What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Design Development Specialist position at Hello World Group?
Company Description Hello World Group is a brand operations company that partners with distressed, incubated, and licensed consumer brands to build healthy, cashflow-positive businesses. The team takes over end-to-end operations, including e-commerce, wholesale, supply chain, marketing, and finance, then applies AI to run these functions faster and more cost-effectively than traditional structures. Hello World Group operates licensed brands across direct-to-consumer, wholesale, and marketplace channels, incubates new brands from concept to revenue, and acquires distressed brands to restore value. Brands include Luxury Fashion, Licenced Sportswear, and a range of consumer products. Applicants joining the organization will be part of a hands-on, data-driven environment focused on operational excellence and sustainable growth.
Role Description The Product Design Development Specialist is a full-time,remote hybrid/ remote role in Los Angeles. This role is responsible for translating brand concepts into commercially viable products, overseeing the design and development process from initial idea through production hand-off. Day-to-day activities include creating and refining product designs, developing technical specifications, collaborating with sourcing and supply chain teams, and ensuring materials and textiles align with brand standards and cost targets. The specialist must have clothing specific experience, but experience with hard goods and cosmetics are a plus. The specialist will coordinate timelines, manage samples, support fit and quality reviews, and partner with cross-functional teams, contractor partners and our in house ai agents in operations, marketing, and e-commerce- essentially overseeing the product design>development> go to market cycle. This position requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders and external vendors to maintain quality, consistency, and speed to market.
Qualifications
- Strong skills in Product Design and Product Development, with experience bringing consumer products from concept to market.
- Expert knowledge of adobe Illustrator other design software (Experience with AI a plus) (CAD) tools to create technical drawings, specifications, and product iterations.
- Knowledge of Textiles and garment construction, including fabric types, construction, performance characteristics, and cost considerations.
- Project Management abilities to handle timelines, milestones, cross-functional coordination, and multiple concurrent product lines and brands.
- Experience in consumer brands, fashion/ apparel is a must. Experience in related industries is highly beneficial.
- Ability to collaborate proactively with operations, sourcing, marketing, and finance teams in a fast-paced, data-driven environment.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and comfort working with un-structured processes and documentation- improving systems as we grow.
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Product Development, Textiles, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience recommended, but not required.
- Experience working in product design, development or production management role required.