Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who buy and use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

We are seeking qualified candidates for the following positions.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in Munich, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Hong Kong. Our passion is creating beautiful products and experiences that are relevant to people who buy and use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration to infuse our projects with emotion as well as functionality and brand presence. Our clients include market leaders like Gigaset, Fujitsu, HP, Vodafone and Samsung.

Interaction Designers at LUNAR define how products behave and how people will use them. Working closely with industrial designers, engineers, and visual designers, you will design product behaviors from concept down to the last pixel. Our interaction designers participate in user research, discern user needs, and develop interaction models. At LUNAR Europe, you have the opportunity to use your skills on a variety of products, from software applications to interfaces in consumer electronics to medical equipment. 

About You: You are passionate about Interaction Design and thrive for a position to build Interaction Design as a service that will make a difference for clients, consumers and markets. After working 6-8 years for an international design consultancy designing physical interactive products, software tools and/or web applications you have gained a sense of vision, strategy, and a strong and unique point of view.

You are comfortable presenting and selling Interaction Design capabilities to clients as well as preparing project plans and proposals. Further you bring excellent contacts within the industry to peers and potential clients.

At LUNAR Europe in Munich we offer you a creative environment and support to help you drive Interaction Design as a crucial means to beautiful experiences and products.

Responsibilities

• Start building our Munich Interaction/Interface Design team
• Establish and grow Interaction Design as part of our service offerings in the Munich studio
• Assist in related business development and create proposals
• Plan and lead client-workshops (e.g. product definition exercises)
• Conduct user research and develop interaction models based on user needs
• Create and oversee production of interactive prototypes and evaluate testings
• Develop interaction design via guidelines, wireframes, use cases and visual design concepts
• Create graphic assets, detailed screen layouts and flows
• Specify details in documents design specifications, style guides and manuals

Specific Skills

• Able to work alone or be part of team in our user-centered design process
• Able to manage clients and facilitate decision making
• Exceptional visual design skills, with an emphasis on creating UI graphics and layouts
• Considerable experience in developing mobile or web applications
• Proficient in known time-based prototyping tools (e.g. AfterEffects, Flash) as well as design
  tools (e.g.: Adobe Creative Suite) and video editing
• Skilled communicator - fluent in German and English

If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you.

To Apply: Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience (both process and final work). Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to jobs [at] lunar-europe [dot] com; please put “Director of Interaction/Interface Design, Munich” in the subject line.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

LUNAR is looking for a talented junior designer to work on our User Experience team for project and/or time based employment assignments. The ideal candidate has impressive visual design skills and is experienced in all phases of the interactive design process including information architecture, wire-framing, and specification creation. HTML/CSS, Motion graphics and/or mobile app design experience are big pluses. The candidate must be also able to work on-site at LUNAR's San Francisco office.

Requirements:

• 1-3 years of experience in a related position.
• BA degree in Interactive Design or related field.

Technical Skills: Proficient in standard design tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Fireworks and Dreamweaver. General knowledge of office productivity tools including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

To Apply: Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to HR [at] lunar [dot] com; please put "Interactive Contract Designer" in the subject line.

Interaction Designers at Lunar define how products behave and how people will use them. Working closely with industrial designers, engineers, and visual designers, you will design product behaviors from concept down to the last pixel. Our interaction designers participate in user research, discern user needs, and develop and communicate interaction models. At Lunar, you have the opportunity to use your skills on a variety of products, from software applications to consumer electronics to medical equipment.

About You: You are looking to work as an independent contractor in a growing interaction design practice at a leading design firm. You have a passion for understanding how people think and making things work. You have 2-5 years of experience designing physical interactive products, software tools and/or web applications. You are familiar with design research methods, and you are hungry to learn more. You’re a great communicator who knows how to break down a problem and develop solutions. You’re serious about design, yet don’t take yourself too seriously. You also have more than just a resume to show us: you’ve put together a portfolio that exemplifies the essence of your passion for design.

To Apply: Please submit a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed.  Please do not send single jpegs, CDs, hard copies or original materials, as we do not return samples.   Resumes and portfolios may be sent to HR [at] lunar [dot] com; please put “Interaction Design Contractor” in the subject line.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

About You: You've taken the time to look at our website, and you don't just want to work for any award-winning design firm; you want to work for LUNAR. You've earned at least a BA in Industrial Design and have 5-8 years experience, which has given you a sense of vision, strategy, and a strong and unique point of view. You are eager to challenge Industrial Design boundaries to create work that stands out in a meaningful and impactful way.

