Company introduction: A top5 Chinese premium electric vehicle startups.
Responsibilities:
What you will do:
• Support the Department Director in leading the exterior design team, ensuring high-quality creative output across concept and production programs.
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• Manage day-to-day design activities, coordinating resources, setting priorities, and supporting project planning to meet program timelines and objectives.
• Guide and mentor designers to elevate creativity, design quality, and professional growth within the team.
• Collaborate with the Department Director to define and uphold a strong, future-forward exterior design vision that aligns with brand and product strategy.
• Facilitate design reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure consistency in form language, proportions, and brand identity across all projects.
• Interface cross-functionally with engineering, product planning, program management, and other disciplines to ensure design feasibility and program alignment.
• Represent the exterior design function in cross-functional meetings and communicate design intent clearly and persuasively to internal stakeholders.
• Stay current on design trends, technology, and market influences, and help translate them into compelling exterior design directions.
Requirements:
What you will bring:
• Solid professional experience in automotive exterior design, with a strong portfolio of both concept and production vehicle programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and manage design teams in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Strong 2D sketching and 3D modeling capabilities, with a refined sense of form, proportion, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to balance creative vision with program and engineering constraints.
• Experience mentoring junior designers and fostering a positive, growth-oriented team culture.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; comfortable engaging with both design and non-design leadership.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Transportation Design, Industrial Design, or a related field.