The Lenovo Design Innovation Team is a global group of talented designers creating world-class products across brands including ThinkPad, Yoga, Idea, and Legion. Working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we combine design, engineering, and innovation to shape the future of personal technology.
As an Advisory CMF Designer, you will help shape Lenovo's future Color, Material & Finish (CMF) direction, with a primary focus on creative color material innovation and application. You will lead the medium- and long-term strategic planning for brand color, material and finish systems, focus on new material R&D and aesthetic implementation for mass production, and define the distinctive visual texture and tactile experience of next-generation smart devices.
Job Responsibilities
1. Trend Translation: Research cross-industry design trends, emerging material technologies, manufacturing processes, and translating insights into innovative material applications and future CMF directions.
2. Material Aesthetic Translation: Collaborate closely with industrial designers to integrate diverse materials, manufacturing techniques, textures and color palettes, and translate cutting-edge new materials into premium product appearances with distinctive brand identity.
3. Production Collaboration: Partner with ID, mechanical and CMF engineering, manufacturing teams, and suppliers to evaluate production feasibility and resolve implementation challenges while maintaining design intent.
4. Material Innovation: Explore new materials, finishes, textures, and manufacturing techniques that elevate product quality and user experience.
Job Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, CMF Design, Material Design or a related field.
2. 5+ years of CMF design experience within consumer electronics or equivalent industries.
3. Possess sharp sensitivity toward color, aesthetics and material texture, capable of converting cutting-edge tech trends into viable, executable CMF design solutions.
4. In-depth knowledge of the latest CMF technologies and manufacturing implementation logic; extensive hands-on experience with diverse materials and fabrication processes including plastics, coatings, metallic finishes and composite materials.
5. Skilled in KeyShot, Adobe Creative Suite and other visual rendering tools for design presentation and cross-team communication.
6. Fluent written and verbal English communication skills, confident to discuss professional topics covering materials, craftsmanship and mass production with global design leaders, engineering teams, suppliers and cross-department collaborators.
岗位职责
1. 趋势洞察与战略规划：追踪全球前沿材料、制造工艺及跨行业设计潮流，提炼可落地的创新思路，输出中长期 CMF 材料应用规划。
2. 材料美学转化：与ID设计师深度协同，通过不同素材工艺纹理与色彩的综合搭配，将前沿新材料转化为极具高级感与品牌辨识度的产品外观。
3. 对量产有一定把控星：联动工程、产线及供应商，评估并解决量产过程中的工艺难题，在确保可制造性的前提下，最大程度保留设计创意与质感标准。
4. 体系与资源搭建：持续挖掘创新工艺，搭建并维护内部材料资源库与外观设计规范，为全线新品研发提供稳定的设计支撑。
岗位要求
1. 工业设计、CMF 设计、材料设计或相关设计专业本科及以上学历；
2. 消费电子或相关行业 5 年及以上 CMF 设计从业经验；
3. 对色彩、美学、材质肌理具备敏锐感知力，能够将前沿技术趋势转化为可落地、可量产执行的 CMF 设计方案；
4. 深度掌握最新 CMF 技术与工艺落地逻辑，具备丰富的多品类材料、加工工艺实操经验，涵盖塑胶、涂层、金属饰面、复合材料等；
5. 熟练使用 KeyShot、Adobe及各类视觉渲染工具，用于效果图制作、方案展示与跨团队沟通；
6. 流利的英文读写与口语表达能力，能够与全球设计管理层、工程团队、供应商及跨部门协作伙伴顺畅沟通。
