Senior Watch and Jewelry Designer (m/f/d)

Create our unique products of tomorrow! With your visual superpowers and your creative ideas, you will independently and strategically create our next bestsellers! Draft, concept and develop ideas for our watches, jewelry, sunglasses, handbags and other accessories.

If you are bursting with creativity and great ideas for watch designs, appreciate variety in your tasks and independent work in a dynamic team, then we look forward to getting to know you!

We are currently looking for a responsible full-time employee to support our team in the areas of watches, jewelry and accessories design and development.

• Develop products from the first idea to the launch of the product
• Develop our product portfolio (watches, jewelry, sunglasses etc.)
• Create concept, design and implement independently
• Creative implementation of additional projects (graphic, packaging, merchandise)
• Evaluation of the performances of the current product portfolio
• Identifying performance drivers in the respective category
• Develop product strategies in close collaboration with your head
• Collaborate with other departments like Customer Support/Quality Control for incremental product improvements
• Provide sourcing support with focus on further development of the material catalog
• Communication with manufacturers

• At least 1 year of professional experience in the field of watches
• At least 2 years of professional experience in design and product development
• Creativity and a keen sense of design, colors, materials and aesthetics
• Interest in current trends of the fashion market
• Independent, self-reliant and stress-resistant work style
• Experience in project coordination
• Excellent knowledge of Adobe programs (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
• Excellent knowledge skills with CAD and rendering programs (Rhino, KeyShot, Cinema 4D)
• Excellent handling of MS Office, especially Excel
• Interest in learning new things and training structures
• Desire to grow with a young company and taking on more responsibility in the long term
• Fluent in English

• Experience with Google Trends
• Experience with Similar Web
• German language skills
• Full time work experience 2+ years

• Attractive flexitime work model with home office option.
• Two legendary annual company events with the whole Holzkern family - all inclusive
• Regular team events with your team throughout the year.
• State of the art technical equipment (MacBook).
• Generous employee discounts for you and your loved ones.
• Extensive Onboarding: From day 1 on you will have a buddy who will show you everything you need to know and be there for you should you encounter problems. Your colleagues will teach you everything specific to Holzkern that you need to succeed in your new job.
• Exciting Tasks & Personal Growth: Trust is always first for us at Holzkern, which is why we give you big and exciting projects from the start, so you can quickly unfold your potential. This will give you the opportunity to grow and learn super quickly.
• Fresh fruits, coffee, tea, milk (also vegan and lactose free) in the office on site.
• Healthy and balanced meals from Schrankerl. Holzkern pays 20% of each meal.

• Starting date of Employment: right away
• Working Hours: at least 30h or 38,5h/week
• Working Location: Holzkern Headquarters, Autokaderstraße 33, 1210 Wien
• Salary: With the Austrian collective agreement this positions dotes 2.229€ gross per month on a full time basis, without taking previous employment into account. Your actual salary depends on your personal work experience and qualifications, starting from €2.500 gross per month on a full-time basis, onwards.

HOLZKERN was founded in 2016 with the purpose of creating unique pieces of nature - just as unique as our customers. Seven years later, we are one of the most successful D2C brands in DACH selling a huge variety of watches, jewelry & accessories. We’re proud to say that over 1.000.000 customers worldwide were already able to find their perfect piece of nature. Join our team of over 170 people and help us to bring natural uniqueness to the whole world!

As a dynamic team, we value open corporate communication, teamwork, development opportunities and flexible working hours. But most of all, you can expect to work in a friendly working environment with warm-hearted colleagues who will always support you.