Car Designer

Car Designers:

• Every automobile starts with a simple idea, and it’s an automobile designer’s job to come up with these ideas.
• will then make basic sketches of the automobile using CAD, or computer-aided drafting.
• automobile designers will also usually create a scale model, or sculpture, of the vehicle using clay

skills Car Designers need

• an automobile designer should have a love and appreciation for everything on the road
• Creativity, along with drawing and sculpting skills, are also excellent skills to have when pursuing an automobile design career.

How to learn to be a car designer

• Add first Bachelor’s degree is usually the minimum requirement in order to begin an automobile design career
• Some automobile designers may even choose to earn Master’s degrees as well

While in school, aspiring automobile designers will usually take courses that focus on designing cars and other road vehicles, as well as vehicle dynamics.

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Salary

Where do Car Designers work?

• Car companies like:
• Ford
• Jeep
• GMC

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• or...
• Aston Martin
• Land Rover
• Rolls Royce

Car Designer Organizations

The Southern California-based AutoDesignO is a professional association dedicated to advancing improved business relations, communications within the design industry. Membership is available to design studios, staff and freelance designers, clay modelers, color and trim, digital design and modeling, fabricators, studio engineers, students, studio design and modeling managers, and similar design professionals, as well as industry suppliers, aftermarket companies, consumer groups, governmental bodies, temp and staffing agencies, media and PR, and other transportation design-related firms and organizations.