Job Title
Creative Strategy Design Graduate 2026
Ref #
58807
Date posted
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Bicester
Business area
Design
Department
Design
Position level
6 - Support (L-11)
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Fixed Term Contract
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
9am - 6pm Monday to Friday
Salary
N/A
What to Expect

We are recruiting for a Graduate to join our world-class Design team, to be based in our Bicester site, in Oxfordshire. As a Creative Strategy Design Graduate, you will work within our Design Studio on cutting-edge projects to add to an existing portfolio of work in automotive design.

This is a two-year rotational programme offering experience across key Design departments within Creative Strategy including CMF design, UI design, Digital Visualisation Design and MSO (McLaren Special Operations) Design. Through four structured rotations, you’ll gain hands-on exposure to McLaren’s Design operations, actively contributing to the continuous improvement of our processes. The programme is designed to build your technical expertise, deepen your operational understanding, and develop your leadership skills.

Please note this is an onsite position.

What You'll Do

During the Graduate Scheme, you’ll gain hands-on experience within McLaren’s Creative Strategy Design operations, contributing to the continuous improvement and excellence of our design processes.

What You'll Bring
  • You must have achieved, or be on track to achieve, at least a 2:1 in a relevant degree.
  • A passion for vehicles and cutting-edge design environments.
  • Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving abilities.
  • The drive to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, precision-focused setting.


Personal Attributes

We’re looking for an individual who combines design expertise with curiosity, energy, and commitment to innovation. Desirable traits include:

  • Attention to detail - care and precision in analysis, planning and execution.
  • Continuous improvement thinking - always looking for ways to do things better.
  • Adaptability - able to pivot between technical detail and big-picture thinking.
  • Team collaboration - thrive in cross-functional environments, building trust with operators, engineers and leadership.
  • Resilience - ability to work through challenges and maintain momentum in a high-precision, time-critical environment.
  • Ownership - proactive in taking responsibility and seeing tasks through to completion.
  • Effective communicator - clear and confident when presenting solutions and progress.
  • Passion for performance - enthusiastic about McLaren's vision and products.

What We'll Do for You

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
  • 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays. Annual buy e sell up to five days
  • Enhanced company pension scheme
  • Discretionary annual bonus award
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan
  • Life assurance benefit
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
  • Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars
  • Qualifying criteria applies
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey. 

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