Senior Designer - Advanced Color & Materials

At Stellantis, Creative Designers are influential in driving our pride and passion for world-class products. Our designers help set the pace for the company by developing concepts for new and exciting driving experiences. Designers at Stellantis are encouraged to think bigger, push harder, continually invent, and reinvent automotive technologies and designs. Stellantis offers designers unrivaled career opportunities in the center of automotive innovation. As our product evolves, so do our Designers.

We are currently seeking an Advanced Color & Materials Senior Creative Designer with a variety of background and experience levels to work in our Design Studio. This position is responsible for supporting production exterior & Interior color and trim corporate strategies with regards to automotive color and material initiatives that include new innovation, new technologies, new designs, cost, complexity, feasibility, and material changes.

The Senior Creative Designer will lead new research, development, color development and harmony for production. They will establish and support working relationships for material developments and color development with studio designers, purchasing, materials engineering, program teams, manufacturing and required suppliers. Self-manage and lead daily meetings and reviews with internal/external design teams for specific Bran programs to ensure that deliverables are met for color development and completion. They will work with the supply base to ensure that the color and material design direction is implemented by communicating intent and tracking the progress of changes or open issues. Maintain all supporting documentation for commodities responsible for distribution and reporting out on material status.

The candidate will review vehicles with supporting Stellantis teams for color and material accuracy. The candidate will be responsible for advanced research, technology development and innovative solutions to nurture ideas into feasible production ready solutions while analyzing the competitive landscape, complexity reduction reporting & maintenance, emerging trends and sustainability initiatives. We are looking for someone who can thrive in a fast-paced environment, deliver as a way of life, are inspired to make a positive impact and help to promote teamwork. Team members are expected to establish effective working relationships, founded on trust and transparency, with our internal and external partners. This includes, sound judgment, excellent communication skills and the ability to drive decisions through consensus working relationships, founded on trust and transparency, with our internal and external partners. This includes, sound judgment, excellent communication skills and the ability to drive decisions through consensus and influence change are a must.

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in CMF Design, Textile specific Design, Fashion Design, Product Design, Marketing or related field of study
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in CMF as a Designer for Brand Programs
• Experience to include Design and development of materials and colors for automotive application or related field of study
• Knowledge and experience in color development, color harmony & manufacturing
• Knowledge of paint technologies, material testing, constructions, and exterior harmony
• Must pass the Munsell or Colorcurve HVC color vision test.

Portfolio Required:

This position requires a portfolio be submitted with your application. Applications will not be processed without meeting this requirement. Please ensure your portfolio meets the following requirements:

• Your portfolio should represent your skills as it pertains to the position to which you're applying
• Your most current work should be presented first and displayed in descending order of most current to oldest
• When appropriate, provide a brief description of your contributions to work that is submitted for review. (i.e.: if a full model is presented, provide explanation to explain you were responsible for the full model or that your involvement was limited to specific areas of the model)
• Although depictions of your professional work are needed, you're also welcome to submit work you've accomplished on a personal basis; however, the two should be separated and kept in separate sections of the portfolio

When naming your portfolio, please use the following naming convention: Lastname-firstname-portfolio.pdf