Role: Digital Visual Design at Ford is committed to envisioning and creating simple, thoughtful, enjoyable, and compelling product experiences that our customers need and love. We work in close partnership with product and engineering to deliver best-in-class visual experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about the latest user-focused technology, possess a keen eye for elegant, modern design and obsess over the finest details in design and function, this is the opportunity for you. You will be a key member of the forward-looking team that is creating next level in-vehicle digital experiences.
What you’ll be able to do:
· Develop visually stunning and cohesive UI designs that align with our brand guidelines and enhance the overall user experience.
· Redefine User Interface within the vehicle for multiple markets.
· Work as a collaborative team member with business partners, product owners, product managers, software engineers and fellow designers
· Guide product decisions through a deep understanding of actual consumers who use our products and services; conduct exploratory research and analysis to connect with the audience
· Generate ideas and rapidly build design prototypes to bring ideas to life, and quickly evaluate and iterate
· Represent the human perspective throughout the product lifecycle - from problem framing, ideation, iterative design, development and delivery
· Design, implement, and adapt digital design systems, data visualizations, on-brand visual design, illustrations, etc. Produce what is vital for successful implementation, prioritizing demos over documents
If you are someone who:
· Bachelor’s degree in visual design, visual communications, or relevant design-driven discipline and/or 3-5 years digital UX/UI design experience
· 2+ years of proficiency with modern design tools (Figma, Miro, Framer, etc)
· Posses a solid understanding of user-centered design principles.
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
· Obssess about attention to detail and a passion for creating visually compelling and user-friendly interfaces.
· Have a basic understanding of software development to aid the effectiveness of design proposals.
· Passion for growing your skills, tackling interesting work and challenging problems; be committed to lifelong design learning.
· Experience working independently with internal stakeholders and / or clients.
· Passion for growing your skills, tackling interesting work and challenging problems; be committed to lifelong design learning.
· Passionate about automotive and/or experience designing for integrated hardware/software systems.
· Portfolio of design work that demonstrates depth of craft experience and strategic, human-centered approach to design (portfolio link or PDF).