You are comfortable interacting with and presenting to clients, and are able to identify strategic opportunities where design can make a difference, and establish design directions that inspire and infuse projects with deeper meaning and authentic stories. A skilled communicator, you are also highly organized and have experience in collaborating with Research/UX Designers and Engineers, as well as managing contractors and vendors.

You are creative, passionate, and are unwilling to compromise your drive to create stunning and engaging designed experiences that make a difference to our clients, their brand, and their customers.

Specific Skills

• 5-8 years of experience.
• Bachelor or Master Degree (or equivalent) in Industrial Design.
• Unique ideation process and sketching style, exploration and/or validation mock-up.
• High level of confidence and articulation of your design approach and POV.
• Proficient in 3D CAD (SWX preferred, Rhino or Alias OK), rendering packages, and Adobe suite of software tools.
• International experience is a benefit.

To Apply: Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a single PDF of not more than 6 MB enclosure or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs, hard copies or original materials, as we do not return samples. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to hr [at] lunar [dot] com; please put “Senior Industrial Designer + SF [or] Chicago” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

About us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who buy and use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

About You: You've taken the time to look at our website, and you don't just want to work for any award-winning design firm; you want to work for LUNAR. You've earned at least a BA in Industrial Design and have 1-4 years of experience. Your vision is unique, your point of view is distinctive, and your aesthetic sensibility is well developed.

You're serious about design, yet you don't take yourself too seriously. Creative and passionate, you also possess exceptional verbal presentation skills and you play well with others. You are eager to challenge Industrial Design boundaries to create work that stands out in a meaningful and impactful way.

Your sketching and rendering skills are nothing short of remarkable, and you're well versed in 2D and 3D computer software. You also have more than just a resume to show us - you've put together a portfolio of work that wows our design team, our engineers, and everyone in between.

Specific Skills:

• 1-4 years of experience.
• Bachelor or Master Degree (or equivalent) in Industrial Design.
• Unique ideation process and sketching style, form/expression exploration, mock-up and experimentation.
• Confidence in your design approach and POV.
• Proficient in 3D CAD (SWX preferred, Rhino or Alias OK), rendering packages, and Adobe suite of software tools.

To Apply:  Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs, hard copies or original materials, as we do not return samples. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to hr@lunar.com ; please put “Junior Industrial Designer Position + SF [or] Chicago” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Lunar?s industrial design team represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and North America.  We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with human emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.  We are always excited to have talented industrial design students join our team as full-time, paid interns.

About You: You are a current industrial design student who has completed at least the first two years of your schooling.  You will be involved with many projects currently under development at Lunar.  Activities include, but are not limited to: Support for early concept generation, sketch-doodles and renderings, support for early 2D-3D cad study and design refinement phase, foam mock-ups, and graphic presentations. 

Skills Sought:

• Solid conceptualization and brainstorming skills
• Ability to produce quick sketches and freehand color renderings
• Familiarity with 2D Autocad or Vellum-Graphite, Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, 3D Rhino or Alias
• Knowledge of materials, advanced technology, and manufacturing, a plus
• Awareness of sustainable design approach and cultural diversity

To Apply:  Please submit a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience.  Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs or hard copies.  Resumes and portfolios may be sent to HR [at] lunar [dot] com; please put “Industrial Design Intern” in the subject line.  No phone calls, please.

Lunar Europe's industrial design team draws from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with human emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence. We are always excited to have talented industrial design students join our team as full-time, paid interns.

About You: You are a current industrial design student who has completed at least the first two years of your schooling. You will be involved with many projects currently under development at Lunar Europe. Activities include, but are not limited to: Support for early concept generation, sketch-doodles and renderings, support for early 2D-3D cad study and design refinement phase, foam mock-ups, and graphic presentations.

Skills Sought:

• Solid conceptualization and brainstorming skills
• Ability to produce quick sketches and freehand color renderings
• Familiarity with 3D Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and if possible Bunkspeed Hypershot and Cinema4D
• Knowledge of materials, advanced technology, and manufacturing, a plus
• Awareness of sustainable design approach and cultural diversity

To Apply: Please submit a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs or hard copies. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to internships [at] lunar-europe [dot] com; please put "Industrial Design Intern" in the subject line.

No phone calls, please.

About You: Our LUNAR engineering team is on the look out for talented and experienced mechanical engineer contractors. We seek candidates with whom we can establish a great relationship, and continually call upon to offer additional value and extra horsepower to our projects.

