Internship Product Design

Internship Product Design

📍 Brussels, The Hoxton (hybrid) | Premium pet brand | 📅 flexible start, min. 3 months

About Fantail

At Fantail, we believe pets are family and deserve products crafted with quality, comfort, and style in mind. We specialize in premium pet accessories that combine functionality with beautiful design, giving pet owners the chance to create cozy, aesthetic spaces for their pets. With a focus on sustainable materials, we're on a mission to elevate the lives of pets and their humans.

Our innovative modular cat climbers and stylish, durable dog beds are designed to stand the test of time.

As a growing scale-up, we're passionate about leading a new wave in pet care and building a community that values quality, sustainability, and style for every pet.

Since our first sale in 2018, Fantail has sold over 155,000 dog beds. We have a strong footprint in over 2,000 retail shops (B2B) and an expanding online store (B2C), and our international growth plans are ambitious. 2027 is a big year for us, with new collections.

We Are Looking For: Product Design Intern (Working Closely with Our Product Manager)

As our Product Design Intern, you'll help design new products for dogs and cats and work hand in hand with our product manager to bring them from sketch to shelf. This is a hands-on role where you won't just observe. You'll create concepts, choose materials, prepare technical files and see the designs end up in stores and homes across Europe.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Product Design: Develop sketches, concepts and design proposals for new Fantail products, in line with our premium aesthetic.
• Colors, Fabrics & Materials: Create mood boards and color palettes, explore new fabrics and (sustainable) materials
• Technical Drawings & Tech Packs: Translate designs into technical drawings, measurements and tech packs that our suppliers can produce from.
• Collaboration with Product Management: Work closely with our product manager to align designs with pricing, supplier possibilities, lead times and launch timing.
• Samples & Prototypes: Review samples and prototypes with the product manager, check quality, fit and finish, and translate feedback into design improvements.
• AI-Powered Execution: Use modern AI tools (Claude, etc.) to speed up research, explore and visualize concepts, and streamline daily workflows.

Your Profile

• AI Savvy: You are proactive with AI tools and already use them in your design process: to research, brainstorm, generate concepts, create visuals or renders, and to work smarter and faster. You're curious about every new tool that can push your designs further.
• Eye for Design, Trends & Interiors: You have a strong sense of aesthetics, color and materials, you follow interior and lifestyle trends, and you know how to translate them into products that fit beautifully in today's homes.
• Design Software: You're comfortable with design programs like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, or a 3D tool like SketchUp, Rhino or Fusion 360.
• Well-Made Products: You love quality craftsmanship, and you want to learn how a design becomes a real product.
• Education: Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design or a related field.
• Languages: Fluent in English and/or Dutch; French is a plus.
• Mindset: Creative yet precise, hands-on, eager to take ownership, and excited to thrive in a fast-paced scale-up environment.

What We Offer

• Deep Dive into Product Design: Gain real, hands-on experience designing products for a growing international brand, from first sketch to final sample.
• Inspiring Workspace: Work from our dog-friendly coworking space at The Hoxton in Brussels, with flexible remote work options.
• Direct Impact: Join a lean team of 2 where your ideas are put into practice immediately and you see your designs come to life in stores and online.
• Employee Discounts: Access exclusive discounts on Fantail products to pamper your pets!

Ready to design the next generation of Fantail products? Apply now and let's talk! Unpaid internship.

Send your CV to margot@fantail.eu or elisa@fantail.eu