Job Description
Digital Product 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 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 looking for an exceptionally gifted UI/UX professional who is obsessed with exploring and advancing the latest interactive design trends, hardware capabilities and technologies. In this role, you must be able to envision the big picture while also rolling up your sleeves to perfect the smallest project details. You will create compelling and thoughtful in-vehicle user experiences with a focus on clean and artful design and where it seamlessly integrates with in-vehicle hardware technology.
In this position
The ideal candidate will work under experienced Product Experience Quality (Cloud & Mobile) team leadership and support the Digital Experience Quality center of excellence within Digital Product Design by:
• Leading the design of features and improvements for our products ensuring they align with business objectives and user needs. • Using Figma and UX tools to develop vehicle features and compelling user experiences. • Taking ownership of independent tracks of design work and manage timelines and deliverables. • Developing and iterating on user flows, mock-ups and prototypes to effectively communicate design ideas.• Applying data driven insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of design changes. • Expressing our brand vision through user interface design for in-vehicle experiences. • Executing designs with a keen sensibility to layout, color, typography and interactive behavior. • Exhibiting a passion for emerging hardware and software technologies, new interaction models, product design, and excellence in visual design. • Collaborating closely with Product Management, Engineering and Feature Teams to ensure a seamless transition from concept to implementation. • Employing a systematic approach to solving large, complex design challenges. • Presenting creative work early and often to key stakeholders in design reviews.
You'll have
• Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and equivalent experience • 3+ years of experience in UX/UI product design • High performing prototyping abilities (e.g. Figma, ProtoPie or similar)
Even better you have
• Exceptional visual design skills • Sensitivity to intelligent system interactions • Familiarity with Agile methodologies • Proficiency in human- centered design approaches, techniques and philosophy • Automotive UI/HMI experience is a plus • Background in digital product design solutions
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 builderor all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• 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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Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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More Information on Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company operates in the Automotive industry. The company is located in Dearborn, MI and Palo Alto, CA. Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903. It has 175633 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Disability insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, Health insurance and Life insurance. To see all 180 open jobs at Ford Motor Company, click here.
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