Ideal candidates would have the following qualities:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, with 3+ years relevant experience
• Experience working with design firms and designers to faithfully translate high end industrial design into viable products
• Experience with low and high volume processes, both plastic and metal
• Experience with Solidworks and/or Pro/Engineer, including master models and organic shape surfacing
• Excellent mechanical conceptualization skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work on short (a few weeks) to long term (a few months) projects
• Ability to visually sketch out and think through ideas before jumping into CAD
• Analysis capabilities, including FEA, Tolerance and Thermal
• Ability to work onsite in our San Francisco office months at a time
• Ownership of a CAD machine with up to date CAD license

To Apply: Please submit a resume, cover letter and a portfolio which demonstrate the above skills and experience.

Please note that all applicants should submit application materials as soft copies (a single PDF or PowerPoint preferred, no more than 6MB) or as a link to a portfolio website to hr@lunar.com with “Mechanical Engineer Contractor” in the subject line. Please do not send CDs or hard copies. Please do not send original materials as we cannot guarantee their return.

No phone calls, please.

About You:  You must be highly self-motivated with achievements that demonstrate this. You should have a gleam in your eye, a hunger to learn and help, and an ability to communicate effectively. You must be currently enrolled or accepted in a mechanical engineering (or similar) degree program. Ideally, you have taken basic physics, engineering statics, and dynamics. 3D CAD modeling experience is also a plus, preferably in Pro/Engineer or SolidWorks ? not a requirement, but this would make you very effective right from the start.

As our engineering intern, you work closely with our mechanical engineering, industrial design, and interaction design teams. Interns may interact directly with clients, contribute to concept, layout and part development, create prototypes, perform stress analysis, develop in-house procedures and tools, or study new technologies for future use.

Internships usually last about 3 months, based on your availability, and can be full or part-time depending on your schedule. We require a commitment of at least 20 hours per week while working in our San Francisco studio. You will be responsible for all of your living arrangements.

To Apply: If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit HARD copies in ONE package of the following:

• Resume - Let us know what relevant work you've done.
• Cover Letter - Let us know you can communicate well in the written language. Why are you our ideal choice for a future intern?
• Unofficial transcripts (both undergraduate and graduate) - We don't expect straight A's, but you should have done well in basic engineering courses.
• Examples of your work that help us to understand your experience and capabilities. It can be images of any project in which you were involved - school or personal. We don't want to see full reports, but we do need to see that you know how to work through solving a problem and can present the process and solution clearly.This includes defining the problem (why is this product important? what makes it different?), brainstorming, generating concepts (please include sketches; they don't need to be pretty, they just need to be clear), making mock-ups and models, and presenting the final design.

To safeguard your work, please do not send original materials.

Why hard copies? It makes our process more efficient, and it shows that you were motivated enough to send a package and paid attention to directions and details. You may include websites showing your work, but please print and include significant items you'd like us to see.

Please address these materials to:
Adam Reed-Erickson
LUNAR
2012 16th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

Deadlines:
For Winter internships: Oct 31st
For Summer internships: April 15th

We'll let you know that we've received your materials. If you look like a good fit, we'll conduct either a phone or a face-to-face interview.

No phone calls, please.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who buy and use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

About You: We want you to help position LUNAR competitively by developing and coordinating compelling marcom initiatives, such as our web site, print ads, PR opportunities, industry competition submissions, promotional mailings, corporate identity systems and brochures.

Help identify and coordinate resources, including PR team, writers, graphic designers, printers and programmers. Support business development efforts with organization of marketing communication materials (photography, promotional pieces, team biographies, etc.).

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain marketing calendar and marketing database.
• Create web copy and direct website updates, including the periodic development of new case studies.
• Produce social media content and Icon-o-Cast blog, podcast and vcast episodes.
• Coordinate the periodic development of ads and coordinate the production and delivery of photo ready artwork.
• Coordinate press relations, including writing press releases, ordering photos, fielding press calls, maintaining press list, managing and mailing out press releases and press materials. Coordinate press interviews and conference calls. Establish and maintain media contacts within industry and business press to promote LUNAR. Monitor and archive press clippings in organized physical and digital forms.
• Manage any direct mail program, including production of materials, mailing list management, mailhouse direction, printing, etc. Draft creative briefs, set and manage deadlines with graphic designers (whether internal team or external firm).
• Direct the submission of LUNAR work in industry competitions. Conduct team member interviews and client reviews, develop compelling product and project descriptions, collect support materials and photographs and deliver materials on time.
• Manage the development of corporate identify systems, such as letterhead and brochures. Oversee ordering and production of collateral and corporate ID materials.
• Support other marketing and business development needs as appropriate, such as events planning, multimedia presentation development, photo shoots, photo archival and conference attendance.

