Visual Design Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Collaborate across departments with leadership and fellow designers in Digital Product Design to establish and formalize the aesthetic of Ford and Lincoln digital experiences both in-vehicle and beyond.

• Define, create, and steer visual and motion design standards, including visual design guidelines and criteria for Digital Product Design.

• Work alongside UX designers to solve problems and deliver high-quality, on-brand digital experiences.

• Lead the creation of exemplary visual design deliverables.

• Collaborate with design teams to enhance presentation and prototyping through effective visual and motion execution.

• Partner with engineering teams to ensure visual design execution meets the highest standards and maintains consistency.

• Engage in design reviews, providing guidance and constructive feedback.

• Oversee communication with internal colleagues and stakeholders.

• Leverage consumer research, benchmarking, and automotive expertise to guide the evolution of the visual design language.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, UI/UX design, digital product design or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent experience.

• Strong visual design capabilities and experience in building and extending intricate digital design languages.

• A robust portfolio showcasing outstanding visual design skills for digital products.

• In-depth understanding of layout, hierarchy, typography, color theory, and iconography within interactive environments.

• Over 6 years of dedicated experience in Visual UI/UX design for complex digital products and consumer-facing brands.

• More than 6 years of experience working within highly collaborative creative teams, either on the product side or in consultancy roles.

• Experience collaborating closely with multidisciplinary product teams that include researchers, designers, product managers, and engineers.

• Proficient in modern UI design and prototyping tools, such as Figma, Protopie, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, 3D animation tools, and Rive.

• Experience in designing digital experiences for significant touchpoints throughout the customer journey.

• Familiarity with developing brand guidelines and/or standards for user interfaces, encompassing color, typography, iconography, imagery, and GUI elements.

• Experience in developing digital services and taking products or services to market.

• Background in mentoring and/or managing others in visual design.

• Exceptional verbal, written, and visual presentation skills.

• A strong passion for brand and digital product design.

• An enthusiasm for the automotive and transportation industry.

• Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Visa sponsorship is not offered.

🏝️ Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Flexible family care days.

• Paid parental leave.

• New parent ramp-up programs.

• Subsidized back-up child care.

• Family building benefits, including reimbursement for adoption and surrogacy expenses, as well as fertility treatments.

• Employee vehicle discount program for employees and family members, along with management leases.

• Tuition assistance.

• Active and established employee resource groups.

• Paid time off for individual and team community service activities.

• A generous holiday schedule, including paid time off for the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

• Paid time off with an option to purchase additional vacation time.