Specialist Designer Polymer, Grains and Pattern

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

Design is a crucial part of creating a brand and a product identity for the customer to relate to. The design of our cars is strongly influenced by Scandinavian luxury and innovation. Design is a unit that is divided into one creative part and one operative part who actively work together to fulfil Volvo’s design strategy. We offer you an exciting challenge in an international and growing company with a strong culture and great development opportunities. You will have the opportunity and responsibility to actively contribute to the growth of our business through people.

Colour & Material Design at Volvo Cars is inspired by Scandinavian Design and Lifestyle, Sustainability and Innovation. Scandinavian nature, culture and values influence the way we do things. From that we create sustainable, beautiful and luxurious materials that strive to give a piece of our heritage to our customers.

Main responsibilities 
As Specialist Designer Polymer, Grains and Pattern, you will help lead the creation and development of Polymer, Grain and Patterns for multiple programs in the in creative phase, from conceptualising and communicating design ideas to developing for production. You will work closely with other specialists in the areas of Textiles, Upholstery, Paint and Trim to help create and maintain design languages through the Specialist areas.

You are someone who is experienced and fascinated with Pattern/Graphics, how they are applied to surfaces to help create, build and maintain design languages that will be implemented across programs. You also have a strategic mindset to build a strategy for Grain, surface appearances for Plastics, Foils and Thinfoils as well as having a strong sustainability mindset. 

Your other tasks will include:
•    Collecting inspiration, materials and samples and creating tasteful mood boards
•    Conducting design trend research and benchmark
•    Communication of Colour & Material Design within Design and the Product Creation teams 
•    Creating the best-looking colour and material choices and collections for our customers
•    Preparation of tasteful presentations

To be successful in this role we believe that you have the following qualifications:
•    Bachelor or Master's degree in Textile Design, Fashion Design, Transportation Interior Design, Product Design or Industrial Design
•    6 -10 years of experience in colour and material design
•    Good understanding how colours and materials influence and support a specific character of a product
•    Strong technical skills in Adobe Package (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, VRED), Blender, Rhino and Power Point
•    Strong communication and presentation skills

Personal qualities
On a personal level, we believe that you are a team player who has effective interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills.  We are looking for candidates who have passion, energy and enthusiasm. You are a self-driven individual who can think strategically and has a fast understanding of complexity and ability to deal with different topics and the same time. We would also like to see that you have excellent communication skills, as well as good verbal and written skills in English.

How to learn more and apply
Does this sound like your next challenge? Please register your profile and attach your application documents via the link below as soon as possible, but no later than 2022-03-13. Please note that due to GDPR applications via email will not be approved. The position is based in Gothenburg, at HQ.

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Senior Recruiter Lotta Ericsson at lotta.ericsson@volvocars.com.

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