Specific Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or Journalism
• Five+ years related work experience (or equivalent)
• Strong communications skills
• Excellent writing abilities
• PC proficiency
• Project management skills (thoroughness, independence, solid judgement, customer-orientation and creative problem-solving)
• The ability to work well under deadlines
• An appreciation of art and visual design is a plus

To Apply: Please send a resume to hr [at] lunar [dot] com; write “Marketing Communications Coordinator” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

About You: You don't just want to work for any award-winning design firm; you want to work for LUNAR. You are a unique individual who lives and breathes all things video, and has amazing production, creative direction and editing skills to match. You are fresh out of school with a degree in film or media arts, or have similar experience. You have 2+ years experience. You are constantly seeking to expand the boundaries of where the tools can take any project with mind blowing, experimental, and inspirational video creation. You've got the passion for storytelling through video and motion and the chops to match.

Specific Skills

• Working closely with an Art Director, you help us tell our process and product stories through compelling video, both for client presentations and external marketing communication design materials.
• Great script writing and storyboarding skills.
• Professional-level videographer skills including lighting and shooting.
• Amazing post production abilities including video editing, color grading, audio editing and rendering.
• Ability to research, experiment and advise on new tools to constantly improve LUNAR's video capabilities.
• Motion graphics knowledge and/or Cinema 4D experience are big pluses.

• Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere Pro
• Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.

To Apply: Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no larger than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs, hard copies or original materials, as we do not return samples. Resumes and portfolios may be sent hr [at] lunar [dot] com; write “Videographer Contractor” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

LUNAR is looking for Pattern Design Contractors with relevant experience in pattern design in a wide variety of styles from repetitive to freeform.

Responsibilities:

• Explore and conceptualize design directions based on the brief.
• Participate in critiques, explain and substantiate existing or potential design directions.
• With the Project Manager, further explore specific design concepts and complete refinements.
• Prepare prototypes and designs for client presentations.
• Finalize artwork for production.

About Us: LUNAR is a leading creative force in the practice of design and product development, with offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, Hong-Kong, and Munich. Our passion is creating beautiful products that are relevant to the people who buy and use them. The diversity of our staff, which represents nationalities from all over Europe, Asia, and the Americas, gives us a broad perspective and enables us to design for a global audience. We draw from many viewpoints, sources of inspiration, and histories to infuse our projects with emotion and meaning, as well as functionality and brand presence.

About You: You are looking to work as in independent contractor and have taken the time to look at our website. You have 2-5 years experience, which has given you a sense of vision, strategy, and a strong and unique point of view. You are willing to uncover and understand manufacturing requirements and capabilities as they relate to design deliverables. You are sensitive to the evolution of design and are passionate about pattern design.

To Apply: Please send us a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience in the area of pattern-based graphics (both process and final work). Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send single jpegs, CDs, hard copies or original materials, as we do not return samples. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to hr [at] lunar [dot] com; please write “Pattern Design Contractor” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Great graphics transform technological bricks into objects of personal expression; product packaging beautifully differentiates new products. At LUNAR, we are experts at making products come to life in peoples’ hearts – both in and out of the box. We work fluidly between 2D and 3D media hand-in-hand with a variety of disciplines. The result? Integrated products, packaging, retail presence and brand communications that speak a consistent, enticing message to delight today’s scrutinizing consumers.

The Communication Design department at LUNAR is looking for dedicated interns.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Graphic Design Challenges
• Packaging
• Retouching
• Image research
• Preparation for client presentations
• Scanning

Requirements:

• Must be proficient in Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and all other basic programs.
• Interest in digital photography and strong retouching skills a BIG plus.
• Must be able to work 15-30 hrs a week.
• Must be either recent graduate or final year design students.

To Apply: Please submit a resume and samples of your work that best demonstrate your skills and experience. Submit your portfolio electronically either by sending a PDF enclosure (no more than 6MB) or by sending a URL where it can be viewed. Please do not send CDs or hard copies. Resumes and portfolios may be sent to HR [at] lunar [dot] com; please put “Graphic Design Intern” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.