Senior Designer

Honda South Carolina Manufacturing; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Comprehensive benefits (Medical, etc.)

401K with company match

Job summary

Honda is seeking a Creative Design Solutions Sr. Designer to lead highly creative design sketches, product research, and 2D/3D concepts. You will act as a creative engine within a diverse design team, coordinating with stakeholders to deliver automotive design direction and evaluation-ready materials.

The role requires strong leadership, advanced 2D/3D rendering, CG animation, and proficiency in industry tools. Hybrid collaboration and ongoing innovation are integral to this position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial/Transportation/Product Design.
• 5+ years of relevant design experience.
• Strong leadership, communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project scope and milestones for model changes and related design work.
• Provide styling direction to ensure high-quality appearance and design maturation.
• Present materials professionally at events and evaluations for clear proposals.
• Create documents and assets for evaluations and team presentations.
• Coordinate with Creative Leads and teams to realize the approved design themes.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Presentation

Photoshop

3D Rendering

Alias

Blender 3D

CG Animation

PowerPoint

Illustrator

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial / Transportation / Product Design

Tools

Photoshop

3D Sketches/Rendering

PowerPoint

Alias

Illustrator

Blender 3D

CG Animation Programs

AI knowledge

Job description

What Makes a Honda, Is Who Makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

A Creative Design Solutions Sr. Designer is responsible for highly creative design sketches, product research, presentations and high-level 3D direction. Provides creative support for multiple projects are aligned with the design requirements, business needs and company strategies. Acts as the “creative engine” in the design process and feeds the project development with exciting 2D/3D concepts and design solutions. May Act as PL. Can execute and operate independently or as part of a diverse design development team to coordinate and perform a full range of Automotive products concept and design creation and adaptation of functions relevant to departmental and organizational needs including, styling sketches 2D/3D and consumer research, original design creation with 3D data and concepts development, CG animation presentations, and early evaluation. Presents and manage, original design creations and the implementation of chosen directions based on project and business requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Leads the project(s) scope and deliverables for Minor Model change and May lead Full Model Change and can guarantee proposed output based on Creative Lead, Global Design Director direction and Executive evaluations and project milestones.
• Provide highly skilled styling direction within the project scope to ensure high quality appearance and design maturation of approved strategies and creative themes.
• Present all project materials in a highly professional manner at all needed events and evaluations so that the audience can clearly understand the proposals.
• Create project documents and support 2D/3D and CG animation material for evaluations and other team related presentations to the Creative Leads, Global Creative Directors to ensure a high-quality presentation.
• Provide strong creative solutions and problem-solving skills supported by studio TE to address feasibility challenges and provide feedback to HDMA and project teams to realize the approved design theme.
• Negotiate and communicate styling schedule and deliverables with all involved parties to ensure completion of project deliverables.
• Communicate with all PICs, team members and customers (Internal and external) frequently to promote high level of project correlation of current and upcoming tasks.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial / Transportation / Product Design or equivalent work experience

Minimum Experience

• 5+ Years of relevant experience

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Strong leadership, Communication, Presentation, Creative & technical skills. High-level Photoshop, 2D/3D Sketches/Rendering/ PowerPoint, Alias, Illustrator, Blender 3D, CG Animation Programs, AI knowledge required.
• Understanding of automotive design principles
• Highly motivated

Working Conditions

• Physical
  • More than 50% of the Workday: Sitting
  • 25 – 50% of the Workday: N/A
  • Less than 25% of the Workday: Kneeling, Standing, Squatting, Reaching, Bending, pushing (Less than 25 lbs.), Lifting (Less than 25 lbs.)

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Manager Lease Car Program (No Cost - Car, Maintenance, and Insurance included)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development Programs

Additional Offerings

• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.