Senior Designer, Toys

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the innovative design and concept development for Comfrt’s growing toy category.

• Create original, playful, nostalgic, and emotionally resonant toy concepts that embody Comfrt’s brand identity.

• Design characters, shapes, silhouettes, expressions, textures, and interactive elements.

• Investigate plush, weighted, sensory, squishy, novelty, collectible, and comfort-oriented toy categories.

• Develop character backstories, personalities, and unique design features.

• Convert consumer insights, trends, and market opportunities into commercially feasible concepts.

• Present creative direction using mood boards, hand sketches, digital illustrations, renderings, material boards, and physical prototypes.

• Establish unified design languages and recognizable product families.

• Oversee the entire design process from conception to production-ready approval.

• Create technical packages, illustrations, multi-view drawings, specifications, and factory instructions.

• Design plush patterns, soft sculptures, dimensional forms, and other toy constructions.

• Specify materials, fillings, weights, textures, sensory components, embroidery, prints, attachments, and functional features.

• Research materials, manufacturing techniques, and product innovations.

• Collaborate with manufacturers to bring concepts to life through physical samples.

• Review prototypes and offer feedback and revisions on samples.

• Ensure that designs adhere to cost targets, production standards, toy safety regulations, testing, and compliance requirements.

• Keep abreast of trends in toys, entertainment, pop culture, lifestyle, and related categories.

• Identify whitespace opportunities and concepts appealing to both children and adults.

• Collaborate with Product leadership to define product direction, priorities, and seasonal assortments.

• Work alongside Product Development, Sourcing, Merchandising, Marketing, and Quality teams.

• Engage with domestic and international suppliers to address design challenges and expedite development.

• Manage multiple projects within tight timelines.

• Maintain design documentation, technical packages, and sample approvals.

• Communicate progress, priorities, and challenges across a remote cross-functional team.

• Integrate feedback while maintaining creative judgment and ownership.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8–10+ years of professional experience in toy design, plush design, character product design, or closely related fields.

• Experience with an established toy-related brand or consumer product company that has successfully scaled its business, product offerings, and distribution.

• Demonstrated success in designing commercially viable toys or character-driven consumer products.

• Proven track record of taking original concepts from ideation to factory development and production.

• In-depth knowledge of toy design, construction, materials, manufacturing processes, and technical development.

• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, along with strong digital sketching, illustration, and rendering skills.

• Strong capability in creating detailed technical design packages for manufacturing.

• Experience working directly with overseas factories and managing multiple sample iterations.

• Familiarity with toy safety standards, material performance, testing considerations, and age-appropriate design.

• Strong understanding of cost-sensitive design and designing for scalable production.

• Portfolio showcasing exceptional creativity, strong character development, original concepts, and successful commercial products.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

• Ability to influence and motivate cross-functional partners and leadership.

• Capable of managing ambiguity, shifting priorities, and differing opinions with professionalism and confidence.

• Ability to forge strong relationships across cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with diverse personalities and perspectives.

• Ability to merge creativity with organization, problem-solving, strategic thinking, and disciplined execution.

• Experience in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, or high-growth consumer brand environment.

• Proven ability to work efficiently and independently in a remote setting.

• Portfolio submission needed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Generous paid time off.

• Company-sponsored health insurance.

• 5% 401k match.

• Discounts on all Comfrt products.

• Fully remote work environment.

• Supportive and creative atmosphere where ideas and growth are encouraged.