WE ARE JLR CREATIVE
MODERN LUXURY BY DESIGN
“Our vision is to become proud creators of the world’s most desirable modern luxury brands for the world’s most discerning clients. We are reimagining the luxury experience – creating a family of unique, extraordinary brands, together with desirable vehicles, that enable our clients to live the exceptional.” Professor Gerry McGovern OBE, Chief Creative Officer
Modern Luxury embraces our Modernist Design Philosophy to authentically build desirability and emotional engagement for our brands. We’re on an exciting journey – creating four distinct brands with their own purpose, insight, benefit and personalities – each built on a foundation of exemplary British design and craftsmanship that elevates the end-to-end client experience.
Creative is a multi-disciplinary department, boasting over 700 proud creators. An inclusive and diverse international team from a wide range of industry backgrounds, we work together to create vehicles, experiences and services that truly resonate with our clients.
From our state-of-the-art design studios in Gaydon, Warwickshire, we offer our teams an inspirational place to work and interact in a creative, collaborative space to deliver our Modern Luxury vision for Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar.
SOME OF OUR TEAMS
CREATIVE DESIGN
TECHNICAL DESIGN
OPERATIONS DESIGN
CREATIVE DESIGN
EXTERIOR DESIGN
Exterior designers create the concepts and are responsible for all aspects of the exterior design, including the approval of the A Surfaces for production tooling. They visualise their ideas using a range of tools including sketches, CAD drawings and physical models which can be hard modelled or in clay.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Interior designers create the concepts and guide the development of all visible interior components through to the completed production parts. They visualise their ideas using a range of tools including sketches, CAD drawings and physical models.
MATERIALITY
Materiality designers curate the look and feel of our vehicles, specifying all colours, materials and finishes found on the exterior and interior of the vehicles, with a focus on sustainability and material innovation.
DESIGN VISUALISATION AND ANIMATION (DVA)
DVA produce stunning, highly creative animations or still renders. These are used in senior review to communicate the design intent, and also outside the business to promote our vehicles.
CLAY SCULPTING
Clay Sculpting is a highly creative department sculpting physical solution from digital material and 2D ideation. The developed clay concept provides high quality models for presentation in achieving design gateways, Board Reviews and other various high level Design reviews.
COMPUTER AIDED SURFACING (CAS)
CAS - Digital Design is a highly creative department working within the virtual world that provides high level 3D digital solution to 2D ideation. The developed digital concept provides the support for virtual and physical properties used for presentation material in achieving design gateways, Board Reviews and other various high level Design reviews throughout the wider business.
TECHNICAL DESIGN
STUDIO ENGINEERING
This team uses 3D CAD data to assemble individual components into assemblies to check everything fits together with precision. They orchestrate the technical support to ensure alignment between Engineering and Design.
CUBING
The cubing team produce accurate data validation models e.g. FeasCubes and FunctionCubes that are used for major appearance approval gateways. Importantly, these models verify the A-class surface releases for manufacturing feasibility.
SURFACING
This team constructs technical production standard A-Class CAD data which accommodates engineering and manufacturing requirements whilst protecting the original design intent. The team is split into exterior and interior specialists.
OPERATIONS DESIGN
DESIGN MODEL OPERATIONS (DMO)
DMO makes all the individual prototype components that are needed to make a full model, by a highly skilled team of trimmers, painters, model makers, wood workers and CNC operators.
3D SCANNING
The 3D scanning team use non-contact scanning methods to scan clay models to create a full digital profile of all the interior and exterior surfaces.
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT
This team ensures that the design vision for every programme is defined and communicated throughout the business, managing programme timings and problem-solving solutions.
BUSINESS OFFICE
Responsible for planning and budgeting all studio resources, including headcount, studio capacity and outsourcing. Responsible for all studio spend.
STUDIO AND FACILITIES
This operational team keeps the studio running smoothly, including setting up the studio for reviews, providing internal transportation, and model storage.
DEVELOPING YOUR SKILLS
Our JLR Learning Academy is a home for lifelong learning, with engaging, relevant and personalised training and resources that support individual, team and organisational performance. The value of our people lies in their continued development and in our commitment to invest in their learning and growth.
An essential ingredient in our success is the creation of an environment where managers actively share what they are learning, encourage curiosity and mentor others. Through the JLR Learning Academy we enable people to learn, create and grow – embracing new experiences and opportunities that support their development and progression.
MEET SOME OF THE TEAM
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Email: talent@jaguarlandrover.com