Posted 6 days ago
Craft Assembler
AI Summary
Craftsperson role focused on assembling handcrafted lighting fixtures at a bench, reading technical drawings, and ensuring quality through each stage of assembly.
About this role
Allied Maker builds lighting by hand as a practice. Every fixture that leaves our facility has been touched, tested, and finished by a person who understood what they were making and why it mattered.
We're looking for someone who wants to be that person.
The Work
You'll assemble handcrafted lighting fixtures — pendants, sconces, chandeliers — from raw components to finished product. This is bench work. It requires patience, dexterity, attention to detail, and a genuine interest in making things correctly.
You'll read technical drawings, work with hand tools and precision instruments, and interpret assembly specifications. You'll handle components that have been finished by our metal finishing team and are expected to protect that work through every stage of assembly. You'll work alongside a small team in a purpose-built shop floor where craft is taken seriously.
As you develop, you'll take on more complex fixtures and contribute to how we refine our processes. There is a direct line between the quality of your work and the quality of what ships.
What We're Looking For
- Some hands-on experience: woodworking, metalworking, electronics, auto, fabrication, or similar. We care more about your relationship to making things than your resume.
- Fine motor precision and comfort working at a bench for extended periods
- Ability to read and follow technical diagrams and assembly documentation
- High personal standard for finished quality — you notice when something is off
- Reliable, on-time, and self-directed once given clear instruction
- Curiosity about materials, process, and how things work
Compensation & Benefits
- Above-market hourly pay, reviewed as your skills grow
- A real craft environment with varied, complex work
- Direct exposure to the full lifecycle of a luxury manufactured product
- A small team where your contribution is visible and valued
- A company that is growing, with room to grow with it
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
- On-site at Allied Maker Studio in Glen Cove, NY
- Bench work in a purpose-built manufacturing environment
- Requires fine motor dexterity and ability to work at a bench for extended periods
- Closed-toe footwear required in shop areas
About Allied Maker
Allied Maker is an American design and manufacturing studio creating luxury-crafted lighting fixtures. Based in New York, each piece is made to order by a dedicated team of craftspeople, with a focus on authentic materials, refined form, and enduring quality.
The studio operates at the intersection of design, engineering, and manufacturing. Ryden Rizzo leads product design and form. Lanette Rizzo leads design direction, production, and client strategy. Together, they set a standard where design integrity, engineering, and performance are inseparable.
Allied Maker is widely specified by leading architects and designers and continues to expand its capabilities while maintaining a singular focus: deliver artisan-crafted, highly engineered, sophisticated yet simple lighting design solutions.
