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Bentley Mills is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our design team and contribute to the development of innovative commercial flooring collections. This role blends creative exploration with technical product development, translating cultural insights, material innovation, and design narratives into commercially successful carpet products.

Reporting to the Director of Design and Product Development, the Senior Product Designer will collaborate across design, product development, marketing, and manufacturing partners to bring new concepts to market. The ideal candidate combines strong visual design skills with an understanding of textile construction, color development, and commercial interiors.

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Key Responsibilities

Product & Pattern Design

• Develop innovative carpet patterns and product concepts for commercial soft surface environments

• Translate conceptual ideas into commercially viable flooring designs

• Interpret and execute custom project design requests

• Work through iterative sampling and prototyping to refine designs

Color & Material Development

• Lead color development and palette creation for new product collections

• Explore material innovation, including yarn systems, construction techniques, and textural effects

• Collaborate with internal teams and mill partners to refine color and construction during development

Trend & Design Strategy

• Conduct trend research and forecasting to inform product development and design direction

• Contribute to design narratives and collection storytelling

• Analyze competitive products and evolving market trends within commercial interiors

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with marketing to support product storytelling and launches

• Collaborate with manufacturing partners and mills on design development and sampling

• Present design concepts and product strategies to sales teams, leadership, and internal design councils

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Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in textile design, product design, or surface design

• Experience in commercial interior or flooring industries preferred

• Strong portfolio demonstrating pattern design, color development, and material exploration

• Ability to translate conceptual ideas into commercially viable products

• Strong presentation and communication skills

• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across multiple departments

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Required Skills

• Exceptional color perception and refined color sensibility

• Strong textile design and construction knowledge

• Excellent drawing and illustration skills

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)

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Preferred Skills

• Carpet construction knowledge

• Experience with carpet-specific software such as NedGraphics or Apso

• Familiarity with AI-assisted design tools such as Midjourney or similar generative platforms

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Portfolio Requirements

Applicants should submit a portfolio that demonstrates:

• Textile or pattern design work

• Color development and palette exploration

Candidates advancing to later interview stages may be asked to present:

• Trend research and insights

• Collection or product story development

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Cultural Fit

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work within a small design team

• Confidence presenting ideas to internal stakeholders

• Strategic thinking and curiosity about culture, art, and materials

• Self-motivation and ownership of work

• Ability to both give and receive constructive feedback

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Compensation

In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is:

• $70,000-$150,000

Actual compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, and alignment with the role.

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About Bentley Mills

Bentley Mills is a California-based manufacturer of award-winning commercial carpet recognized for design innovation, performance, and sustainability. Our products serve workplace, hospitality, and public environments across the globe.

Our design team is highly collaborative and deeply engaged in the creative and strategic process behind every collection we bring to market.

Bentley Mills provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

*The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The range provided is required by California State Law. Bentley Mills reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and local/geography. Bentley Mills conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.