Senior Surface Print Designer

HydroJug is seeking a Senior Surface Print Designer to lead forward product planning within our New Variant Development (NVD) team. The Senior Surface Print Designer owns our forward product development calendar, facilitates recurring leadership reviews that move new products through defined creative and production stages, and personally concepts and designs the surface prints, colors, and variants that go to market. Prepare, lead, and drive a recurring senior leadership review of the forward product pipelineAdvance each product through defined creative and production stages — from early concept development through design, sampling, and final approval — on an agreed-upon cadencePresent work with clear rationale supported by trend analysis, market signals, and commercial insightFacilitate stakeholder decisions and document outcomes and next stepsSurface Design and Trend Forecasting 5+ years of senior-level experience in surface, print, pattern, or textile designPortfolio demonstrating range across multiple consumer categories, aesthetics, and color storiesPrior experience managing or mentoring junior designersProven ability to present to executive audiences and drive decisions in formal meeting settingsStrong trend forecasting foundation with the ability to articulate clear, defensible rationale behind design choicesFluency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop) and project management tools such as AsanaExperience introducing process improvements within established design or product planning systemsWillingness and ability to work from our Ogden, Utah office four days per week, with one day remotePreferred Qualifications Months 1–2: Learn the existing product planning system, build relationships with cross-functional stakeholders, and develop an independent point of view on current prioritiesMonth 3: Independently lead the recurring product leadership review with a first concept cycle in motionMonth 6: First prints approved and moving to sampling; calendar reflects the designer’s refined market point of viewMonth 12: First full wave of new variants launched to customers; product planning system measurably improvedLocation and Reporting