Sr Field Designer - Las Vegas

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At Mohawk Industries, we’re committed to more – more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what’s important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What we need:

The Sr Field Designer is a high performing contributor that is responsible for translating design concepts into real-world environments and ensuring that products meet user needs in practical, on-site applications. This role involves collaboration with design teams, project managers, and field personnel to bridge the gap between design intent and on-the-ground implementation.

What you’ll do:

• Support the creation of fashion forward design collections for distribution.
• Continually learn new product knowledge and acquire improved designing skills across all our product categories.
• Stay abreast of design trends, competition, competitive issues, products, and existing and potential markets for Mohawk products.
• Attend sales meetings, conferences, marketing seminars and trade shows.
• Secure business within specific geographical areas by managing and initializing new projects as well as new business opportunities.
• Develop design briefs through order directly with key clients and work alongside sales and support teams.
• Develop improved insight into client’s needs and expectations; use to improve response times and client dependency and trust.
• Ensure that design solutions fit manufacturing criteria (manufacturability) for installation.
• Provide feedback and full details on client requirements to assigned production teams that enables the design work to be carried out effectively.
• Identify new clients and projects which warrant a ‘specialist’ design service.
• Manage the interaction between design/sales support, project management, administration, and production.
• Liaise with Creative Design to develop trend analysis and mood boards to define future color and design direction for hospitality markets.
• Coordinate market visits for marketing research to develop knowledge and awareness and provide market intelligence.
• Develop and give presentations to key accounts to promote Mohawk (Durkan) hospitality carpets, emphasizing how our design-led initiatives can improve their performance.
• Adhere to the corporate brand guidelines.
• Performs other duties as needed.

What you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and/or experience.
• 2-4 years’ relevant experience or equivalent education and/or experience.
• Experience using computer design tools (ex. Photoshop, Illustrator, Texcelle, etc.) required.
• Experience using Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) preferred.
• Experience in a print/publication environment preferred.
• Technical knowledge of roto-gravure printing, digital printing, and flooring production processes preferred.
• For colorist-specific role, must be able to pass a colorblind test.

What you’re good at:

• Demonstrates strong knowledge of technical, process, and business principals, industry practices and standards.
• Excellent communication, problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• High level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive data.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office Suite products.

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Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk’s vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world’s largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don’t Work participant.