Design Team Leader

Design Team Leader

Brackley

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 race winner George Russell.

The Team has set a new benchmark for Formula One success during the sport’s current Hybrid era, winning consecutive Drivers’ and Constructors’ World Championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and the Constructors’ Championship in 2021.

This is an exciting role for a highly experienced Design Team Leader to join our in-house creative visual design team. You’ll be reporting to the Head of Creative Design managing the graphic design department, helping to deliver creative projects and graphics for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team.

We’re looking for a multidisciplinary Design Team Leader with a strong portfolio who has extensive experience in delivering engaging and creative solutions for all aspects of design, including but not limited to; branding, illustrations, digital, print and signage. Experience in event design and layout design would be advantageous for this role. This role requires 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.

The role:

• End to end management and responsibility of the Mercedes F1 Graphic Design Team.
• You will be responsible for mentoring team members and developing the capability of the Graphic Design Team, whilst also providing focused hands-on creative and art direction.
• You will collaborate with the Head of Creative Design and Senior Brand Identity Manager to develop the brand and design strategy for the team, thus being responsible for the team’s translation of the brand identity into graphic and digital design output.
• You will be responsible for the Graphic Design Team workflow and creative outputs, taking briefs from the Head of Creative Design, and key stakeholders in the business, and delivering graphic design work from concept to final artwork.
• Ensure the Graphic Design Team finish their designs in a timely manner and align these with the latest Mercedes-Benz Brand, Team Brand Identity and Partnership Guidelines.
• You bring creativity, diversity of ideas and innovation to the graphic designs. You enable the Graphic Design Team to deliver engaging and creative graphics, illustrations, digital material, presentations, signage, and print materials.
• Manage production and ordering processes so that designs and projects are delivered on time and to the agreed standard and cost.
• You will ensure effective resource deployment across the scope of work by managing demand vs delivery.
• You’re confident in your ability to manage workload and make timely decisions with minimal supervision, often within tight constraints and deadlines.
• Manage relationships with internal stakeholders at a senior level and a wide range of external suppliers, including architects and creative agencies.

​What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be highly organised, creative, motivated, and excellent at multi-tasking with broad design knowledge. You will have proven competence and experience of managing a design team as well as experience in working in a similar environment.

You will have exceptional knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite including Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere - knowledge of Microsoft Office will be beneficial. You will have years of graphic design experience, as well as first-class organisational and time management skills with a sound attention to detail.

What do we offer:

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. We welcome applications from all and are committed to attracting, recruiting and retaining the most talented individuals.

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 and employee well-being programme.

Ref: REQ-230197