Visual Design Lead

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 ry 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 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,connected devices and mobile applications.

Grounded in understanding user needs, we conceive, design, prototype, and launch experiences that bind physical products, digital services, and human interactions.

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 in-vehicle and beyond
• Work to define, create, and guide standards for visual and motion design - including developing the visual design guidelines/standards for Digital Product Design
• Problem-solve alongside UX designers to deliver high-quality, on-brand experiences to the digital space
• Lead the development of 'exemplar' work product in visual design
• Work with design teams to up-level presentation and prototyping through visual and motion execution
• Work with engineering teams to guide them towards visual 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
• Utilize consumer research, benchmarking and knowledge of the automotive space to drive considered responses to evolving the visual design language

You’ll have...

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design,UI/UX design,digital product design or related field,or a combination of education and equivalent experience
• Strong visual design skillsand experience building/extendingcomplexdigital designlanguagesis amust
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design skills for digital products, including a strong understanding of layout, hierarchy, typography, color theory, and iconography within interactive contexts
• 6+ years of dedicated experience in Visual UI/UX design for complex digital product sand consumer-facing brands
• 6+ years’ experience within (product side or consultancy) highly collaborative creative teams
• A 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 engineers
• Proficiency with modern UI design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma,Protopie, Adobe CS, AE, 3D animation tools, Rive)
• 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

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…