Descripción

Work Arrangement:

This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidates is expected to report to the Tech Center in Warren, MI on a full-time basis.

The Role:

Are you a highly creative designer who is interested in being part of one of the most exciting design studios in the world? Based in our Warren, Michigan Design headquarters, where the fusion of Art, Design and Technology come together, General Motors North America has exciting opportunities for creative designers in many areas of the organization across our Advanced and Production studios including interiors, exteriors, components, accessories and lighting.

GM's broad Design organization offers a unique opportunity for career growth. Our design team members have the opportunity to expand their skills in multiple studios, from advanced to production, to support our iconic brands while they explore their creative limits.

As a Creative Designer at GM, you will be part of a larger, connected, global design team working on forward-thinking, extraordinary elements in production design and advanced mobility projects. We are looking for someone who thrives in a team environment and displays a strong ability to manage multiple tasks and timelines. We need someone with a considerable amount of perception, design taste, judgment and creativity as well as a high level of skill, accuracy, and coordination.

Join us in shaping the future of automotive design!

The portfolio submission is a crucial part of the application process. Please take the time to read the instructions further down in the posting.

What You'll Do:

Create unique exterior designs and concepts for production vehicles and other mobility products through sketches as well as digitally through the use of 2D and 3D technology
Collaborate frequently with the design team, sculpting organization, engineering and fabrication teams in the development of new designs
Take a big-picture perspective on customer needs and future transportation and create provocative concepts and designs
Provide insight and recommendations to leadership while possessing willingness and acuity to act upon guidance in a deadline driven environment
Maintain knowledge of current design trends and technology. Present ideas frequently to management and leadership to communicate design ideas
Exhibit courage and challenge expectations

[Additional Description]

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

Bachelor’s Degree in Design (Automotive, Transportation, Industrial…)
2+ years of professional experience in a design related field, automotive is strongly desired
Strong understanding of form and excellent drawing skills
Proven creative proficiency
Demonstrated ability with electronic tools to communicate 2-D ideations
Ability to work independently and within a team as well as provide mentoring
For your portfolio, please make sure that you have several series of sketches and ideations

YOUR PORTFOLIO SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

We recognize that your most recent professional work may be confidential. However, we would like to see a portfolio that represents your skills, currently, so please include personal work if needed for us to understand that.

Multiple projects showing a bandwidth of design ability and aesthetics
Multiple ideation sketches and then the development sketches for the theme you chose to develop further.
Mastery of visual communication and sketching, including multiple perspectives of objects.
Please arrange your work from most recent to oldest and date it for context.
Please indicate if you were responsible for the entire design shown or just elements of it.

PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

To be considered for this position, you will need to submit a portfolio in addition to your resume and profile. We strongly recommend linking your online portfolio in the "website" section of the application as we are able to access much larger files that way. If your portfolio is not available online, please follow the instructions below to upload your portfolio as a separate attachment as you did with the resume.  Please NO dropbox files or Google docs.

1. Save your portfolio as a pdf document
2. Name your portfolio your LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Example: Candidate name is John Smith. Portfolio pdf file name is: Smith, John.pdf
3. Upload as an attachment - you may have to condense the file. 

DISCLAIMER: The Works included in your Career Portfolio must not be subject to any non-disclosure and/or confidentiality agreement. If the Works in your Career Portfolio are owned by your current or former employer, or by any other Third Party, there must be an express written consent from the Owner allowing the Works to be included in your Career Portfolio for sharing with General Motors (“GM”). By sharing your Career Portfolio, you grant to GM the right to quote, paraphrase, reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use all or any portion of the Career Portfolio for purposes of making a hiring determination. By sharing your Career Portfolio, you also agree to release and discharge GM, and its licensees, successors, and assigns, from any and all claims, demands, or causes of action that you may have regarding any use of the Career Portfolio, including (but not limited to) any claims based on the right to privacy, the right to publicity, copyright, libel, defamation, or any other right.

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