Lead Designer, Materiality
Proficient in adobe creative suite: photoshop or illustrator or indesign.
Experience & qualifications required:
Degree level qualification ba or equivalent. Textile, fashion, graphics, product, automotive design or similar.
Experience as a designer with proven experience or examples in portfolio of colour and material design application.
Desirable experience & qualifications
- Experience working with luxury lifestyle brands.
- Proven ability to adjust to changing design, feasibility and cost requirements
- Proven ability to plan and undertake projects to a strict deadline
- A good understanding of automotive design and delivery processes.
- Additional software skills like vred, video editing software good to have yet not essential.
Additional information
Key accountabilities and responsibilities
- To be part of a world class design team delivering the jaguar land rover new global strategy. A sustainability-rich reimagination of modern luxury, unique customer experiences, and positive societal impact. With an aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions across our supply chain, products and operations by 2039.
- This role has the lead responsibility for designing and developing sustainable and responsible colour and materials content within the materiality organisation for our house of brands - range rover, defender, discovery and jaguar programmes for both core and special vehicles including bespoke. As a colour and materials lead
- designer you will create and realise innovative proof of concepts and material solutions for both interior and exterior applications from concept through to job 1 and beyond. This role will be focused on all aspects of the Design journey from creation through to realisation. Delivering more sustainable and responsible material
- initiatives and methods of make is key to the role.
- Research trends, consumer insights and competitor benchmarking to be aware of the current market and
- insights for next generation vehicles and help to create vehicle line material strategies for future implementation
- Research and develops new colours and materials, create mood boards and create and realise material concepts design, develop and implement colour and material design proposals for concept vehicles and design
- vision properties and assets - present ideas for direction and create multimedia presentations to
- communicate these
- Project management of vehicle & assets builds, and development related to colour and material design
- Support interior and exterior teams with property builds (including – developing material proposals,
- supporting business office to procure materials, collaborating with interior teams to define their callouts, being on location to support the builds)
- Co-ordinate and collaborate with external suppliers. Both automotive and non-automotive and grow
- the network for material innovation within the colour and materials team but also the wider business.
- Interprets project briefs assessing full requirements.
- Support on projects from concept to realisation and proceeds to repeat and improve this process.
- Translates material concepts from 2d to 3d product / support and management of the production of components to specification.
- Share best practice with the team and offer direction as appropriate, delegating for the manager as and when required.
- Identifying consistency issues and undertaking root cause analysis to solve problems
- Develop and implement recommendations for the team
- Act as a source of expertise to others and contribute to discussions in own area.
- Lead on projects and key flagship programmes
- Mentor and coach others in design process and methods
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested
- Key candidates must be able to multi-task and work on several projects simultaneously. Degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred
- Proven creative and presentation skills, including advanced use of adobe package software:
- photoshop, illustrator, indesign software and ability to use internet resources appropriately for research purposes.
- A good understanding of product, interior, the design industry in general and automotive design
- combined with good aesthetic judgement, colour vision and colour perception.
- Knowledge of materials, processes and suppliers with a high degree of competitor awareness
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to relate to and communicate at all levels
- Capable of working with minimal supervision to meet objectives and implement design on their own.
- Passion for cmf technology & design evidenced by up to date in field literature, innovations & trends.
- Proven ability to plan and undertake projects to a strict deadline
- Proven ability to adjust to changing design, feasibility and cost requirements
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