Job Description

Vuly is an Australian-owned outdoor play company designing category-leading products used by families worldwide. We're known for engineering-driven design, high safety standards, and products that ship at scale into global markets.

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Outstanding ideas here don't stay ideas for long - they get manufactured, tested, certified and delivered into the hands of families worldwide.

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The Opportunity

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We're looking for a Product Design Lead to help shape what Vuly builds next, working directly with the CEO on new product concepts and category opportunities.

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The mandate is broad: turn market insight and play trends into product concepts that are genuinely ready to be engineered, tooled and shipped.

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The Role in Practice

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Vuly's product range spans trampolines, swing sets, cubbies and next-generation play - physical, digital and everything in between. You'll shape concepts at the front end of that pipeline, partnering with:

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A dedicated DFM specialist in Malaysia

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A shared services group of plastics engineers, toolmakers and safety specialists across Kuala Lumpur and China

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Your job is to make sure every concept that leaves your desk is desirable, differentiated and buildable - not just good in a render.

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What You'll Do

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- Generate and pressure-test new product concepts, from customer insight through to early prototypes
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- Partner with the CEO on category strategy and where Vuly plays next
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- Translate concepts into design briefs that engineering, DFM and tooling teams can execute against
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- Champion the customer experience - unboxing, assembly, first use - not just the object itself
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- Stay close to play,



outdoor and consumer product trends to keep Vuly's range differentiated
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- Prototype quickly, using both physical and digital tools, to test ideas before committing to tooling
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- Work with marketing and commercial teams to make sure design supports the product story
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How This Role Works

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This is a front-end, ideas-first role. Expect close, regular collaboration with the CEO on direction, concepts and category bets - more back-and-forth than a typical design leadership role. Once a concept is validated, it's handed to the engineering and DFM teams for delivery.

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Success is measured by the strength and hit-rate of what makes it to market - concepts that resonate with customers and translate cleanly into production.

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What We're Looking For

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- 5+ years' experience in product, industrial or consumer design, ideally including physical products
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- A strong portfolio of concepts that made it from idea to shelf, not just renders
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- Genuine curiosity about customers, play and outdoor culture
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- Comfort presenting and defending ideas directly to senior leadership
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- Working knowledge of how physical products get manufactured - enough to design within real plastics and tooling constraints
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- Proficiency in CAD and prototyping tools (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Rhino or similar)
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- Strong storytelling and visual communication skills
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- Comfort with ambiguity - this role creates the brief, it doesn't just execute one
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Why This Is Worth a Look

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- Direct, regular access to the CEO on category strategy and new concepts
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- Genuine influence over what Vuly builds next
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- Global manufacturing and DFM support ready to take your concepts to production
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- High trust, low bureaucracy
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📌 Product Design Lead (New South Wales)
🏢 Vuly Play
📍 New South Wales