Winners 2021

Since joining JLR in 2014 as a graduate colours and materials designer, Nicola has produced more than 50 design vision models and displays for internal evaluation by senior executives. After winning promotion to first senior and then lead C&M designer, she now works on Defender derivatives as well as the new electric Jaguar project. Her work on the Defender helped launch new materials and finishes using the X-Dynamic trim such as the Powdercoat dashboard finish, Robustec printed textile seat materials and Kvadrat wool blend textile. Nicola was also responsible for JLR hiring a C&M designer in China during her secondment to Shanghai when she convinced the company of the need to have a local colour and materials specialist there. She gained a first class Master of Design degree in industrial product design from Coventry University in 2012.