Jewelry Designer

Summary

Join VRAI, a rapidly growing direct-to-consumer brand, as a Jewelry Designer. Lead the conceptualization and design of diamond jewelry, translating creative vision into marketable products. You will utilize your expertise in diamond jewelry, refined design sensibility, and technical skills to create exceptional pieces. Collaborate with various teams to bring designs to life, manage vendor CAD work, and maintain the 3D file library. This role demands a high level of creativity, attention to detail, and project management skills. The ideal candidate possesses extensive knowledge of the fine jewelry industry and exceptional communication skills.

Requirements

• Graduated from a top Jewelry Design School,  with an emphasis in 3-D Jewelry Design preferred or has a minimum of 5 years in jewelry industry CAD work experience
• Extraordinary mastery of hand sketching and gouache techniques; proven ability in Photoshop, Illustrator, CAD, Matrix gold software
• Extensive knowledge of the fine jewelry industry and competitive landscape, gemology, precious metals, materials, engineering and manufacturing processes
• Must have excellent communication skills, be able to effectively work in a team environment, have impeccable attention to detail, be highly organized with the ability to manage several development projects at one time, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

Responsibilities

• Lead intensive concepting periods to research and document inspiration supporting intentional product assortment development; create highly detailed sketches, stone layouts, CADs, specs/technical drawings, and gouache to translate jewelry concepts into designs reflecting the brand image that are marketable, sellable and meet company objectives
• Conduct competitor’s analysis, market research and collect customer/retail feedback to support new fine jewelry product concepts
• Manage vendor CAD work for technical viability and provide concise technical feedback
• Participate in weekly product development meetings, preparing status updates on designs, CADs, etc, for review and approval
• Support Custom order CAD creations for orders from time to time during high-volume periods and analyze custom order projects that could be integrated into the fine jewelry collection
• Maintain the 3D file library; manage file sharing with internal partners and manufacturers

Preferred Qualifications

Experience creating custom designs is a plus

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life and disability insurance programs
• A number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work
• Employee discounts