Jack Tanser

• Lead the end-to-end NPL process for furniture products, ensuring attention to detail, secure engineering, and on-time launches. • Source and select qualified factories and materials for products securing alignment with Muuto's quality standards and design intent. • Manage safety, strength, and stability testing for global market compliance. • Drive environmental and CSR initiatives, verifying product adherence to regulatory standards. • Optimise existing products, manage cost-saving projects, and elevate supplier standards. • Collaborate across departments to share product knowledge and foster successful projects.

• Designed and developed new and existing products in the collection from initial concept sketches to final product. • Regularly visited potential and current suppliers. Benchmarked products with potential suppliers. Coordinated prototyping, sample production, 0 series batches, and mass production. • Developed products in 3D, 2D, and physical prototypes. Produced detailed technical drawings and 3D data with QC points and required technical information for production. • Ensured quality control of new and existing products, ensuring high-quality standards were met. Inspected deliveries to check consistency and quality. Communicated design adjustments and quality control documentation. • Managed European furniture fair participation, stand design, logistics, and construction, as well as communicated and sold the brand to visitors. • Designed graphic and digital material using the Adobe Suite.

• An integral part of the design process of new products. This included sourcing prototypes, coordinating with external designers and idea generation for product manufacture and marketing. • Developed existing manufacturing drawings to optimize production and ensure a consistent final product. • Coordinated, developed and implemented exhibition stand designs for worldwide furniture fairs. • Designed a variety of graphic materials including brochures, sales tools and business cards.

• Experienced the whole commercial design process from initial client contact, commission, design and development through to manufacture and installation. • Prototyped designs, contributed to product development meetings and presented concepts to the management team. • Used CAD software (AutoCAD and 3DS Max) and Adobe programmes (Photoshop and Illustrator) to produce work for industry and client use.