Duration: Permanent
Location: Coventry
Overview
We are recruiting for our Coventry based Automotive customer who are looking to add an Exterior Detail Designer to their permanent team.
This role involves working with the Exterior Detail Design Team and focuses on exterior lighting as well as other exterior detail. Liaison with the Chinese team and multiple trips to China will be part of the role.
Primary Purpose of the Job
* To support the Creative Exterior Detail Design team.
Main Responsibilities
* Lead all development of exterior detail ideas, renderings, tracking the digital models and clay models.
* Cover detail design such as front and rear lamps, wheels, mirrors, external jewellery parts etc.
* Good at cross-cultural communication and interpretation and complete the design plan according to the requirements.
* Cooperate and guide the digital and physical model design.
* Use display software to complete the analysis of products, concept ideas, rendering expressions, etc.
* Have experience in automotive design, with a mature hand-drawing foundation and rendering ability, able to quickly capture creative ideas.
* Understand AI software to be able to create photorealistic images of your design work.
* Support the China team and model exterior model builds in the UK and China.
Principle Contacts/Working Relationships
* Role will report to EXT Design Principal.
* Role will have deep co-operation with China team.
* Role will require multiple trips to China.
Decision Making Scope
* Verification strategy of architecture.
* Communicating with Management and Key Stakeholders to get projects progressed through key gateways and senior reviews.
* Interacting with multiple members of the design and engineering teams to produce the best possible designs.
Education, Training And Experience
* 8 years of experience in automotive styling with key specific input to conceptual design (experience in OEM preferred, depending on the ability to ease the number of years required).
* Participate in 5 or more exterior detail e‑sign mass production projects; experience in creative design of luxury brand exterior preferred.
* Familiar with component design and engineering constraints, with a good balance of design and constraints.
* Excellent sketch and rendering presentation skills.
* Excellent communication skills, learning ability and teamwork spirit.
* Industrial design and transportation design background from art colleges preferred.
* Proficiency in Photoshop, AI, Alias, Vred and other drawing software.
Skills & Personal Characteristics Required
* 8 years+ of senior level Exterior Design with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry.
* Skilled in Design Management, Alias Studio Tools, lateral thinking and sketching.
* Strong arts and design professional with a master’s degree focused on Automotive Design.
* Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, Showcase, Adobe Alias, Adobe VRed and AI software.
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