Digital Product Design (DPD) 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 interactions experiences that meet the needs of people today, and in the future. Our team is comprised of a dynamic group of product designers, researchers, visual designers, industrial designers, modelers, and project managers.
We are excited to lay the foundation for Ford's push towards a new automotive future. We aim to create digital products that improve over time, amplify mobility for all, and create a thrilling driving experience for our customers.
Our organization, Digital Product Design (DPD), is re-founding Ford's digital experience, evolving to experience-based product development that embraces vehicle exterior/interior, software, and service design and implementation.
In this position...
As a leader on Ford’s Digital Product Design Team, you'll be at the heart of designing products that drive this revolution - inspiring your peers and pushing the industry. You'll also be creating/working at scale. Every day, Ford's vehicles and services support millions of people worldwide. We're not just inventing the future; we're operationalizing it to help everyone improve their lives. The Visual + Motion Design Lead within our Design DNA team plays a vital role in this future state by helping our Digital Product Design team reimagine how people interface with Ford vehicles — through the visual design of the in-vehicle experience and connected devices and mobile applications. Grounded in understanding user needs, we will conceive, design, prototype, and launch experiences that bind physical products, digital services, and human interactions.
This position is located in Palo Alto, CA and is in office 4 days/week.
What you'll do...
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 experienceStrong visual design skills and experience with motion design capabilities is a must6+ years’ experience developing complex design languages for consumer-facing brands/products and software6+ years’ experience within (product side or consultancy) highly collaborative creative teamsA good attitude that inspires those around you while providing pertinent, actionable feedback
Even better, you may have...
Experience of working closely with multi-disciplinary product teams comprised of researchers, designers, product managers and engineersExperience of utilizing design thinking and/or human-centered designPassionate about brand and digital product designExtensive experience designing digital design experiences for key touch points across the customer journeyExtensive experience developing brand guidelines and/or standards for user interfaces; including color, typography, iconography, imagery, and all GUI (Graphical User Interfaces) elementsExperience of developing digital services and bringing products or services to marketExperience mentoring and/or managing others in the visual design fieldPassionate about automotive and transportation industryStrong verbal, written and visual presentation skills
You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.
This position is a salary grade 8.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP4
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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