REQ ID: 128116
JOB TITLE: Lead Designer, Brand
SALARY: Competitive

POSTING START DATE: 26/02/2025

POSTING END DATE: 12/03/2025
LOCATION: London  

As a part of the Creative team, you’ll be at the core of what we do at JLR, shaping the future of modern luxury. Working in Vehicle Design, Materiality, Brand Design, Digital Design, Business Planning and Transformation, you’ll collaborate with other creative minds to deliver sustainable solutions using cutting-edge technology. Unleash your creativity on iconic brands. Come, be a proud creator of the exceptional.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The Brand Design Team are creative and passionate Industrial product design experts, working collaboratively multiple commodities with Modern Luxury in mind.

As an experienced designer, you will be focused on thoughtful and impactful creative excellence and craft across a broad scope of projects within the team. Creating engaging concepts and ideas through to developed and refined executions, they with have the capability to work both autonomously as the creative lead and also work closely with the Head of Visual Identity and Brand Chiefs to deliver against the Modern Luxury vision across the JLR house of brands. They will also have the capability to inspire and excite both internal and external customers through articulate, passionate, compelling and succinct delivery of creative solutions.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• To contribute and assist in the development of new concepts / ideas and challenge conventional thinking in problem solving
• Ability to own and lead design projects (as shared / advised via Brand Programme team) from concept to delivery, become the point of contact for other functions or stakeholders for projects they are accountable for
• Develop the virtual and physical design properties of their specific project, to the highest level of maturity and refinement
• Proven experience of the creation of best-in-class design
• Proven skills in visually and verbally communicating ideas and solutions in an articulate manner

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• A curious mind. An author of surprising, intelligent, sophisticated, unique creative ideas and conceptual approaches
• Proactive, self-motivated, and unafraid to challenge the status quo
• A creative mindset fuelled by curiosity for brands, culture, art, and design
• Significant industry experience, working successfully across a range of Brand Identity projects in the luxury space
• Comfortable working across different disciplines, predominantly brand identity

Creating Modern Luxury requires a modern approach to work. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work. Some roles require more on-site work, but details of this can be discussed with the hiring manager during the interview stage.

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.