Sesame
Eyewear Designer
$175K–$280K
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Dec 1, 2025
- Experience
- 5+ years in eyewear design, fashion accessories, luxury goods, or closely related consumer product categories; consumer electronics experience is a strong plus.
About the job
Design luxury fashion eyewear, taking concepts from CMF direction and frame development through fit testing, refinement, and manufacturing.
What you'll do
- Develop eyewear concepts, sketches, technical drawings, prototypes, and color/material mockups.
- Conduct fit and wear evaluations; iterate designs to improve comfort, usability, and appearance.
- Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and other teams to deliver production-ready designs.
What they ask for
- Portfolio demonstrating creative and technical design skills, especially in eyewear, accessories, or wearable products.
- Strong understanding of eyewear frame construction, CMF development, and design for manufacturing.
- High proficiency in 2D design tools for drawings, CMF specifications, and presentations.
- Strong sketching and visualization skills, aesthetic judgment, and awareness of trends, proportion, fit, and fashion relevance.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of eyewear materials and manufacturing processes, including hinges, wire cores, acetate and metal fabrication, and surface finishing.
- Experience with 3D design tools, user-centered design methods, luxury eyewear, or responsible material sourcing.
Pay
$175K – $280K (base salary)
Tools
Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhinoceros, Alias
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