Creative Interior Lead Designer - Leamington Spa, United Kingdom - General Motors

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Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Are you a highly creative design individual who is interested in being part of one of the most exciting design studios in the world where the fusion of Art, Design and Technology come together? GM Advanced Design Europe (GM ADE) is looking for a Specialist interior designer to join our growing team.


We are looking for someone interested in challenging perceptions and pushing the boundaries of Interior Design into exciting new directions.

As a specialist Interior Designer, your role is to see the future - researching, designing and creating compelling proposals.

As a senior member of the design team, your abilities as well as your professionalism and positive attitude will be a role model for the wider team.


As a Specialist Interior Designer you will create fresh, innovative designs for multiple General Motors Branded vehicles or other products utilizing electronic design tools.

You will draw on your experience and expertise to Coordinate the work of other design personnel to achieve design goals.

Work duties involve a considerable amount of perception, design taste, judgment and creativity as well as a definite degree of skill, accuracy, and coordination.

Provide insight and recommendations to supervisors and leadership while possessing willingness and acumen to act upon general guidance.


Building on a strong understanding brand and strategy, you will generate innovative ideas and interior design concepts for automotive products in both 2D and 3D proposals.

You will have experience in working through the design process from the sketch form to the final release clay / data model.

You must have exceptional visualization skills and can easily communicate your ideas to an audience. You have no problem refining ideas as you receive feedback.

Working as part of a team you interface with multiple creative and non-creative stakeholders including suppliers to execute ideas and deliver world class products.

You have a passion for design, innovation and are highly creative as demonstrated in your portfolio.

You will have a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant design discipline (Automotive Design, Industrial Design, Product Design, Exterior Design, Graphic Design or Architecture).

You have a minimum 7 years of experience in automotive interior design, including managing / mentoring junior designers during this time.

You're driven and eager to propel your career forward. A self-starter, your sophisticated communication skills will enable you to effortlessly build relationships.

Comfortable in dealing with potential changes in direction based on evolving design directions, you thrive in a team environment and display a strong ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.

Take your next step in joining a world class design studio at General Motors.


Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

  • Generating compelling perspective sketches and renderings sufficient to communicate new design ideas
  • Demonstrated understanding of 3D form and ability to develop threedimensional models of proposed design solutions
  • Work with studio engineers, modelers, other designers, and service and fabrication personnel in the development of new ideas in both two and threedimensional form
  • Make presentations of new thoughts and designs, both orally and visually
  • Frequent contact with cross functional partners outside the work group
  • Experience working with Premium brands is a plus
  • Have a proven ability as an inspiring and collaborative team member
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Act as a behavioral role model for the wider team
  • IT ability in relevant software
  • Photoshop, Alias, VRED, Blender, Office suite

PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS


To be considered for this position, you will need to submit a portfolio in addition to your resume and profile.

You may include a link to your online portfolio in your resume OR if your portfolio is not available online, please follow the instructions below to upload your portfolio as a separate attachment as you did with the resume.


  • Save your portfolio as a pdf document
  • Upload as an attachment you may have to condense the file.
  • Education and Training
You will be responsible for delivering interior design proposals working with a team of modellers and designers.

You will need to inspire and manage your team to create the best possible proposals under the necessary cost and timing restraints.


About GM


Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.


Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world.

We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture.

Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flex
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