(Creative / Senior / Lead) Exterior Designer

Work Arrangement This role is categorized as on-site. Successful candidates are expected to work full time from the GM China Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai, China. About GM China Design Studio GM China Design Studio is both a production design studio and an advanced design studio. We shape meaningful vehicle experiences for GM brands serving customers in China and global markets, connecting near-term production programs with forward-looking exploration. We are committed to creating an exceptional design environment where creativity, beauty, craftsmanship, and storytelling can thrive. Our designers work across disciplines and cultures to translate customer understanding, brand identity, emerging technologies, and new forms of mobility into compelling exterior design proposals. About This Evergreen Requisition This evergreen requisition is established for talent pipelining purposes. GM China Design Studio is building a long-term pipeline of exceptional Exterior Designers across multiple levels, including Creative Designer, Senior Exterior Designer, and Lead Exterior Designer, in support of current and anticipated business needs. We welcome applications from outstanding designers around the world who are interested in contributing to exciting production programs and advanced design work in our China studio. Depending on business needs and the candidate’s experience, future opportunities may involve different levels of responsibility, program scope, and creative leadership. When submitting your application, please include: An updated resume or CV. An updated portfolio that clearly demonstrates your design thinking, creative process, visual communication, and relevant exterior design capabilities. Please ensure that your portfolio does not contain undisclosed, confidential, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information, projects, or materials belonging to current or previous employers or clients. After your application is submitted, our recruiting and design teams will review your materials. If there is alignment with a current or future opportunity, a recruiter will contact you to discuss potential next steps. Because this is an evergreen requisition, the timing of contact may vary according to business needs and the fit between your experience and upcoming opportunities. If you do not meet every element listed below but are interested in exploring an opportunity with GM China Design Studio, we still encourage you to apply. We value distinctive creative perspectives, strong design potential, and the ability to contribute to a collaborative studio environment. The Role - Exterior Designers in GM China Design Studio help define the visual identity, proportion, stance, and emotional character of future vehicles and mobility products for China and global markets. Depending on level and experience, you may contribute to or lead exterior themes and component design from early advanced exploration through production execution, creating proposals that are distinctive, customer-relevant, brand-expressive, and technically achievable. You will collaborate with designers and partners across exterior design, sculpting, engineering, fabrication, modeling, product planning, customer research, and global design studios. The scope of your contribution may range from developing sketches and digital or physical design proposals to directing programs, presenting to senior leadership, and mentoring other designers. What You May Do Your responsibilities may include the following, depending on your level, experience, and assigned program: Creative Designer-level contribution Develop exterior design concepts, component ideas, sketches, renderings, and visual narratives under the guidance of more experienced designers. Explore alternative design themes, proportions, surfaces, details, and graphic treatments that respond to brand direction, customer needs, technology opportunities, and program objectives. Communicate exterior