Ford Visual Designer 

United States 

44162229

What you’ll do…

• Work cross-functionally with leadership and fellow designers within Digital Product Design to establish and codify the "Look and feel" of the Ford and Lincoln digital experiences.
• Work to define, create, and guide standards for visual and motion design - including developing the visual and motion design guidelines/standards for Digital Product Design.
• Become the owner and evangelist of motion design quality and expression for the larger Digital Product Design organization through guidance, work product and collaboration.
• Translate the larger DNA principles clearly into motion design principles that can be seen and felt.
• Work with design and research teams cross-functionally to amplify product and UX work.
• Work with design teams to up level presentation and prototyping through visual and motion execution.
• Work with engineering teams to guide them towards visual and motion design execution at the highest standard, with consistency.
• Participate in design reviews, supplying guidance and constructive feedback in service of delivering world-class products and experiences.
• Manage communication with internal colleagues and stakeholders.

What you'll have…

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, 3D animation, motion, digital product design or related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• 3+ years’ experience developing complex design languages for consumer-facing brands/products and software
• 3+ years’ experience within (product side or consultancy) highly collaborative creative teams
• A good attitude that inspires those around you while providing pertinent, actionable feedback.
• Experience working with production systems and/or hardware
• 1+ years of experience collaborating with Engineering teams to ensure production viability of design

Even better, you may have…

• Experience of working closely with multi-disciplinary product teams comprised of researchers, designers, product managers and engineers
• Experience of utilizing design thinking and/or human-centered design
• Passionate about brand and digital product design
• Extensive experience designing digital design experiences for key touch points across the customer journey
• Extensive experience developing brand guidelines and/or standards for user interfaces; including color, typography, iconography, imagery, and all GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) elements
• Experience of developing digital services and bringing products or services to market
• Experience mentoring and/or managing others in the visual design field
• Passionate about automotive and transportation industry
• Strong verbal, written and visual presentation skills

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

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This position is a salary grade 5-8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.