What are the responsibilities and job description for the Custom Exhibit Designer and Digital Fabricator position at Iontank?
The primary objective of an Iontank Designer and is to produce concepts and designs which accomplish the creative, aesthetic and functional needs of us and our clients. An Iontank Designer must have a strong knowledge in digital fabrication tools and techniques, be able to convey ideas in words, sketches and ultimately build-able CAD drawings.
Who you are
Your friends and colleagues would describe you as obsessive. You love a good dovetail joint and you find yourself internally critiquing the designed world around you - how to make things easier to use or more aesthetically appropriate. You hold a deep love for the interplay between light and material. You see digital fabrication as an opportunity to mesh the precise world of bits and the romanticism of a finely sharpened blade. You love what you do and strive to design and build amazing things.
Requirements:
- The applicant must have experience designing for and operating CNC machines (router, mill, laser cutter, 3D printers).
- The applicant must have experience with 3D modeling software such as fusion 360, or Rhinoceros 3D.
- The applicant must be proactive and solution oriented, capable of iterating on a design quickly with the collaboration of the team.
- The applicant must have the ability to communicate effectively with a multi-disciplinary project team of fabricators and designers.
- The applicant must possess experience and knowledge of the tools, materials, and techniques typical to wood, plastic, and metal fabrication.
- The applicant must be constantly working to grow their ability and knowledge in the realm of digital design and fabrication.
- This job is for our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania studio.
Bonus points:
- Hidden talents to help our team grow.
- Experience with audio-visual integration
- Experience with custom electronics integration
Responsibilities:
- Produce conceptual designs for client and internal projects
- Produce CAD drawings and models
- Operate digital fabrication tools to execute on CAD drawings and models
Who we are
Iontank is a specialized design studio that develops interactive art installations and software systems for Fortune 100 companies, award-winning ad agencies, world-renowned museums, industry-leading exhibition firms and inspiring event producers.
When physical meets digital, we rock. We have an extensive collection of fabrication tools and warehouses full of amazing tech toys at our disposal to help you deliver your most ambitious project to date.
We love our craft. Our crew has a complete mastery of pixels, code, circuits, CNC machines, lasers and soldering irons. We are disciplined craftsmen, coders, designers, techs and artists that happen to be fluent in logistics, can easily read blueprints upside down, understand electrical loads and get the details right the first time. Every time.
Since 2001 we have been helping clients to blow minds and stand apart.
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