Description
GM's Creative Design organization is seeking a creative designer for it's Industrial Design Brand ID group who will develop new designs and concepts for transportation-related products, relevant to emblem and nameplate branded design solutions. This role is a balance between being artistic and technical. You will create beautiful designs while ensuring they meet the criteria to make them viable to production. You will work collaboratively and follow the design process from ideation to final release.
If this sounds like your next move, we'd love to hear from you! There has never been a more exciting time to join GM!
Position requires an employee to be on-site on a full-time basis.
Responsibilities:
- Creates original design ideas
- Makes perspective sketches and renderings sufficient to communicate new design ideas
- Develops two and three-dimensional mock-ups of proposed design solutions
- Works with studio engineers, modelers, other designers and service and fabrication personnel in the development of new design ideas in both two and three-dimensional form to required finish
- Stays current with design trends across transportation field
- Presents new thoughts and designs both orally and visually
- Assists supervision and other designers in coordinating design activities
- Frequent contact with others outside the work group
- Understands program timelines and is proactive regarding task completion
Additional Description
***Please note, you must submit a Portfolio to be considered for this position – See Instructions Below***
Qualifications:
- Previous design experience with branded design-related focus
- Strong understanding of form
- Good drawing and graphic design skills
- Demonstrated creative proficiency with supporting portfolio
- Ability to create perspective sketches and renderings.
- Contributes to creative and aesthetic design solutions
- Strong interpersonal skills to work creatively with others
- Good analytical ability where problems are somewhat complex
- 3D math skills preferred
Education and Training:
- Bachelor degree with a major in graphics design, industrial design, or related field
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.
Save your portfolio as a pdf document Name your portfolio your LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Example: Candidate name is John Smith. Portfolio pdf file name is: Smith, John.pdf 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.