6 Cmf Design Jobs

You are a Design Team Lead specializing in Colour, Material, Finish (CMF) and Graphics Design within the Digital Design department at TVS Motor Company, based in the Hosur Plant, Tamil Nadu, India. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the design and development of visually impactful and market-leading vehicle color palettes, materials, finishes, and graphic elements for commuter motorcycles. Your primary responsibilities include leading the design and development of vehicle colors, materials, finishes, and graphics that align with market trends and customer preferences. You will conceptualize unique CMF strategies and graphic designs to enhance the brand identity and product design philosophy. It is crucial to ensure that designs create emotional and aesthetic connections with consumers, thereby elevating the brand's positioning in the market. You will oversee the translation of CMF and graphic designs into prototypes and production-ready solutions, collaborating with internal design managers, engineering teams, and external vendors. Managing the detailed specification of materials, color palettes, finishes, and graphic elements is essential to guarantee seamless production and compliance with industry standards. Continuous exploration of new materials, finishes, and graphic techniques, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and cutting-edge technology, is a key aspect of this role. You will work closely with Concept and Digital Designers to integrate innovative CMF ideas and technology into cohesive product solutions. Collaboration with cross-functional teams including Concept Design, Engineering, Digital Designers, and Marketing is crucial to ensure alignment with product development timelines, business objectives, and customer needs. Regular design reviews with senior management and stakeholders are essential to refine designs and gather feedback. As a leader, you will mentor the CMF Design Managers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and high-quality design production within the team. Staying updated on market trends, conducting research, and analyzing sustainability practices are also integral parts of this role. To qualify for this position, you should have at least 20 years of experience in CMF design, graphics, or a relevant field within the motorcycle or automotive industry. Proficiency in design software, strong industry knowledge, leadership skills, collaboration abilities, and a track record of driving innovation are essential qualifications. Preferred qualifications include extensive experience with premium motorcycle or automotive brands and a strong portfolio showcasing successful CMF and graphics projects. Your functional competencies should include a deep understanding of color theory, materials, finishes, and graphic design trends specific to the motorcycle or automotive sector, along with demonstrated experience in integrating sustainable materials and practices into product design. Proven leadership capabilities, effective collaboration skills, and innovation in CMF and graphics design are critical for success in this role at TVS Motor Company.,

Role: Color material and finish design for interior, exterior and accessory parts for existing and new automobile models. Responsibility: Design research for new projects Ideation conceptualization Hand sketching of new fabric and graphic designs Sample development with vendors/suppliers to develop new fabrics, finishes and graphics Assist studio leadership with design projects Interact with engineering staff and suppliers Competency Requirement: Strong skills in graphic design, color harmony and textile design Passion for automobiles and good understanding of current/future global trends Design presentation skills Team player, interpersonal and communication skills Good analytical and problem solving skill Good skill in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and other CG simulation software

JOB ROLE Senior Designer CMF Industrial Design LOCATION ABSQ Navi Mumbai BU/ DIVISION Research and Development JOB PURPOSE As a CMF Senior Designer specializing in home appliances, you will work closely with our design and engineering teams to develop new products from concept to production that push the visual and user experience to new levels. This role requires a strong understanding of colour theory, material properties, and surface finish. You will have the opportunity to contribute to all stages of the design process, including research, ideation, prototyping, and testing. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Design Execution: Generate CMF design concepts and proposals that align with product requirements, project objectives and user needs, using evocative visuals, mood boards and physical samples. Explore and evaluate a wide range of materials, considering factors such as functionality, aesthetics, durability, sustainability, and manufacturing feasibility, to determine the most suitable materials for our products. Specify surface finishes, textures and treatments that enhance the visual and tactile qualities of our products, ensuring consistency with the overall design vision and brand aesthetic, without sacrificing functionality of parts. Cross Functional Collaboration: Work seamlessly with cross functional teams including industrial designers, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals and technical requirements ensuring smooth handover. Material and Process Expertise: Propose appropriate materials and manufacturing processes to achieve design intent, cost efficiency, and sustainability goals. Maintain awareness of current design trends, materials, and technologies in the home appliance industry and document. Design Documentation: Exploring, refining, and documenting design solutions and processes. Specify and document approved designs form, colour specifications, materials/finishes and visual acceptance standards for Engineering and Manufacturing via Industrial Design CMF Specification” document to ensure consistency and quality across manufacturing processes. Compile and update CMF brochures with a great level of accuracy. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS B.Des/M.Des in Product Design,Graphic,Lifetsyle design or a related field. Work Experience 5-10 years of professional experience in industrial design, with a significant focus on home appliances/lifestyle/automotive. A robust portfolio demonstrating your CMF design process, creativity, innovative solutions and successful products in the home appliance or similar sector. INTERNAL / EXTERNAL INTERFACE Industrial Design team ED/AD/COE/Marketing FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES Software Proficiency: Advanced proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), CAD software (SolidWorks, Rhino, Belnder), and rendering tools (KeyShot, VRay or equivalent). Creative Skills: Exceptional sketching and visualization skills with a strong sense of aesthetics. A deep knowledge of colour theory, material properties, and surface finishes, with a keen eye for detail and aesthetics. Excellent insight, expertise and understanding of plastic manufacturing processes, and materials. Strong understanding on how principal materials/textures & graphical pattern can be processed and applied on 3D forms User-Centered Design: Clear understanding of user-centered design principles and practices. Technical Expertise: In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, engineering principles and sustainable design practices. Strong understanding of principal materials such as paint, plastic, texture, and decorative finishes.

