Clay Modeller Product Design

Company: Volvo Cars Product Design

Design is a crucial part of creating a brand - a product identity for the customer to relate to. The design of our cars is strongly influenced by our Scandinavian origins, with elegance, function and purity of line as strong design elements. Consumers are becoming more and more brand conscious. When you buy a product, it is not simply about fulfilling a practical need such as transporting yourself from one point to another. Instead, the product is a statement of you as a person, of your values and of your lifestyle. Product Design is a unit of around 150 employees divided in one creative and one operational area working close together to support Designs mission to Create the most exciting cars for Modern Family Mindset. We are located in Gothenburg and Barcelona, Spain.

Do you want to be part of an international team, operating in a challenging and exciting environment? Do you want to have the opportunity to work with dynamic and motivated colleagues in developing the future products for Volvo Cars? Then the open position as clay modeller within Product Design might be something for you.

Design is a crucial part of creating a brand, a product identity for the customer to relate to.
The design of our cars is strongly influenced by our Scandinavian origins, with elegance, function and purity of line as strong design elements. The Design department has around 150 employees divided in to a creative department and an operative department. We are a team that believes in cooperation, hard work, having fun and we welcome your application.

Main tasks:

* Work with the Designers and Studio engineers to accomplishing the creative ideas in to physical exterior and interior clay models
* Develop three dimensional physical models
* Follow up and adjust physical models in the business concept- and project phase
* Develop working methods and tools within the respective area

Responsible for:

* Participating in shows and physical clinics including all required modelling preparation work
* Ensuring that the clay models have the right status and quality and delivered on time
* Ensuring all equipment and tools are maintained in the proper way

Qualifications:

* Clay modelling education
* 5-10 years of clay modelling experience from automotive industry
* Solid understanding of the Design process
* Loyalty, high flexibility level and speed
* Independent-minded
* Ability to co-operate well within a creative environment
* Ability to handle confidential information
* Ability to plan and organize your own work
* Excellent communication skills, (fluent in Swedish and English)
* PC skills in Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

Please contact:

We want your application at the latest 2010-09-06.