Product Development Assistant

Origin Fitness is seeking a motivated individual who is passionate about sport and fitness to join its product department who enjoys keeping up to date with the latest fitness designs, trends and products. You will provide critical support to the product team and be given a unique opportunity for growth and development.

Reports to: Product Manager
Location: HQ | Newbridge

Salary: DOE
Contract Type: Full Time. Hybrid Remote.

Company Overview

We are an innovative, growing company working towards our vision of being the best commercial fitness equipment supplier in the UK. We are passionate about delivering the best customer experience and pride ourselves on building lasting relationships with our customers.

Our core company values drive our strategy and behaviours, creating a positive culture within the business. Find out more about the company by visiting our vision and values.

Our fitness equipment is of the highest quality, and our expert sales teams work closely with our extensive customer base to ensure we deliver excellent customer service and play an instrumental role in assisting our customers in achieving their goals.

Responsibilities

To support and assist the Product Development Team in their tasks, following the plan of the live roadmap
Undertake research tasks on the current industry, taking both a broad view and project specific work
Assist the team with any testing work as required
Maintain a good and active knowledge of the fitness industry and its trends
Engage in the design process where needed and applicable, with a view to learning about product design and how it relates to Origin
Create, maintain and manage product documentation in the company archive both for new launches and existing products
Create customer facing product collateral using industry leading software
Work alongside Sales and Marketing to create strategies for product growth and development
Become familiar with Autodesk Inventor and take on assembly and rendering tasks for the team when needed

Essential Skills & Experience

Good interpersonal skills and a committed team player
Customer Service experience, that can be either through the telephone or in a face-to-face environment
A knowledge of the fitness industry and enthusiasm to work on growing a fitness brand
Ability/willingness to learn design skills, applications and fundamentals
Good written communication skills
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 Products
Basic experience with a 3D CAD package such as Inventor/SolidWorks/Sketchup/Fusion etc
Comfortable with self-motivated learning
Embody the company values
Integrity, work ethic and intelligence

Desirable Skills & Experience

A relevant health/fitness/sports qualification such HNC/HND or practical certification in the field
Experience with Adobe Creative Cloud Package
Experience with rendering and editing images
Previous fitness industry experience at any level
Ability to provide a brief folio/example of previous work showing good communication skills and proficiency in Office 365 and present this to the team during an interview

Find out more at originfitness.com/working-at-origin.

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