UI/UX designer

Main Goals and Objectives:

1. Trend & market research
2. Design development
3. Design realization
4. Design supervision
5. Collaboration with suppliers
6. Internal and external events

Responsibilities / Tasks:

1. Trend and market research:
   1. Collect and analyze information about society, product design and product use to anticipate long-term future trends and customer/market needs
   2. Analyze competitor products
   3. Give impact to client studies on design topics
   4. Participate and discuss future trends in workshops with Chinese opinion leaders and international trend experts
   5. Presenting to Audi China and Audi AG Design process.

2. Design development:

1. Development of complex and innovative design proposals for car studies and series production projects like complete car projects, product improvements and derivatives as well as single car parts. HMI Design (Human Machine Interface), Interaction/ animation design under consideration of product strategy, local and global market requirements and technical regulations
2. Independent creation of design concepts in various techniques in photo and video-realistic visualization .
3. Evaluation and further development of design topics based on interaction design wireframe demands until implementation stage for virtual models and simulations are reached
4. Systematic development of distinguishing features in consideration of design and derivative strategy regarding project related offer structure and individualization.
5. Prepare storyline and presentation for project milestones. Present and represent design proposal during work in progress to design management and process participants.

3. Design realization:

1. Cooperation and design guidance to internal departments and external suppliers.
2. Prototype and simulation management during software development, in order to test the effectiveness of the system and the experience to customer.
3. Examination of complex technical circumstances and goal conflicts. Collaboration with technical engineers to fulfil project requirements and feasibility for series production. Identification of occurring problems, development of solutions and implementation into the design model.

4. Design supervision:

1. Create and administrate design specification list as base for all process participants
2. Further development and guidance of Design in collaboration with Design-Feasibility internal and external engineers as well as suppliers.
3. Sole responsibility in the implementation process of design specification into software cluster release, concept cars, prototypes and series production. Monitoring data to ensure design quality throughout the entire development

5. Collaboration with suppliers:

1. Be lead contact person to suppliers project related. Responsibility to brief suppliers on design idea, Audi quality standards and production demands
2. Monitoring suppliers to reach high quality end-product
3. Develop new suppliers in the market for localization and innovations

6. Internal and external events:

1. Preparation of project status presentation to project members and board of management members
2. Preparation of media events
3. Representing Audi Design Team in China and globally

Necessary education:

• Bachelor in Design or similar

Personal skills:

• Good communication skills, high creativity, quick perception, highly motivated and pro-active working attitude

Working experience (in years):

• 2 - 4 years working experience

Remarks (Language, IT-Knowledge, Certificates etc.):

• Excellent skills in –

Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Principle, After effects, Figma or similar

• Excellent artistic skills
• Good skills in English and Chinese, German is a plus

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