Lead CMF Designer
Posted 1 week ago by CONTECHS
Negotiable
Inside
Undetermined
Cheshire
Summary: The Lead CMF Designer will be responsible for creating and leading innovative design solutions within the automotive sector, focusing on Colours, Materials, and Finishes (CMF). This role requires collaboration with various teams and external partners to deliver high-quality design proposals that align with brand values and technical requirements. The successful candidate will have a strong design background and the ability to communicate effectively across different forums. This position offers a significant opportunity to influence the company's future product portfolio during a transformative period.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design development
- Delivery of projects
- Problem solving
- Developing designs in 3-Dimensions
- Working in collaborations with an immediate team, the wider functions and external suppliers to achieve the set design objectives
- About the function
- Pitch on function to be added.
- The CMF team bring surfaces to life through the emotional connection with extraordinary colour, materials and finishes.
Key Skills:
- Experience in a design environment with a focus on innovative design proposals
- Experience as a CMF automotive designer with relevant project examples
- Degree in design or equivalent experience
- Ability to solve complex problems and provide creative solutions
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Understanding of feasibility and production methodology
- Proficiency in 2D and 3D IT skills, including Photoshop and 3D CAD software
- Understanding of financial budgeting
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Crewe
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Order Ref: 373820
Position Title: Lead CMF Designer
Duration: Contract
Location: Crewe, Cheshire
About the Person
- The successful colleague will have experience gained from a design environment, with proven ability to design and develop forward thinking and innovative design proposals.
- You will have experience as a CMF (Colours, Materials and Finishes) automotive designer with examples of design production or conceptual projects that have been undertaken and/or managed.
- You will have a degree in design or equivalent experience.
You will demonstrate:
- Skill to design and develop forward thinking and innovative design proposals within an automotive environment
- Ability to solve complex problems and provide creative solutions
- Ability to communicate and present design proposals and ideas across the company in different forums
- An understanding of feasibility and production methodology along with 2D and 3D IT skills such as Photoshop and 3D CAD software skills are essential
- An understanding of financial budgeting
About the Role
- Our Client are seeking a Lead Designer to join the Colour and Trim function.
- Reporting directly to the Head of Colour and Trim, the Lead Designer will be responsible for creating and leading the generation design solutions for the Clients' new products.
- The role will coordinate and deliver proposals and concepts, integrating the Brand values and the Design strategy developed into concrete design alternatives in 2D, 3D and digital media as well as develop and present formal and functional solutions that integrate innovation and creativity in future Client product proposals, achieving a high visual quality fulfilling the agreed technical and ergonomic requirements.
- The role leads Design development proposals in house or in co-operation with external partners.
- The role offers an exciting opportunity at a pivotal time in the Clients' history to undertake a senior role within a forward thinking design team, playing an integral part in developing the company's future product portfolio.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design development
- Delivery of projects
- Problem solving
- Developing designs in 3-Dimensions
- Working in collaborations with an immediate team, the wider functions and external suppliers to achieve the set design objectives
- About the function
- Pitch on function to be added.
- The CMF team bring surfaces to life through the emotional connection with extraordinary colour, materials and finishes.
