UX Product 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 design
   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 interaction design proposals for car studies and series production projects like complete car projects, product improvements and derivatives as well as single car parts. UX and interaction related product design and 3D rendering under consideration of product strategy, local and global market requirements and technical regulations
2. Independent creation of product design concepts for interactive elements, physical controls and operating concepts in various techniques in photo and video-realistic visualization .
3. Systematic development of distinguishing features in consideration of design and derivative strategy regarding project related offer structure and individualization.
4. 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.
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 during the implementation into concept cars, prototypes and series production. Monitoring to ensure design quality throughout the entire development process.

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 Product 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 artistic skills
• Excellent skills in – Product design
• Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, Figma
• Good skills in: Autodesk Alias, Blender or similar
• Good skills in English and Chinese, German is a plus

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