Product Designer (Soft Goods) Full Time NEW

If you’re an ambitious product designer who cares about your craft and wants your work to have a real impact on people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.

About LOCHBY

We make tools that help people create—from notebooks to bags and organizers. In a noisy digital world, we focus on building useful products that help you do more and consume less. Our motto: Keep Creating.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer with experience in soft goods to help bring new product ideas to life. This role is highly hands-on and blends creative design thinking with technical execution. You’ll be working on everything from early-stage concepts to detailed tech packs ready for production.

You should be comfortable thinking through both the big picture (look, feel, and function of a product) and the small details (construction, stitching methods, hardware choices, and trims).

Growth opportunity

We’ve grown 5x over the past two years. As you dive deeper into designing journals, notebooks, and organizers, you’ll have the opportunity to take on increasing ownership — from a Senior Product Designer role to broader product leadership as the team continues to scale.

What You’ll Do

Product Design & Ideation

• Research and develop ideas for new soft goods products
• Define the overall look, feel, and design direction of products
• Translate concepts into clear, production-ready design direction
• Contribute to problem-solving around product functionality and usability

Technical Design & Execution

• Create detailed tech packs based on sketches, requirements, and notes
• Produce approximately 1 new tech pack per week (initially)
• Revise and refine existing tech packs based on feedback from internal team and factories
• Solve small construction challenges (e.g. how materials are folded, stitched, or layered to achieve the intended shape and function)

Materials, Hardware & Details

• Select appropriate fabrics, trims, and hardware for each product
• Ensure design decisions balance aesthetics, durability, and manufacturability
• Work closely on small technical details that impact quality and usability

Why Join Us

• Work with purpose: Every product supports our mission to inspire creativity
• Fast-paced growth: Learn quickly and see results in real time
• Long-term mindset: We hire for the long haul (no hire-and-fire culture)
• Salary: CAD $60,000–$80,000 per year, based on experience and skills
• Mentorship: Hands-on guidance from our product lead
• Tools: Access to design tools, templates, and internal systems

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience designing soft goods and creating technical drawings
• Strong understanding of soft goods construction and manufacturing processes
• Ability to create detailed, accurate tech packs
• Good eye for design, proportions, and overall product aesthetics
• Strong problem-solving skills for technical design challenges
• Familiarity with materials, stitching methods, and hardware selection
• Detail-oriented and comfortable working in a fast-moving, iterative environment

How we work

• Customer-first. Reviews and conversations with customers shape our product updates, and new launches. Relationships are what we value most.
• Experiment, learn, repeat. We test ideas, move fast, and improve as we go. Ship > perfect.
• Serious about the work, humble about ourselves. We care about results and leave ego at the door.

Work environment

• Fully remote (GTA-based, Canada)
• Occasional in-person co-working sessions in Toronto (1–2 times per month)
• Full-time
• Collaborative, feedback-friendly team culture
• Meaningful projects with visible impact on the business and customers

How to Apply

Please email your application to product@lochby.com with the subject line: Product Designer Application – [Your First Name]

Please include:

• Your resume (PDF)
• A link to your portfolio
• Your LinkedIn profile
• Referrer’s name (if applicable)