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 beyondWork to define, create, and guide standards for visual and motion design - including developing the visual design guidelines/standards for Digital Product DesignProblem-solve alongside UX designers to deliver high-quality, on-brand experiences to the digital spaceLead the development of 'exemplar' work product in visual designWork with design teams to up-level presentation and prototyping through visual and motion executionWork with engineering teams to guide them towards visual design execution at the highest standard, with consistencyParticipate in design reviews, supplying guidance and constructive feedback in service of delivering world-class products and experiencesManage communication with internal colleagues and stakeholdersUtilize consumer research, benchmarking and knowledge of the automotive space to drive considered responses to evolving the visual design languageYou’ll have...Bachelor's degree in graphic design,UI/UX design,digital product design or related field,or a combination of education and equivalent experienceStrong visual design skillsand experience building/extendingcomplexdigital designlanguagesis amustStrong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design skills for digital products, including a strong understanding of layout, hierarchy, typography, color theory, and iconography within interactive contexts6+ years of dedicated experience in Visual UI/UX design for complex digital product sand consumer-facing brands6+ years’ experience within (product side or consultancy) highly collaborative creative teamsA good attitude that inspires those around you while providing pertinent, actionable feedbackEven better, you may have...Experience of working closely with multi-disciplinary product teams comprised of researchers, designers, product managers and engineersProficiency with modern UI design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma,Protopie, Adobe CS, AE, 3D animation tools, Rive)Passionate 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 skillsAs 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…