Bachelor's or master's program from a reputed design or other creative / material research discipline or related streams. With a minimum professional experience of 2 years or more in handling CMF Design Responsibilities. Excellent level / Mastery on CMF Design & Visualization tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Substance, VRED). Workload Management Experience with strong skills in Microsoft Office Tools (PowerPoint, Excel) + Design Presentation Techniques. Professional experience of Production Design, DFQ, DFM, DPQ Processes. Knowledge of industrial environment and associated technical and economic issues. Flexibility, ability to work on multiple projects with varied workscope. Experience of ensuring design deliverables meet required quality standards. Good Interpersonal and Communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent communication skills in written, visual and verbal forms. Drive and Passion for sustainable future / mobility ecosystem and related solutions. Exceptional level of Fresh Ideation, storyboarding and presentation skills. A portfolio demonstrating CMF Design / Material Research work is essential to apply for this position. Role & Responsibility: Colour, material, and finish (CMF) design proposals focused on New Mobility Needs. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand design requirements and develop CMF Proposals and Strategies to ensure timely and efficient delivery. Collaborate with Mobility Design Team to analyse the customer specifications, the cultural context and the innovative CMF Direction (Colour story, Materials, Perceived Quality, Graphics & Livery) to ensure the projects and tenders have the inspiring relevance to the Market and the Region. Research on Cultural, Technological and Geo-Political Trends that have an influence on CMF Design workscope. CMF Visualization Hands on engagement in VRED Renderings / Postproduction / Presentations. Deliver CMF Design directions that are compliant to applicable technical, contractual, legal and standards requirements as per the Market and Region. Participate in Design Committees Reviews with Head of Design, Creative Design Team, Digital Design Team, Visualization Team during Design Presentations. Manage material development with global suppliers from Design to production stage. Lead research assignments on emerging trends in CMF in Mobility design and provide insights for sustainable / eco material development. Engage in creating CMF design presentations, material boards and mock-ups with internal and external colleagues. Timely delivery of A&CD deliverables to achieve Design Reviews / Project milestones. Ensure the consistency of the data deliveries for Internal & External Schedules Improve relations and information exchanges with related projects teams. Promote the Importance of A&CD Design Vertical to all stakeholders inside and outside of the organization. Be able to organize and plan workload according to Tenders and Projects in progress. Manage workhours and timelines in accordance with the project budget. Ensuring the archival of completed projects and managing ongoing project / resource files on secured Database. Collaborate with the team to develop design proposals and ensure timely and efficient delivery. Stay up-to-date and introduce newer AI tools and integration techniques and keep innovating design approaches and methods. Fluent English communication is essential for the Role. Contribute to an engaging, collaborative and a thriving studio culture.

