce yourself via email
• Within the introduction email, please clearly state your availability or notice period
• Please clearly state your annual salary expectations in GBP in the email
• Please clearly state your right to work in the UK status within the email. We will only accept fully granted visas, settled status, ILR or British Citizenship‑please specify which applies to you, and if on a Visa, please include the expiry date.
• Please note: due to the high volume of applications, we will only be able to reply to successful candidates after the deadline date has closed.

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