Design Team Leader
Brackley, UK
At the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team, a group of passionate and determined people work to design, develop, manufacture and race the cars driven by seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton and Grand Prix winner George Russell.
Whether working in our Operations, Technical, Race or Business Support functions, we are all in and aspire to build the greatest team in the history of our sport.
Every individual plays their part. No stone is left unturned in the chase for every tenth of a second. The history of our sport is long and rich, and we are continuing our journey with renewed effort year on year. Record books remember the names of a few, but history is written by the many.
About the Role:
This is an exciting role for a highly experienced Graphic Design Manager to join our in-house creative visual design team, managing the graphic design department, helping to deliver creative and graphics for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
We’re looking for a multidisciplinary Design Manager with a strong portfolio and extensive experience of delivering engaging and creative solutions for all aspects of design, including but not limited to branding, illustrations, digital, print and signage.
Extensive experience in managing multi-disciplinary design teams, mentoring and maximising best in class creative talent.
As a custodian of the Mercedes-Benz brand and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Identity you will produce engaging designs that reflect our brands, our values and support our business objectives.
Key Accountabilities (Duties):
As our Design Team Leader, your responsibilities will include:
End to end management and responsibility of the Mercedes F1 in-house creative visual design team.
Responsible for mentoring team members and developing the capability of the design team. Providing focused hands-on creative and art direction.
Responsible for the design team’s translation of the brand identity into graphic and digital design output.
Responsible for the design team workflow and creative outputs, taking briefs from key stakeholders in the business, delivering graphic design projects from concept to final artwork.
Ensure the design team have and align their designs with the latest Mercedes-Benz Brand, Team Brand Identity and Partnership Guidelines.
Bring creativity, diversity of ideas and innovation to the work of the team.
Enable the in-house creative visual design team to deliver engaging and creative graphics, illustrations, digital material, presentations, signage, and print materials.
Manage production and ordering processes to ensure designs and projects are delivered on time and to the agreed standard and cost.
Manage demand versus delivery and ensure effective resource deployment across the scope of work.
Confident to manage workload and make timely decisions with minimal supervision to constraining briefs with tight deadlines.
Manage relationships with internal stakeholders at a senior level and a wide range of external suppliers, including architects and creative agencies.
Support the team photoshoots and filming days providing in studio sign-off on design and branding deliverables.
Candidate Profile:
Essential:
The successful candidate will be highly organised, creative, motivated, and excellent at multi-tasking with a broad design knowledge.
You will have a proven competence and experience of managing a design team. Experience in working in a similar environment and an excellent knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office will be beneficial.
In addition to extensive graphic design experience, management skills, first-class organisational and time management skills, a sound attention to detail is also necessary.
Benefits:
Our riverside campus is powered by 100% renewably sourced energy and features an on-site gym and exercise studio, subsidised restaurant and on-site parking with EV chargers available.
We offer a competitive and attractive package of benefits including a generous bonus scheme, Mercedes car lease scheme, private medical cover, life assurance and 25 days holiday. We pride ourselves on our family-friendly environment, employee well-being programme and offer flexible working opportunities.
Why us:
At the heart of our performance are our people. Every member of our team has a voice and plays their part in contributing to our successes on and off the racetrack. We take pride in creating an innovative, collaborative and high-performance culture where all of our team members are respected, empowered and valued.
Through our Accelerate 25 programme, we are continuously working to make our team even more diverse and inclusive. Whatever your background, we believe that you will find working with us rewarding and enriching.
