We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

We're in the midst of the biggest change the automotive industry has ever seen. Just as cars changed the world over the last century, new technologies such as self-driving cars, electric powertrains, and connected vehicles will radically reshape how we live, work, and play in the next hundred years. As a member of the Experience Design (XD) Team, you'll be at the heart of creating that future. Every day, Ford's vehicles, and services support millions of people around the world. You'll craft every touchpoint our customers encounter, designing people and society's needs into the heart of our next generation of out-of-vehicle products, services, and experiences.

In this position...

The Senior Experience Designer will use a deep toolkit of skills to create near and far end to end experiences, focusing on how people interact with our products and brands, and in some cases, redefining it.

You will design output for your team’s area of focus, partnering with technology and strategy to ideate, visualize, and prototype our future customer experiences.

You will bring ideas to life. You will be a storyteller. The ideal candidate has a passion for user focused design and a practiced understanding of design thinking. Experience with technology and user interface design are an essential part of your role, and you will be involved in and sometimes be solely responsible for, written briefs, hand sketches, digital comps, rapid physical and digital prototypes, storyboards, presentations, and more.

Your love and experience rendering concepts, thinking with your hands, and sweating the details are all in service of making ideas tangible. Your design voice will be heard. You’ll thrive at working collaboratively on a team with diverse backgrounds, skills and opinions, and appreciate the unique contributions different individuals make.

What you'll do…

Ideate, design, visualize and prototype new innovative concepts, products, and services that revolutionize the end-to-end experience.

Seek to understand user needs and propose design prototypes, evaluate their usefulness, and help determine next steps to ensure optimal experience designs.

Iterate and improve existing concepts.

Create digital and physical prototypes, of varying levels of fidelity.

Use your deep toolkit of art, design, and fabrication skills to bring ideas to life, through storyboards, mockups, and design documents.

Find opportunity areas and pain points by doing human centered research, helping to ground ideas and actionable concepts in user/business needs, principles, and technical capabilities.

Do your part to help build a culture of trust and innovation where teams can do the best work of their careers.

Find elegant solutions to complex problems.

You'll have…

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and experience

3+ years of experience as an interactive experience designer, using human centered design principles.

3+ years of experience in Adobe Suite and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, etc.)

3+ years of experience creating visual designs including mood boards, storyboards, creative briefs, three-dimensional (3D) models, cardboard/foam-core models, product renderings/visualizations, color and materials design, motion studies, iconography, illustrations, layouts, or prototypes of varying levels of fidelity.

Portfolio that demonstrates your skills in design, UI development, and/or experience design.

Even better, you may have…

Experience with handing off final designs to software development teams.

Experience with HTML, JavaScript, CSS, or any programming language.

Top-notch design craftsmanship and understanding of the whys and how’s of user-centered design methods.

Experience operating in cross-functional organizations.

Expert collaborator and thrive off working with other creatives, partners, and disciplines.

Clear, open, honest communicator.

An openness for rigorous critique.

An interest in emerging tech, the latest creative tools, and burgeoning design trends.

Ability to work collaboratively, both in person and digitally.

Endlessly curious, a lifelong learner.

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, 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: https://fordcareers.co/GSR-HTHD

This position is a salary grade 8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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