JUNIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER

As Junior Product Designer, you work closely with our product engineers in the Product Development Team of World Of Tents, a group of leading tent brands in various sectors.

World Of Tents is the mother brand, bringing together Alpinter, Alpino and Autentic. In the various aspects of your job, you will also be in contact with our Quality, Marketing and Commercial departments.

Alpinter develops, produces and supplies tents and other relief items for humanitarian organisations and government bodies worldwide. With HQ in Belgium (Ronse) and local offices and warehouses around the globe, Alpinter has been considered one of the leading actors in the humanitarian sector for over 30 years.

Alpino is our heritage brand. Alpino designs and produces tents for scouting since 1959. Tents are still designed and produced in our atelier in Ronse.

Autentic creates premium glamping tents. The brand stands for cutting edge stylish designs, high performance, proudly made for sharing good times. Autentic is a recent brand (created in 2019) but has the ambition to astonish the world of camping and glamping in the years to come.

To create world class products and a premium product experience, we are looking for a JUNIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER, who will work for both entities, from our HQ in Ronse.

ABOUT THE JOB

How will you spend your day?

• You’ll be responsible for the creation of 3D drawings and renders that serve our product developments and sales support.
• You’ll be responsible for the creation of the technical information for and in collaboration with suppliers (for example, technical specification documents for components).
• You map and evaluate new and existing suppliers, products, materials, and more for tents & outdoor related products (frames, canvas materials, lighting systems, …).
• You proactively seek out and evaluate opportunities to improve the product range, the product itself and the manufacturing process.
• You are actively involved in the execution of these improvements. In the future you will also act as point of contact for possible suppliers or manufacturing partner

 

 

BACKGROUND & SKILLS

• You recently obtained a degree in interior architecture, product development or product design, industrial design, digital arts & entertainment, … and/or you have a similar first working experience (2-3 years).
• You have technical insight and know-how to create technical drawings and information.
• You have digital presentation skills. We currently work with SketchUp and VRay. You have experience with this software or you are open for self-learning.
• You have a critical eye: you see opportunities for improvements.
• You are willing to learn and to work independently.
• You have a structured way of thinking, working and communicating with your team members as well as external parties.
• You have (at least) some basic knowledge of the Adobe suite (Illustrator, Indesign, …).
• Good knowledge (oral and written) of English + Dutch and/or French

 

OUR OFFER 

We give you the opportunity to work in an international environment and in an extremely versatile job with occasional travel. You will have diverse work experiences, both for a market leader in humanitarian tents and for a start-up company launching into the commercial outdoor market. You get freedom, opportunities for growth and challenges within the entire group.

INTERESTED?

Ilse Roosens – Head of Quality
ir@alpinter.com 
Please use the reference ‘Job Junior Product Designer’ in your email.
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