Industrial Design Lead

Position: Industrial Design Lead Reports to: Director of Design Do you have the chops to design experiences for next-gen connected products and services for a major global player in The Future of Mobility? Are you a pioneer vs settler and a catalyst vs an agitator? If the answers are 'yes', then this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
About Our Client Our client is driving people, their businesses, and society forward by taking on their toughest transportation challenges.
But while they believe more than ever that mobility drives human progress, the world has progressed, too.
Our client is in the midst of the biggest change the automotive industry has ever seen.
Just as cars changed the world over the last century—creating the driver, highways, gas stations and malls—self-driving cars, electric powertrains, and connected vehicles will radically reshape how we live, work, and play, our cities and society itself over the next hundred years.
Our client's human-centered design organization drives human progress through creativity, empathy and design.
They are at the cutting edge of the company's most strategically critical work, designing people's and society's needs into the heart of next-generation products, services, and experiences.
Every day, the company's vehicles and services support millions of people around the world, and the HCD organization is designing at scale – not just inventing the future, but operationalizing it, to help all those people move through their lives, better.
Their global labs are dedicated spaces that push the edge of the company's near and far strategy.
Their ultimate goal is to design new products, services, and ventures that customers love and that drive business profitability.
Position Overview Know and love your discipline as a passionate Subject Matter Expert demonstrating senior-level expertise in the relevant fundamentals and tools while using them in modern ways and maintaining a desire to learn from others and grow.
Be curious, courageous, creative, and capable by asking questions, experimenting, and sharing ideas to solve problems and create designs that address real customer needs.
Demonstrate leadership throughout the entire design process from inspiration and research to building prototypes and communicating a vision - bringing to life integrated digital-physical experiences through brand, products, and services.
Inspire a project team to conceive, design, develop, test, and launch impactful new products and services, applying systems thinking to experience design that seamlessly engages people.
Identify design opportunities and actionable concepts that align with user and business needs, design principles, and technical capabilities.
Bring clarity and focus through effective communication of functional needs and aesthetic sensibilities while representing our team in an advanced product development environment and building relationships and with engineering, planning, and research stakeholders.
Apply systems thinking to physical experience design that seamlessly engages people through touchpoints along a service journey for consumer and business applications.
Collaborate on designing, making, and testing new solutions through experiments and prototypes at varying levels of fidelity–from sketches, renderings, CAD models and animations to functional prototypes and build-ready assets.
Requirements -Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design or related field Senior Designer level experience in a consumer product industry, transportation sector or supplier, design consultancy, or similar field Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite design tools Proficiency with at least one 3D modeling software application (Alias, AutoStudio, Rhino, or Blender) Proficiency in relevant presentation applications (PowerPoint, Keynote, or similar) Preferred Requirements Exceptional creativity and demonstrated inventiveness towards features and functional solutions - Exceptional ability to translate customer and research inputs into relevant, highly desirable, and feasible product solutions Exceptional communication skills through presentation and storytelling Exceptional product design aesthetic sensibilities Exceptional sketching, visualization, modelling, and presentation skills Exceptional 2D application skills (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.
) Exceptional 3D application skills (Alias AutoStudio, VRED, Rhino, Maya or Blender) 5+ years of Industrial Design or Transportation Design studio work experience Demonstrated ability to lead projects in a multidisciplinary team environment Demonstrated ability to build low fidelity prototypes (e.
g.
hands-on with cardboard, foam core, wood, laser cutting, 3D printing) and understanding of production methods and prototyping processes.
Demonstrated ability to translate design vision in animated story-form through creative use of digital presentation applications Demonstrated ability to develop design proposals from concept to production Experience building inclusive and accessible design solutions ***To be considered, please share your resume and the link to your online portfolio (and password)*** Work Authorization Candidates for this position at our client company must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.
Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Diversity Equity & Inclusion Our client is an equal opportunity employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.
Compensation Base salary range: $117K - $222K About Vee Our founders and team have deep expertise in branding, innovation, design, I/O psychology, organization design, digital & data product development, enterprise software and application development complemented by current and past experience with clients ranging from emerging Silicon Valley unicorns to established leaders in government and the public and private sectors including BMW, Box, Clorox, HP, Lowe's, Mastercard, McDonald's, Microsoft, NASA, Nissan, Pepsico, Procter & Gamble, and Staples, among others.
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