# CMF Designer

**Company**: Trove Brands
**Location**: Lehi, UT
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

Trove Brands is seeking a CMF Designer to turn emerging trends and creative ideas into innovative, manufacturable finishes. This role partners closely with Brand, Design, Engineering, Product Development, Regulatory & Compliance, and Manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities:

- Research emerging CMF, consumer, lifestyle, and manufacturing trends and translate them into new finish opportunities.

- Explore materials, coatings, surface treatments, textures, graphics, and application processes within and beyond the drinkware industry.

- Develop tangible finish concepts, samples, and technical possibilities to share with Product Development and Brand partners.

- Identify supplier technologies and manufacturing capabilities that could unlock new product experiences.

- Partner with Brand and Design teams to translate creative ideas into technically achievable CMF solutions.

- Develop finishes for existing and future product platforms, translating creative intent into clear technical targets.

- Work directly with factories and suppliers to develop, sample, refine, and manufacture new finishes.

- Bridge creative intent and manufacturing reality, troubleshooting challenges with Engineering, Quality, Compliance, Product Development, and suppliers.

- Evaluate paints, coatings, plastics, materials, and application processes against performance and manufacturing requirements.

- Coordinate and conduct testing for durability, adhesion, chemical resistance, wear, appearance, and other relevant criteria.

- Document testing, results, findings, development learnings, and technical specifications.

- Ensure finishes meet applicable performance, quality, regulatory, and compliance requirements before production.

- Create and maintain a CMF finish database and physical library of approved finishes, processes, specifications, test results, and regulatory documentation.

Required Qualifications:

- 3–5 years of experience in CMF, industrial design, product design, materials, product development, or a related field.

- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Material Design/Science, or a related discipline,or equivalent demonstrated experience.

- Strong curiosity about materials, finishes, manufacturing processes, and how things are made.

- Ability to recognize trends and translate inspiration into practical product and manufacturing opportunities.

- A hands-on mindset and comfort working with physical samples, prototypes, testing, and technical documentation.

- Strong attention to detail, organization, problem-solving, and communication skills.

- A collaborative approach and ability to work effectively across creative, technical, supplier, and manufacturing teams.

- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite and familiarity with 3D visualization/CAD tools such as KeyShot, SolidWorks, or similar tools.

- Exposure to finish and material testing methods for adhesion, durability, abrasion, chemical resistance, and other product performance requirements.

- Comfort using technical documentation and database tools to maintain finish specifications, test results, approvals, supplier information, and regulatory records.

- Ability to work hands-on with physical samples, prototypes, supplier submissions, and manufacturing standards throughout the development process.

- Portfolio required, demonstrating relevant CMF, product design, material/finish development, or related work that showcases your experience, process, and technical thinking.

Benefits:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care

- 401k package with employer matching

- Paid Time Off

- Maternity/Paternity leave

- Full indoor basketball/volleyball court

- Fully equipped fitness center

- Yoga studio

- Meditation/Nap room

## Skills

### Required
- Industrial Design
- Product Design
- Material Design/Science
- Adobe Creative Suite
- 3D visualization/CAD tools
- material testing methods

### Nice to have
- paints
- coatings
- plastics
- printing
- graphics
- textures
- surface treatments
- material testing
- supplier development
- high-volume consumer product manufacturing

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