Josh Cantor
Industrial designer and the Head of Design Operations at the industrial design firm LDA.
About
Design leader and industrial designer with 15+ years’ experience building products, teams, and organizational systems across consumer electronics, home goods, and lifestyle categories. Proven ability to raise creative quality, implement scalable processes, direct multidisciplinary teams, and guide products from research and concept through production. Combines hands-on design with strong operational expertise, elevating both studio performance and client outcomes.
Senior leadership team member directing a multidisciplinary staff of 10+ designers and engineers. Lead creative strategy, design direction, resourcing, and project delivery across multiple product categories. Oversee scoping, scheduling, task delegation, client communication, and studio-wide performance standards. Shape operational systems that elevate the consistency, efficiency, and quality of the design organization while contributing as a hands-on senior designer.
Independent consultancy specializing in product development, visualization, and brand touch-points. Manage acquisition, quoting, creative direction, and final delivery.
Co-led design direction across research, exploration, CMF, prototyping, and production for personal care, consumer electronics, toys, and home goods.
Senior designer contributing to research, design, CMF, prototyping, and production of the olloclip lens systems and accessories across multiple platforms.