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BatBnB, Product Designer

Contract: Contract-Basis, Part-Time, Hourly (20-40 hours/month with opportunity to scale)
Location: Remote (Nashville, TN preferred)

Are you batty enough to join our small but mighty team? We hope so! BatBnB is working on an exciting range of outdoor products serving customers, bats, and other woodland creatures! We’re looking to hire an industrial designer as we look to expand our portfolio of products and build on our mission to educate people on the value of the amazing and sometimes misunderstood creatures living right in your backyard. Please express your interest using the contact form on this page.


Job Description

We are looking for someone who is excited about our mission to help save the bats! As BatBnB’s Industrial Designer, you’ll play a critical role in designing and developing several product lines by taking initiative to research, brainstorm, and own new product development from sketch to fabrication. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some of the things you may find yourself working on:

  • Create and iterate on design concepts through 3D modeling, sketching, & prototyping

  • Present compelling drawings and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including scientists and manufacturers to create innovative solutions

  • Establish product development timelines, setting goals and deadlines

  • Establish design constraints, research regulations, identify essential questions and find the answers to those questions

  • Source materials, find manufacturers, coordinate logistics

  • Analyze and weigh cost implications of design iterations

Who We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is a self-starter and can be fiercely independent. The BatBnB team works largely remotely and relies on each team member to own their aspect of the business. You can expect to have a great deal of autonomy in this role, and we are looking for someone who is creative and entrepreneurial and excited to bring their own ideas to the table.  Here are some of the skills and qualifications you might have:

  • CAD/3D design software (rhinoceros 3d, sketchup, solidworks, Autocad, etc.)

  • Woodworking experience and understanding of shop tools, including CNC machines, 3d printers, laser cutters, etc.

  • Adobe Design Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc.)

  • Existing portfolio of high quality design work that you can share with us (PDF attachment, etc.)

  • Entrepreneurial and self-starter mindset; highly independent and autonomous

  • Experience working with a remote team, willing to learn and eager to grow

  • Excellent written, verbal, and sketched communication and receptive to feedback

  • Excellent project management skills

  • Interest in animals, conservation, biology, or natural science is a PLUS


About BatBnB

BatBnB is a small business founded by Christopher Rannefors and Harrison Broadhurst who were recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2020.  In founding BatBnB, a line of designer bat houses, we have provided safe homes to over 500,000 bats in order to help raise their pups and regrow the population at a time when bats have been declining by the tens of millions due to white nose syndrome and habitat loss. A common bat can actually eat up to 1000 mosquito-size insects an hour making them one of nature’s greatest forms of natural pest control and a preferable alternative to harmful pesticides.

 

Through earned media appearances on Shark Tank, Entrepreneur, CBS’s Innovation Nation, NPR, Fast Company and more, we have educated millions of people towards a newfound respect for this animal. Without this sort of momentum in education, bat species will continue to tumble down the path of endangerment. Our mission is to make bat conservation as powerful as the save-the-bees movement. Additionally, by focusing on designing products that play off the concept of symbiosis and mutual, tangible benefits between people and wildlife, we welcome a broader demographic to participate in conservation in a meaningful way.  We are proud to share that thousands of customers now own BatBnBs across 49 states and twelve countries.

Point Line Plane LLC [BatBnB] 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.

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