Color Styling Manager

As a Color Styling Manager of Automotive coatings, you will report to the Senior Color Styling Manager, be part of Automotive Strategic Marketing. You will gain insights into automotive consumer and color trends and provide professional color planning and design solutions to automotive OEMs. Your working location will be in Shanghai, Tianjin PPG plant or Beijing.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct in‑depth research on the automotive color market and summarize automotive consumption trends, including regional preferences, vehicle segment characteristics and customer color popularity data.
• Gain insights into industry CMF trends and analyze the matching logic among vehicle models, target customer groups and color applications. Collaborate with the global team to complete annual automotive color trend research and global color show projects.
• Organize CMF‑related workshops, develop thematic color styling tools, and support color DCS innovative research projects and technical exhibition activities.
• Maintain stable and positive relationships with OEM customers. Independently initiate, plan and propose exterior color design projects for automotive CMF team. Deliver exclusive and feasible color solutions based on vehicle positioning and obtain official customer approval.
• Assist customers in formulating CMF marketing strategies, including sales pitch polishing, professional training arrangement and media promotion material development. Take charge of the company's internal color‑related media publicity and content operation.
• Manage daily operation and maintenance of the color studio and color bank system.
• Utilize Photoshop, rendering software and AI design tools to produce high‑quality vehicle color renderings and color scheme presentations to support customer proposal delivery and project review.
• Continuously track and analyze vehicle color matching rules and latest automotive CMF industry trends to support professional and forward‑looking color development.

Qualifications

• Education Background:Bachelor's degree or above, majoring in Industrial Design, Product Design, Automotive Design or related disciplines.
• Work Experience:A minimum of 3 years of working experience in automotive CMF color design. Candidates must have hands‑on experience in vehicle color development and mass production implementation. Experience leading CMF project reviews is preferred.
• Professional Background:Proven experience in exterior color development for OEM vehicle programs; familiar with the full workflow of color initiation and proposal for new vehicle models and facelift projects.
• Core Competencies:Design capability: Proficient in Photoshop, skilled in mainstream rendering software. Able to independently create exterior vehicle color renderings, color proposal visuals and conduct overall color scheme reviews.Color trend capability: Capable of independent automotive exterior color trend research, color theme planning and annual color library development.​Automotive coatings technical knowledge: Understanding of automotive exterior coating formulation, spraying processes, color difference control and constraints for color implementation. Ability to develop mass‑producible color schemes compatible with coating technologies is preferred.​English proficiency: Fluent in written and spoken English, capable of independent client communication and on‑site presentations for key international customers.​Project management: Able to engage OEM customers independently, with solid capabilities in proposal presentation, project tracking and delivery.

How we work: At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location.

About us: 

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PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

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PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply.  
Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.  Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process. 

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