Job Title: Colour and Materials Designer
Location: Gaydon
Rate: £38.50ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £29.17ph PAYE
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until 31/03/2025)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J39865
Job Description:
To be part of a world class design team delivering the 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 responsibility for contributing to designing and developing sustainable and responsible colour and materials content within the Materiality organisation for Our 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.
- 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
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Relevant Design Degree
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Design software competancy : Photoshop/Illustrator/VRED
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Design experience
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Degree level qualification BA or equivalent.
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Textile, Fashion, Graphics, Product, Automotive design or similar.
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Experience as a designer with proven experience or examples in portfolio of colour and material design application.
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Proficient in adobe creative suite: Photoshop or Illustrator or Indesig
Experience Preferred:
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Experience working with luxury lifestyle brands.
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Proven ability to adjust to changing design, feasibility and cost requirements
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Proven ability to plan and undertake projects to a strict deadline
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A good understanding of automotive design and delivery processes.
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Additional software skills like VRED, video editing software good to have yet not essential.
Additional Information:
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Key candidates must be able to multi-task and work on several projects simultaneously.
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Proven creative and presentation skills, including advanced use of Adobe and Microsoft Office software and ability to use internet resources appropriately for research purposes.
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A good understanding of product design, combined with good aesthetic judgement, colour vision and colour perception
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Good communication skills and the ability to relate to and communicate at all levels
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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
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Proven ability to take accountability for own work, including the quality, accuracy and efficiencies around projects
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Candidates must be confident communicators and comfortable presenting to internal and external stakeholders
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Successful candidates will have modern luxury taste level and design execution demonstrated in their portfolio.
This role is INSIDE IR35
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