CMF Colour & Materials Designer

Harbury
5 months ago
Applications closed

Our premium brand Automotive client is currently recruiting for the following role:

CMF Colour & Materials Designer - £38.50/hr (Inside IR35) - Warwickshire (hybrid potential) - 5 Months (potential to extend)

Division:
Design

Position Description:
This role has the responsibility for contributing to designing and developing sustainable and responsible colour and materials content within the Materiality organisation for our client's 'House of Brands' for both Core and Special Vehicles including Bespoke. As a Colour and Materials Designer you will be part of a team that 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.
Support in researching trends, landscape shifts, analogous industry and new ideas for next generation vehicles and create vehicle line material strategies for future implementation. Research and development activities for new colours and materials, create inspiring Materiality concepts and realise concepts through creation of digital and physical assets and prototyping ideas. Assist in the design, development and implementation of colour and material design proposals feeding into Materiality strategies, concept cars, vision properties. Ideas for direction and create multimedia presentations to communicate these.

Skills Required:

  • Relevant Design Degree
  • Design software competency : Photoshop/Illustrator/VRED
  • Design experience

    Skills Preferred:
    position description continued..
  • Support the project management of vehicle builds and development related to colour and material design
  • Support Interior and Exterior teams with property builds (this could include providing quotes to business office to procuring materials, providing renderings/callouts as well as being on location to support the builds)
  • Conduct competitor benchmarking and co-ordinate and collaborate with external suppliers
  • Translates material concepts from 2D to 3D product / Support of the production of components to specification
  • Share best practice with the team and offer direction as appropriate
  • Identifies solutions to non-standard tasks and queries.
  • Interprets project briefs assessing full requirements.
  • Support on projects from concept to realisation and proceeds to repeat and improve this process.

    Experience 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.
  • Proficient in adobe creative suite: Photoshop or Illustrator or Indesign.

    Experience Preferred:
  • 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 info:
  • Key candidates must be able to multi-task and work on several projects simultaneously.
  • Proven creative and presentation skills, including advanced use of Adobe and Microsoft Office software and ability to use internet resources appropriately for research purposes.
  • A good understanding of product design, combined with good aesthetic judgement, colour vision and colour perception
  • Good communication skills and the ability to relate to and communicate at all levels
  • Passion for Colour and Material Technology, sustainability and Design as evidenced by understanding of analogous industries, up to date in field literature, innovations and Trends
  • Proven ability to take accountability for own work, including the quality, accuracy and efficiencies around projects
  • Candidates must be confident communicators and comfortable presenting to internal and external stakeholders
  • Successful candidates will have modern luxury taste level and design execution demonstrated in their portfolio.

    This role is on a contract basis and is Inside IR35
    The role is Warwickshire based with hybrid potential
    The services advertised by Premea Limited for this vacancy are those of an Employment Business.
    Premea is a specialist IT & Engineering recruitment consultancy representing clients in the UK and internationally within the Automotive, Motorsport and Aerospace sectors

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