Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) has introduced Jacques Flynn’s promotion to Senior Director, Mazda Design America (MDA). On this position, Flynn will lead all design actions associated to Mazda Design in North America. All through his tenure at Mazda, Flynn has established sturdy relationships with Mazda Design, in addition to its Advertising staff, which is able to permit the corporate to keep up its place as a frontrunner in each automotive design and model.
Flynn brings intensive automotive design expertise to his new position. He beforehand served as Model Type Director at Mazda Design America from 2022 to 2023 and Lead Exterior Designer from 2006 to 2017. In these roles, he led initiatives that formed the way forward for design and model type for Mazda and supported advertising and marketing initiatives at MNAO. Notable achievements embrace offering artistic path for world photograph shoots for each CX-90 and CX-70, in addition to overseeing their world reveals. On the automotive aspect, Flynn was a part of the staff that designed the present fourth era MX-5 in addition to led the design of Mazda’s DPI race automotive, the RT24-P.
“It is such a privilege to step into the position of Senior Director at MDA,” mentioned Flynn. “To me, it is greater than a promotion; it is a testomony to Mazda’s perception in fostering innovation and design excellence and I embrace this problem wholeheartedly as I am pushed to uphold Mazda’s legacy as a frontrunner in automotive design. I sit up for collaborating with our proficient groups to assist form the way forward for Mazda’s design philosophy and information us seamlessly into the dynamic CASE (Related, Automated, Shared and Electrical) period.”
“Flynn’s intensive background in model administration positions him as a significant asset for Mazda Design and Model Type as we transition into the CASE period,” mentioned MNAO’s Vice President, R&D, Design and QA Ryotaro Nishida mentioned. “His exceptional achievements and unwavering ardour for design will assist him lead his division with foresight and innovation into the following part of our journey.”
