Lead/Senior Industrial Product Designer

Are you passionate about collaborative design, meaningful user experiences, and building world-class products from concept to creation? Then apply now!

About Canon Production Printing

Canon Production Printing has a great history in product development. Our innovations have always been focused on printing and copying. Currently, we are expanding into the world of graphic arts. With over 100 international design awards, our strength in product design is recognized throughout the world. We share our knowledge and keep learning from others with our strong links with universities and regular lectures at symposia.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior/Lead Industrial Product Designer, you will translate Canon Production Printing’s brand equity into high-quality product designs where product identity and optimal ergonomics are central. Product Design at CPP is about both design and implementation. You will work on the quality, innovativeness, and vision of CPP’s brand equity, in collaboration with our design colleagues in Tokyo. As an in-house designer, you will build and nourish a portfolio of products.

As part of our Research & Development organization, you’ll work alongside highly skilled professionals to design the next generation of our products. In multidisciplinary project teams, you will shape, refine, safeguard, and implement your design ideas all the way into final products. You continuously aim higher and are driven to create innovative, excellent, and groundbreaking solutions.

Exciting changes in technology will change the way users interact with products. You imagine how these changes could influence and benefit our products. With your creative vision and designs, you ensure we are at the forefront of these changes.

Who You’ll Work With

The CPP Design team (approximately 25 professionals) is primarily located in Venlo and collaborates with all CPP sites worldwide, as well as with our design colleagues in Tokyo. Our goal is to create high-quality products for professionals through one unified user experience for all CPP solutions: hardware, software, as well as services. The focus of the team is on design research, UX design, product design, and usability design.

What You Bring

We are looking for someone with a passion for product design, brand identity, and user experience. You are a team player with a positive drive and an independent attitude, who enjoys taking product ownership and initiative.

Furthermore, you meet the following requirements:

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Industrial Product Design
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience
• A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design process experience for a variety of products (please submit your portfolio with your resume and cover letter)
• Knowledge of production processes and materials, with a strong awareness of aesthetic excellence and design quality
• Hands-on mentality; not afraid to create mock-ups to demonstrate the value of design
• Able and enjoy working on a large variety of projects at the same time
• You thrive in international teams and are fluent in spoken and written English (Dutch is a plus, but not mandatory)
• Available for a minimum of 32 hours per week
• You are eligible to work in the Netherlands

This vacancy is located in Venlo, Limburg, The Netherlands. Please note that applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

What You’ll Get From Us

We provide an exciting, dynamic work environment with plenty of opportunity for you to develop personally and professionally. We offer excellent conditions to help you be who you want to be:

• A competitive salary in line with your educational background and experience (range €5500 - €7000 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month pay (8.6%), holiday allowance (8%), and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

Waar staan wij voor?

Wij ontwikkelen en produceren hightech printproducten en workflow software voor de commerciële printing markt als onderdeel van Canon, wereldwijd marktleider in beeldtechnologieën. Met ongeveer 3300 werknemers verspreid over drie continenten en ons hoofdkantoor in Venlo, Nederland, innoveren we om hoogwaardige oplossingen te creëren die kleur toevoegen aan de wereld. Geleid door de Kyosei filosofie - samen leven en werken voor het algemeen belang – is onze cultuur gebouwd op openheid, collegialiteit, vertrouwen en stabiliteit. We stellen onze mensen in staat om te groeien, initiatief te nemen en impact te maken.

Met onze bedrijfswaarden samenwerking, innovatie en eigenaarschap, streven we ernaar het beste in elkaar naar boven te halen, grenzen te verleggen en ons gesterkt te voelen om eigenaarschap te nemen in ons werk.