Job description

About the Role
Senior Toy Designer
At Blue Marble, we design innovative toys and play experiences that inspire curiosity, creativity, and discovery. Our collaborative team brings ideas to life through thoughtful design, rapid iteration, and a shared passion for creating products that kids love.
We're looking for an experienced Senior Toy Designer to lead the development of innovative toys, play experiences, and consumer products from concept through commercialization. In this role, you'll establish creative direction, influence product strategy, mentor fellow designers, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver engaging products that delight consumers while achieving business objectives.
What You’ll Do
Core Responsibilities:
Design Leadership & Innovation
Lead the creative vision, design, and execution of toys, play experiences, and consumer products from concept through production.
Champion innovative product concepts that balance creativity, consumer appeal, manufacturability, cost targets, and commercial success.
Apply user-centered design principles to create engaging, age-appropriate play experiences.
Conduct trend research, competitive analysis, and material exploration to identify new product opportunities and inspire portfolio growth.
Create compelling sketches, renderings, CAD models, prototypes, and presentations that clearly communicate design intent.
Mentor and provide creative guidance to fellow designers through concept development, design reviews, and product execution.
Champion design excellence by promoting best practices, continuous improvement, and a high standard of creative execution.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Product Development, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, Licensing, and overseas manufacturing teams to guide products from concept through commercialization.
Present product concepts, design strategies, and recommendations to executive leadership, licensors, retailers, and key stakeholders.
Lead brainstorming sessions, design reviews, and cross-functional collaboration throughout product development.
Drive communication and alignment between internal teams and overseas partners to ensure successful product execution.
Design Process & Product Development
Utilize design thinking methodologies to solve complex product challenges and create engaging consumer experiences.
Stay current with emerging trends, technologies, materials, manufacturing processes, and competitive products.
Translate consumer insights and product testing into meaningful design improvements and future product opportunities.
Own product development from concept approval through tooling, pilot production, and mass production while maintaining design intent.
Create and maintain detailed product documentation, including CAD files, CMF specifications, engineering support materials, and presentation assets.
Evaluate engineering samples, prototypes, and factory samples to ensure product quality, manufacturability, and cost objectives are achieved.
Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to resolve technical challenges while preserving the intended consumer experience.
Technical Expertise & Compliance
Demonstrate expert proficiency in SolidWorks, KeyShot, and Adobe Creative Suite to develop production-ready CAD, renderings, presentations, and technical documentation.
Maintain and evolve CMF libraries, design standards, and specification documentation.
Apply advanced knowledge of plastics, tooling, manufacturing processes, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM).
Ensure products meet applicable safety regulations, licensor requirements, and international product standards while partnering closely with the Compliance Team.
Intellectual Property
Collaborate with patent attorneys to prepare intellectual property documentation, including claims, illustrations, and supporting materials.
Identify patentable innovations and contribute to the growth of Blue Marble's intellectual property portfolio.
Ensure products comply with licensor brand guidelines and international product marking requirements.
What You Bring
Must-Haves:
Extensive experience designing children's toys, play experiences, educational products, licensed products, or consumer products.
Proven success leading products from concept through commercialization.
Exceptional sketching, ideation, visualization, storytelling, and physical prototyping skills.
Advanced knowledge of plastics, tooling, manufacturing processes, and consumer product development.
Expert proficiency in SolidWorks, Adobe Creative Suite, and KeyShot.
Strong understanding of design thinking methodologies and user-centered design practices.
Excellent verbal, visual, and written communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to present concepts and product strategies to executive

Senior Toy Designer at Blue Marble