Senior Interior Designer

Honda South Carolina Manufacturing; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Base Salary

Paid Overtime

Regional Bonus

Industry-leading Benefit Plans

Paid time off

Disability insurance

401K with company match

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Honda is seeking a Creative Design Solutions Sr. Designer to lead highly creative design sketches, product research and high-level 3D direction for automotive concepts.

You will act as the creative engine across projects, delivering 2D/3D concepts, consumer research, and CG animation presentations aligned with design requirements and company strategies. You will coordinate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior designers, and manage styling schedules, ensuring high-quality output and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Transportation, or Product Design, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, presentation, creative, and technical skills with proficiency in design software.

Responsibilities

• Create highly creative design sketches, product research, presentations and high-level 3D direction.
• Provide creative support for multiple projects aligned with design requirements, business needs and company strategies.
• Act as the creative engine in the design process, feeding project development with 2D/3D concepts and design solutions.
• Execute independently or with a team to coordinate automotive product concept and design creation, including 2D/3D sketches and CG animation.
• Present and manage original design creations and implement chosen directions based on project and business requirements.
• Lead project scope for Minor Model change; may lead Full Model Change with direction from leadership.
• Provide styling direction to ensure high-quality appearance and maturation of approved strategies.
• Present materials professionally at events and evaluations; ensure audience understanding of proposals.
• Create project documents and support 2D/3D and CG animation material for evaluations and presentations.
• Offer creative solutions and problem-solving to address feasibility challenges and provide feedback to teams.
• Negotiate and communicate styling schedule and deliverables with all involved parties.
• Communicate with PICs, team members and customers to promote project alignment.

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 education:
  
  
  
  • Bachelor’s degree in Industrial, Transportation, or Product Design, or equivalent relevant work experience.
  
  
  
  


• Minimum work experience:
  
  
  
  • At least 5 or more years of relevant industry experience, after completion of academics.
  
  
  • Strong leadership, communication, presentation, creative, and technical skills. High proficiency in Photoshop, 2D/3D sketching and rendering, PowerPoint, Alias, Illustrator, Blender 3D, CG animation programs, AI tools, and related software.
  
  
  • Understanding of automotive design principles.
  
  
  • Highly motivated.
  
  
  
  

Workstyle

• This is an onsite job. No telecommuting / remote work.

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)


• Paid Overtime


• Regional Bonus (when applicable)


• 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

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment


• Lifestyle Account


• Childcare Reimbursement Account


• Elder Care Support


• 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.