CMF Designer is responsible for creative direction, ideation, visualization and physical material developments of all visible surfaces of a Mobility Solution, for both exterior and interior design. Apart from being able to effectively present the CMF Design solutions, it requires strong coordination, work management and timely deliveries with related project teams and supplier network. Organization Vertical: Advanced & Creative Design Global (A&CD) Reports directly to: Head of Design - A&CD Asia Studio collaboration: Mobility Design, Eco Design, Visualization Design and Digital Design Teams. Internal: A&CD Team, Communications Department, Sales, RSC engineering organization (TD, COE, TSS, R&D), Procurement, Intellectual properties Organization. External: Customers, Suppliers, Design Organizations, Design Agencies and Consultants, Cultural institutions. Eligibility & Work Experience: Bachelors or masters program from a reputed design or other creative / material research discipline or related streams. With a minimum professional experience of 2 years or more in handling CMF Design Responsibilities. Excellent level / Mastery on CMF Design & Visualization tools (Adobe Creative Suite, Substance, VRED). Workload Management Experience with strong skills in Microsoft Office Tools (PowerPoint, Excel) + Design Presentation Techniques. Professional experience of x. Knowledge of industrial environment and associated technical and economic issues. Flexibility, ability to work on multiple projects with varied workscope. Experience of ensuring design deliverables meet required quality standards. Good Interpersonal and Communication skills with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent communication skills in written, visual and verbal forms. Drive and Passion for sustainable future / mobility ecosystem and related solutions. Exceptional level of Fresh Ideation, storyboarding and presentation skills. A portfolio demonstrating CMF Design / Material Research work is essential to apply for this position. Role & Responsibility: Colour, material, and finish (CMF) design proposals focused on New Mobility Needs. Collaborate with stakeholders to understand design requirements and develop CMF Proposals and Strategies to ensure timely and efficient delivery. Collaborate with Mobility Design Team to analyse the customer specifications, the cultural context and the innovative CMF Direction (Colour story, Materials, Perceived Quality, Graphics & Livery) to ensure the projects and tenders have the inspiring relevance to the Market and the Region. Research on Cultural, Technological and Geo-Political Trends that have an influence on CMF Design workscope. CMF Visualization Hands on engagement in VRED Renderings / Postproduction / Presentations. Deliver CMF Design directions that are compliant to applicable technical, contractual, legal and standards requirements as per the Market and Region. Participate in Design Committees Reviews with Head of Design, Creative Design Team, Digital Design Team, Visualization Team during Design Presentations. Manage material development with global suppliers from Design to production stage. Lead research assignments on emerging trends in CMF in Mobility design and provide insights for sustainable / eco material development. Engage in creating CMF design presentations, material boards and mock-ups with internal and external colleagues. Timely delivery of A&CD deliverables to achieve Design Reviews / Project milestones. Ensure the consistency of the data deliveries for Internal & External Schedules Improve relations and information exchanges with related projects teams. Promote the Importance of A&CD Design Vertical to all stakeholders inside and outside of the organization. Be able to organize and plan workload according to Tenders and Projects in progress. Manage workhours and timelines in accordance with the project budget. Ensuring the archival of completed projects and managing ongoing project / resource files on secured Database. Collaborate with the team to develop design proposals and ensure timely and efficient delivery. Stay up-to-date and introduce newer AI tools and integration techniques and keep innovating design approaches and methods. Fluent English communication is essential for the Role. Contribute to an engaging, collaborative and a thriving studio culture. Technical skills: (Proficiency progression: from A being the lowest to E being the highest level.) Determining and Managing Stakeholder Requirements -D Modelling and Simulation-C Concept Generation -E Systems Integration and Verification -D Integration of Design Deliveries -E

Role Summary: Join our automotive design studio to shape the tactile and visual identity of next-gen mobility solutions. As a CMF Designer, you will define color and material strategies for both the exterior and interior of vehicles, translating trend research and material innovation into production-ready palettes. Key Responsibilities: Create full CMF strategies (paint, trim, textile, surface finishes) that enhance brand values and market relevance Research global trends and develop mood boards and material stories Source and validate materials with suppliers, ensuring durability and automotive-grade compliance Support development of CMF prototypes, swatch boards, and digital visualizations Collaborate with design, marketing, purchasing, and engineering teams across project stages Maintain the CMF material library and digital asset systems Required Skills & Qualifications: Degree in Industrial Design, Textile Design, or Material Science 56 years of CMF experience at an automotive OEM or supplier studio Strong understanding of materials used in vehicle interiors (textiles, leathers, plastics, coatings) Proficient in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator, KeyShot, or similar visualization tools Experience working with paint suppliers, trim vendors, and Tier-1 manufacturers Portfolio demonstrating CMF concepts and material application in vehicles