REQ ID: 126456
JOB TITLE: Creative Digital Design - Undergraduate 
POSTING END DATE: 28/02/2025
START DATE: 07/07/2025
PROGRAMME DURATION: 12 months   
LOCATION: Gaydon

 

Hybrid working is potentially available, depending on the area and manager. JLR is a multi-site business and you’ll be required to spend time working with different departments at several locations.

 

Your placement year at university could not have come at a more exciting time.  An undergraduate scheme at JLR is specifically designed to prepare you for a successful, long-term career with us. Surrounded by an innovative and dedicated team of industry experts, you’ll apply your learning and satisfy your curiosity for what’s possible. Arrive curious. Discover opportunity.

 

On successful completion of the undergraduate programme, you will be considered for a place on one of our graduate programmes. If you are offered a place, you will be informed shortly after completing your placement. You would then join the graduate programme in the September of the year in which you graduate.

 

Design Creative - Digital Design

 

Joining our Digital Design team, you will focus on creating photo-realistic 2D imagery, digital animation and 3D interactive presentation material including virtual reality, augmented reality, motion graphics and videography.
 
Vehicle Design Visualisation:

 

Design Vehicle Visualisation is a highly creative and multi-faceted team that provides a high level of visual stimulus to aid the creative process. The team is responsible for bringing digital data to life and realising the future vision of our four illustrious brands. Working closely with all creative departments, we are responsible for creating visual experiences through the medium of; images, animations, real time and virtual reality presentations. During the graduate scheme, you will receive training in industry-recognised visualisation software such as Maya, VRED and Unreal as well as compositing software such as Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro. Working within a highly skilled team you will be able to positively contribute to live projects as well as take part in a graduate project. A fantastic opportunity to kick start your visualisation career.
 
Film & Photography:

 

The Film and Photography team at Jaguar Land Rover is a hub of creativity and technical excellence. We specialise in cinematography, lighting for stills and video, and camera operation, capturing compelling documentary-style content and mastering the art of vehicle lighting. Our team excels in direction, art direction, shoot planning, and production planning. In post-production, we deliver high-end editing for both stills and video, photography retouching, colour grading, and advanced audio production, including composition, recording, and Foley. Joining our team offers graduates and undergraduates the opportunity to immerse themselves in these dynamic fields, contributing to the creation of stunning visual content that defines the Jaguar Land Rover brand. This area emphasises visual storytelling, editing, and post-production techniques through filming, photoshoots, and motion graphics creation, using compositing software such as Photoshop, After Effects, and Da Vinci Resolve.
 
UX/UI Interaction Design:

 

The Digital UX/UI team work closely with other disciplines within Creative (Brand, Vehicle Design, Materiality) to design digital experiences (not just limited to screens) that are part of a coherent brand world and that feel part of a joined up, holistic design approach. The team consists of experts in a range of fields, from creative visualisation across different displays and digital touchpoints (on and offboard) to interaction designers who combine a human-centred design approach with interaction design expertise to ensure the standard of our digital experience is in line with our modern luxury approach to vehicle design.

 

The assets and guidelines created by the team are handed over to our delivery teams in Engineering, where we work closely in partnership to ensure that our creative vision is realised.
 

You will be challenged daily to make the best use of design and technology to create the modern digital interfaces and interactions that will play a huge part in the way customers interact with and experience our vehicles.

 

Digital Sculpting:

 

Sitting at the heart of the Creative Studio, you'll be part of a diverse and enthusiastic team responsible for bringing sketches to reality. The models you’ll be working with will be virtual models from early conceptual design stages, all the way through to highly detailed pre-production models.  You will be working alongside world class teams of incredibly talented people. Your daily interactions with designers, visualisation designers, studio engineers and physical modellers, at one of the world's most coveted automotive design studios, will pave the way for your future career at JLR. All this, combined with intensive training in Alias Automotive software by experienced professionals, will provide you with everything you need to become a professional Digital Sculptor and have enormous impact on our stunning product range. 

 

Join our team and help us shape the future of Modern Luxury.
 

WHAT’S REQUIRED

 

You will need to be on track to achieve at least a 2.2 degree in transport or automotive design or digital 3D design.

For Digital Design this also includes degrees in Interaction design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Product or Industrial design. VFX, Game design, 3D visualisation and Animation degrees.

In addition, you will need to have a real passion for problem-solving, the curiosity to understand business challenges, and deliver innovative solutions. You will also need to have strong numerical and interpersonal skills, as well as the confidence to champion new initiatives.

 

Please note that our undergraduate placement opportunities are open only to penultimate-year students (those who will be returning to their final year of study or on an integrated master’s after their placement with us). All our undergraduate programmes have a fixed start date, commencing 7th July 2025.

 

REWARDS AND BENEFITS 

 

Our 2025 undergraduate programme salary will be £23,434. You’ll also enjoy a generous holiday allowance, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, an excellent pension scheme and access to a wide range of deals and discounts from retailers and sports clubs.

 

You will be applying your curiosity and creativity every day as you begin to hone your skills for a successful, impactful career. You own your development, and only you can make it happen. We’ll be right by your side in your pursuit of exceptional, and we’ll give you all the encouragement and support you need.

Your future starts here.

 

Please be aware that we may close our programmes at any point and at short notice based on the volume of applications received. To give yourself the best chance of being considered for a place on this programme, please apply early. 

 

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