Company Overview:
Designworks, a BMW Group Company, provides full-service design solutions for premium brands worldwide. With studios in Los Angeles, Munich, and Shanghai, our history spans over forty years, and continues to earn numerous awards and industry accolades along the way.

Founded in 1972 in a small studio in Malibu, California, and acquired by BMW Group in 1995, today Designworks pairs the pragmatism and resources of a global company while retaining the nimble, independent spirit and perspective that's true to our roots.

Designworks thrives in a climate of true cross-fertilization, advancing its observations, research and experiences from multiple industries to create new solutions that innovate rather than merely reinforcing the status quo. We serve as the internal-think tank for our parent company, BMW Group, and consult for a roster of external clients that includes many of the World's most renowned and respected brands.

Internship Description:

We have an Automotive Design intern position available starting in late January 2020.

This is a Full-Time Internship opportunity working with our creative team in our California Studio. The candidate will interact with other design professionals and colleagues at Designworks on collaborative projects in an effort to learn hands-on, real world design problem-solving in the field of Automotive Design. The designer will be challenged to think in versatile and flexible ways in order to develop the most innovative design solutions.

We are looking for a designer who enjoys diversity of projects, is self-motivated, and is inspired by design.

Preferred Majors: Transportation Design, Industrial Design

Skills required:

• 2D/3D Sketching, Photoshop, Illustrator, Alias (or other 3D Digital Modeling)

Internship Date: January – June 2020 (6 months; dates are flexible)

Items not covered by Designworks include:
Relocation costs, transportation, housing, visa fees.

Other:

• Every Designworks intern, based in the Los Angeles Studio, will be given the option of leasing a base model vehicle for the duration of the internship as part of the company lease car program (subject to availability).
  
• Application Procedures & Submission Materials

Required materials include:

• Digital portfolio (PDF) and/or link to website with on-line work samples
  Please note, Drop Box transfers do not work for BMW Designworks, and we cannot access portfolios hosted on the www.ISSUU.com site.
  
• Digital resume/CV (PDF)
  
• Must include expected graduation date and title of degree
  
• If you have already received your Bachelor’s degree but you are not in a Master’s program, please indicate:
   Whether or not you plan on joining a Master’s program
   If yes, the start date of your Master’s program
  
• Please include your name, material, and the title "Internship Automotive Design Spring 2020" in the file names of the required materials as shown in examples below:
  John Smith Portfolio Internship Automotive Design Spring 2020
  John Smith Resume Internship Automotive Design Spring 2020
  

Our creative team is made up of a diverse group of highly talented individuals who develop innovative solutions for clients worldwide. They are thinkers, problem solvers, strategists, researchers, psychologists, business consultants, journalists, creatives, designers, techies, digital modelers, engineers, material scientists, design sculptors, carpenters, builders, and so much more. We share a common vision to keep our company at the cutting edge of innovative designs and to positively affect the lives and lifestyles of people within the industries we serve.