LEAD GRAPHIC DESIGNER

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

• Weekly design reviews for project progress assessments with creative teams, line manager, senior manager and / or director(s).

• Weekly 1:1s with manager to run through task list, and assess tasks completed.

• High contribution to meetings through suggestions, problem solving and design representation.

• Excellent creative and presentation skills (including but not limited to photoshop, illustrator and vred) to support visual design communication internal (c&m strategies) and external (launch, retails, customer facing)

• Design creation of product family graphic strategies to successfully deliver into production vehicles.

• High degree of competitors awareness and understanding of product and automotive design combined with good aesthetic judgement

• Ability to do trend research and find adequate imagery for individual projects

• Ability to visually communicate complex strategies in digestible and aesthetic presentation

Key accountabilities & responsibilities

Client designs and editions

• Create highly creative and unique personalisation artworks to a brief or theme in 2d, to be interpreted in vehicle in 2d and 3d.

• Engage and communicate with clients to understand client briefs in full, for graphic interpretation and creation.

• Interpret already defined client designs for feasible manufacture in various technologies e.g. embroidery.

• Understand and interpret a vehicle project or other graphic design project, from conception, to develop a vehicle theme for graphic creation.

• Create artwork templates to define release files to suppliers for part manufacture.

• Liaise closely with sv bespoke materiality designers to execute project design releases timely and in line with project render packs and sampling.

• Engage with personalisation engineers, design quality team and suppliers to sample and improve 2d artworks where necessary, to better physical execution of personalisation items in 3d/ physical. Multiple releases are sometimes required, for improvements, due to development process.

• Work with the creative digital team to visualise artworks in vehicle, in digital/ virtual 3d.

• Organise and archive artworks in line with gdpr.

• Program graphic design and strategy

• Lead and become a key contributor to the sv bespoke materiality graphic strategy.

• From individual vehicles to strategic graphical strategies, this includes graphic creation for perforation, embroidery, speaker details, finishers and materiality led branding - from exterior to seat labels.

• Create or further develop a graphic style/ language for sv bespoke materiality presentation material. Templates to be created for both digital and physical presentations.

• Creation of visual assets that communicate strategies, from icons to info graphics.

• Support high profile launch planning projects that require senior level visual communication presentations.

• Graphic development plays a big part in creating the best possible relationship between materials and form. Prepare supplier direction and briefs, support team members to do so.

• Visual communication

• Be a key point of contact for collaborators outside of the materiality organisation, for example brand design and digital design. Continue to grow these cross-discipline relationships. Be the benchmark for briefing material.

• Collaborate on creating a visual language for spaces – when required.

• Communication tools - take away's and handouts. Develop a library of reference for the team - for digital and physical use.

• Develop and simplify key materiality messages, creating exciting and impactful visual communication.

General

• Share best practice with the team and offer direction as appropriate, delegating for the manager as and when required.

• Act as a source of expertise to others and contribute to discussions in own area.

• Mentor and coach others in graphic design process and methods

• Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be requested

Essential Skills:

• Advanced skill in Adobe Illustrator.

• High level of creativity and flair.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to relate to and communicate at all levels.

• Capable of working autonomously to meet objectives.

• Passion for Graphic Design as evidenced by up to date in program/ skill set, innovations and trends.

• Proven ability to plan and undertake projects to a strict deadline.

• Ability to move between

Experience & qualifications required*         

• In order to be considered for this position it is advantageous to hold a formal qualification such as degree qualified or equivalent experience preferred

• Proven creative and presentation skills, including advanced use of adobe package software illustrator, photoshop, indesign software and ability to use internet resources appropriately for research purposes

• A good understanding of product /interior/ exterior design, the design industry in general and automotive design combined with good aesthetic judgement.

Desirable experience & qualifications           

• Proven ability to adjust to changing strategies and reflect in the relevant communication media.

• Additional software skills like vred.

• Additional video editing software skills such as final cut pro or adobe after effects.

• Motion graphics experience would be very relevant to build on in this role.

• Design product knowledge, in automotive or another creative field

Personal Profile

ESSENTIAL:

• An individual with a customer first mindset who is easy to do business with and makes people feel special, driven to deliver experiences that are personalised, transparent and dependable

• An individual, who works independently, is results driven, demonstrating tenacity, drive and perseverance with the ability to deliver operational plans in a complex, highly demanding environment.

• An individual with the capability to combine a short term, pragmatic focus with medium term planning.

• A resilient and enthusiastic person who responds constructively to new ideas and inputs.

• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas.

• An effective and reliable team player, actively develops and supports team members.

Desirable:             

• An individual with the ability to challenge existing thinking in a positive way whilst building credibility and trust through experience and personal style.