Product Development Imagineer

You are responsible for creating the physical product that bartenders will actually use. Your work answers: What form does this product take, and does it survive real bar conditions?

In Round 1 you will develop two deliverables simultaneously: Product Prototyping and Packaging Prototyping.

For Product Prototyping, you test different miracle berry formats—tablets, dissolvable strips, powder sachets—paired with specific sour cocktail recipes. You measure dissolution time, transformation intensity, and duration. You get hands-on feedback from bartenders about usability during service. You need to make things, test them, break them, and document what you learn.

For Packaging Prototyping, you create physical mockups that survive wet, dark, fast-paced bar environments. You test opening mechanisms, durability, and visibility under club lighting. You get cost estimates from manufacturers.

You work from the Production Strategy created by the Business & Operations Architect. Your prototypes inform the Package Designer and Flavor Designer in Round 2. If your prototypes are unrealistic or untested, the downstream design work will miss the mark.

Background required: Product development or industrial design experience. Hands-on prototyping skills. Access to or knowledge of the bar and hospitality environment. You should be comfortable making rough physical things quickly and learning from failure.

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