Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is a United States-based automotive manufacturer with a history dating to 1903. In addition to developing and producing vehicles, the company is expanding its focus across mobility services, digital experiences, and software. Ford’s work also includes sustainability efforts and environmental targets, reflecting an approach that connects transportation, innovation, community impact, and responsible business practices.

Senior Visual Design Lead at Ford Motor Company, California Remote

Lead visual and motion design for Ford and Lincoln’s in-vehicle, connected-device, and mobile digital experiences. Set design standards, guide cross-functional delivery, and evolve the brand’s digital visual language.

Description

  • Partner with Digital Product Design leadership and designers to define the look and feel of Ford and Lincoln digital experiences across vehicles and other platforms.
  • Create and oversee visual and motion design standards, guidelines, and practices for Digital Product Design.
  • Collaborate with UX designers to solve design problems and deliver polished, on-brand digital experiences.
  • Lead the creation of exemplary visual design work.
  • Help design teams strengthen presentations and prototypes through visual and motion design.
  • Partner with engineers to ensure consistent, high-quality visual design implementation.
  • Take part in design reviews and offer constructive direction and feedback.
  • Coordinate communication with internal teams and stakeholders.
  • Apply consumer research, competitive benchmarking, and automotive expertise to advance the visual design language.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, UI/UX design, digital product design, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Demonstrated strength in visual design and in building or extending complex digital design languages.
  • A strong portfolio showcasing exceptional visual design for digital products.
  • Deep understanding of layout, hierarchy, typography, color theory, and iconography in interactive experiences.
  • At least six years of dedicated visual UI/UX design experience for complex digital products and consumer brands.
  • At least six years of experience on highly collaborative creative teams, either in-house on the product side or in consultancy.
  • Experience partnering with multidisciplinary product teams that include researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers.
  • Proficiency with modern UI design and prototyping tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, 3D animation tools, and Rive.
  • Experience designing digital experiences across important customer-journey touchpoints.
  • Experience creating brand guidelines or UI standards covering color, typography, iconography, imagery, and GUI elements.
  • Experience developing digital services and taking products or services to market.
  • Experience mentoring or managing visual designers.
  • Strong verbal, written, and visual presentation abilities.
  • A demonstrated interest in brand and digital product design.
  • A demonstrated interest in the automotive and transportation industry.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States.
  • Visa sponsorship is not available.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage begins immediately.
  • Flexible family care days.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Programs to support new parents during their transition back to work.
  • Subsidized backup child care.
  • Family-building support, including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
  • Vehicle discounts for employees and family members, plus management lease options.
  • Tuition assistance.
  • Active employee resource groups.
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service.
  • A generous paid-holiday schedule, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
  • Paid time off with the option to purchase additional vacation time.

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