3D Pattern Specialist Designer

The new multi brand studio, Geely Design Center Gothenburg, is a part of the multi-cultural global network of Geely Design studios dedicated to supporting the efforts of Geely Auto Group sub brands. Our Design Center in Gothenburg is the global headquarters for Geely Design and focuses on delivering great design for the two brands: Zeekr and Lynk & Co.

We are a fast-growing team of both creative and management professionals with the task of delivering exciting global products suitable for volume production and innovative concepts. In an inspiring studio environment, we build and maintain a top-class design team of multiple nationalities. With best in class processes and tools we challenge preconceptions and deliver premium car design.

About Zeekr design

In the heart of Sweden's automotive cluster Gothenburg, we have concentrated all our efforts in the creation of the new brand in the Geely family, ZEEKR, and all of its coming products. ZEEKR has made its mark by sophisticated design and an appreciation of the connected world we live in. Today we are more than 250 people who work with coming ZEEKR products.

Do you enjoy doing great things? We do, and we are looking for a 3D Pattern Specialist Designer to join us in our work to shape the future Zeekr products.

At Zeekr Design you will be part of a global company with people who want to do great things and enjoy doing it. We encourage initiative, believe in a multicultural environment and enjoy helping others grow. You will join a team that is dedicated to design, services and technology. With members that are, just like you, proud of their professionalism, motivation and level of skills.

Zeekr CMF Design will further extend its Color, Material & Finish (CMF) Design responsibilities, taking on the development of well-tailored 3D patterns and textures, and will own the pattern strategy and guideline as well execution of it. The 3D Pattern Specialist Designer will be serving as a creative bridge from design ideation to digital modeling (and ultimately to physically prototyped 3D parts).

Whether the candidate’s background is in Graphic Design, Industrial Design or in CMF this is a true “spider-in-the-web” role that affects all areas of our car projects. Examples of such areas include quilt and perforation patterns for upholstery, rubber mats, pedals, ‘knurling’ for use on stalks & knobs, speaker mesh, 3D pattern on exterior trim parts and exterior foil applications.

As a 3D Pattern Specialist Designer this is what you will do most of the time:

- Set the aesthetical pattern direction for Zeekr and build up and govern a strong visual portfolio, with focus on why-how-what including storytelling.

- Develop patterns, using 2D & 3D digital tools (Illustrator, Rhino/Alias, Grasshopper).

- Build the patterns in 3D CAD tools, these patterns in 3D CAD tools.

- Collaborate with all design disciplines, and working especially closely with Studio Engineers, Digital Modelers and Prototype modelers.

You and your skills:

- Design portfolio & background, training & working experience.

- Strong creative skills in Adobe Creative Suite, especially in Illustrator scalable vector-based design, as well as Photoshop.

- Strongly skilled in 3D Pattern-building Rhinoceros or Alias.

- Working knowledge of pattern-building with parametric design and algorithms, guiding and coaching digital modelling Grasshopper team to build parametric patterns.

- Skills in handling digital files to be used for 3D (physical & virtual) prototyping.

Requirement: Applicants must provide a sample portfolio of work as part of their application (PDF Design Portfolio max 10mb file size).

This is you:

- You are unafraid and highly flexible, knowing that changes are inevitable.

- You have a can-do-attitude and an entrepreneurial mindset.

- You are independent and confident as well as a super good team player who couldn’t care less for prestige and politics.

- Your communication and presentation skills are vast, and you have the ability to inspire others.

- To be successful in the role you need to be structured, methodical and have an analytical mind with good planning skills. Cultural awareness, specifically between Europe and Asia is also an important factor for the role.

What we offer:

A highly dynamic, creative and ever-changing work environment.

Never a dull moment.

Plenty of challenges and opportunities to grow in your profession and learn new stuff.

Great team spirit and fantastic collogues, both in Sweden and in China.

Flexible Work-from-home arrangements possible upon approval

By summer 2022 a brand-new Design Studio located at Lindholmen, Gothenburg.

Are you curious to hear more about the opportunity? Do you want to join us in our journey?

For more information please contact:

Anders Sachs, Head of Zeekr CMF, anders.sachs@geelydesign.com for questions regarding the position

Egle Celedinaite, Senior Recruiter, egle.celedinaite@cevt.se, for questions regarding the recruitment process

Last Application date: 2022-08-21

Note that July 11 - August 7, 2021 is the main summer vacation period in Geely design. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please note that due to GDPR regulations we can only accept applications and CV's sent through the recruitment system, not via email or other channels.