technical illustrator
Starter or next step in your career.
We are De Eekhoorn.
The concept of De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture is clear and simple: designing tough, contemporary, easy-to-assemble and appealing furniture. With our brands WOOOD, BePureHome, vtwonen and Exotan, we sell our items in more than 50 countries and 1,500 outlets around the world. With over 200 employees, De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture and Basiclabel have specialised in developing, producing and distributing interior products for hardware stores, department stores, furniture specialty shops and online retailers in Europe for over 40 years. The culture within the organisation fits that of a real family business: no-nonsense, dynamic and with a flat organisational structure. More than 30% of our collection is produced in our own factory in Zwaagdijk-Oost and to realise further growth, we have built a new head office with distribution centre and showroom alongside the highway in Hoorn. Working at De Eekhoorn means being challenged, getting the best out of yourself every day. It is important to us that you enjoy your work. De Eekhoorn is an international and growing company with an open culture. You will work together with enthusiastic colleagues who, like you, like to go that extra mile. Will you work with us?
The concept of De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture is clear and simple: designing tough, contemporary, easy-to-assemble and appealing furniture. With our brands WOOOD, BePureHome, vtwonen and Exotan, we sell our items in more than 50 countries and 1,500 outlets around the world. With over 200 employees, De Eekhoorn Dutch Furniture and Basiclabel have specialised in developing, producing and distributing interior products for hardware stores, department stores, furniture specialty shops and online retailers in Europe for over 40 years. The culture within the organisation fits that of a real family business: no-nonsense, dynamic and with a flat organisational structure. More than 30% of our collection is produced in our own factory in Zwaagdijk-Oost and to realise further growth, we have built a new head office with distribution centre and showroom alongside the highway in Hoorn. Working at De Eekhoorn means being challenged, getting the best out of yourself every day. It is important to us that you enjoy your work. De Eekhoorn is an international and growing company with an open culture. You will work together with enthusiastic colleagues who, like you, like to go that extra mile. Will you work with us?
We are looking for a technical illustrator. As an illustrator, you will ensure that all designs are developed technically within the set deadlines. You will use Autodesk Inventor to make accurate and detailed drawings. You have a well-developed spatial insight and imagination, and can imagine how a piece of furniture will look in reality from the drawing. Thanks to your knowledge of woodworking and joining techniques, you are able to produce solid, well thought-out furniture that meets high quality requirements.
In addition, you take care of the correct transport of the product so that it arrives at the customer's premises without damage. You do this by designing transport packaging that meets all requirements. You provide the boxes with all the necessary information, so that the packing team knows exactly how to pack the product correctly and efficiently.
You take into account the end user, who will assemble the furniture themselves, and create clear and user-friendly instructions for this. You provide these with clear assembly graphics, which you design in Illustrator, to make the assembly process as easy as possible for the customer. No Illustrator experience yet? Then we can teach you!
In addition, you take care of the correct transport of the product so that it arrives at the customer's premises without damage. You do this by designing transport packaging that meets all requirements. You provide the boxes with all the necessary information, so that the packing team knows exactly how to pack the product correctly and efficiently.
You take into account the end user, who will assemble the furniture themselves, and create clear and user-friendly instructions for this. You provide these with clear assembly graphics, which you design in Illustrator, to make the assembly process as easy as possible for the customer. No Illustrator experience yet? Then we can teach you!
This is what you will do:
Drawing and Technical Elaboration
Packaging
Visualisation and Presentation
Cooperation and consultation
Problem Analysis and Solutions
Documentation and Archiving
Drawing and Technical Elaboration
- Technical elaboration of designs of various pieces of furniture according to specifications and within set deadlines.
- Preparation of detailed technical drawings for internal use and communication with production departments.
- Designing and compiling clear manuals, including associated icons and graphics, for assembly and customer instructions.
Packaging
- Creating detailed layouts for packaging boxes that meet transport and product requirements to prevent damage during transportation.
- Preparation of packing notes with specific instructions for the packing team.
Visualisation and Presentation
- Rendering visualisations for use in presentations and customer communications, clearly conveying concepts. No experience with rendering yet? Then we can teach you!
Cooperation and consultation
- Transfer and discuss functional and technical drawings with the work planner to ensure all designs are production-ready.
- Contacting suppliers on materials and new component developments.
- Answering queries from internal and external parties based on the drawings and technical information provided.
Problem Analysis and Solutions
- Analysing reported problems in production or during assembly, and proactively suggesting solutions to resolve them efficiently.
Documentation and Archiving
- Setting up calculation documents for new furniture.
- Archive and systematically maintaining documentation, drawings and associated files in digital data files for future reference and compliance with standards.
What you bring:
- Education MBO/HBO in the direction of technical illustrator/product design.
- Good fluency in Dutch and English.
- Knowledge of drawing processes, knowledge of programmes such as Autodesk Inventor, Autocad or Solidworks and optionally Photoshop, Illustrator.
- A solution-oriented, flexible, practical, enthusiastic and energetic attitude.
- Good communication skills.
- Independent working attitude, but also working well in a team.
- Spatial insight, perseverance, creative, stress-resistant
- Clear and precise working method
This is what we offer you:
- A good salary.
- Travel allowance and a pension plan.
- Discounts on all our products.
- Nice colleagues.
- Opportunities to continue to develop yourself.
- Nice workplace in a modern office.
Application procedure
1. Apply
Respond online to our vacancy with a good motivation and a clear CV. When assessing the applications, we not only look at relevant work experience, but also at motivation.
2. Invitation by phone
If you are interested, one of our HR managers will call you to make an appointment.
3. First interview
If you are invited for an initial interview, the manager of the relevant department will tell you more about the position together with the HR manager.
4. Second interview
If we are both enthusiastic, a second interview with a manager and a direct colleague follows. Depending on the position, a case may be presented or an online assessment may follow.
5. Contract proposal
You will receive a contract proposal from our HR manager.
6. Employed
When we have come to an agreement you will be warmly welcomed by your new colleagues!
technical illustrator
Location
Zwaagdijk-Oost - Fabriek
Hours per week
37,5 hours
Level
MBO
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