CMF Designer

Job Description

• Knowledge/ experience working both with body colour development and in projects as CMF designer

• Creative and structured mind

• Adaptive and resilient

• Flexible and fast paced

• Team player

• Excellent skills in Photoshop & Illustrator

• Excellent presentation skills

• Experience in working in VRED and VR

Job Responsibilities

• create innovative proposals for exterior aspects, main focus is body colours (but additionally wheel finishes, calipers, accent colours, 2 tone and cladding aspects) > work with program chiefs and designers
• maintaining a transversal strategy keeping the right balance between consistency and innovation >work with BA
• benchmark and trend presentations > work with MSS and the Shanghai Design studio
• A & B master-delivery > work with suppliers, ME and program designer until the industrialization, following the agreed process.

DESCRIPTION OF TASKS

1. Exploratory creative phase for all projects:

- work closely with the project designers and chiefs to understand each project’s needs and creatively contribute to the CMF manifestos.

- develop CMF themes/stories for exterior CMF exploration directions aligned with the overall CMF concept.

- present regularly benchmark of the competitors related to exterior aspects

- Create and present for each project in exploratory phase a range of innovative exterior CMF proposals developed internally or with exterior suppliers, targeting a clear choice at DSM5 leading to confirmation at AA2 ( briefs, trends, benchmark, CMF presentations, samples, VRED renders, VR proposals, paint panels, frogs, body sections and exterior models)

- work with Lead SE and program designer for CMD delivery.

- present in regular project meetings and reviews the CMF exterior proposals, themes and have strong arguments for selling in and maintaining the CMF concepts.

- Participate in relevant Line meetings, project meetings and Design Board

- Create / generate modified or new CMF proposals for this area any time required, in alignment with the program Chief and designer.

- CMD creation for physical exterior CMF models and follow up at model makers

- Follow the development of the A master working closely with everyone involved (suppliers, purchasing, program and Chief designers, BA, etc) and keeping the ME informed of the choices made at DSM5.

• possibility to travel to suppliers in both EU and China

2. Holistic cross-carline strategy and continuous innovative exploration:

- create the Client's consistency strategy in this area, monitor the colours in each factory and work holistically cross carline

- maintain a constant interest and inspire the whole CMF team and key stakeholders about new aspects, technologies, trends and sustainable processes in this area.

- work with the exterior design team to understand their design strategy and how to support it through CMF

- follow all updates from the brand team and collaborate with BA for material strategies that would strengthen the brand.

- collaborate with the Material Lab on advanced design subjects.

3. Industrialization phase for all projects (with an SE support):

- Follow the development of the B master and CD master working closely with everyone involved until AA2 (SE, suppliers, ME, VEM, purchasing, program/chief designers, BA, etc) and taking responsibilities to follow up with Shanghai studio after AA2

- support the Lead SE with CMD updates for exterior

- Presentations, renders and VR as required when there are changes

- Participate in relevant Line meetings and Design Board

- Participate in relevant project reviews, VP and TT car reviews

- Create / generate modified or new CMF proposals if required, in alignment with program designer/chief.

- possibility to travel to suppliers in both EU and China