Visual Design Principle

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

📋 Description

• Establish and convey a clear vision for visual design across digital experiences for Ford and Lincoln.

• Oversee the development and governance of visual design and motion standards, patterns, and guidelines for Digital Product Design.

• Influence high-impact design projects from initial exploration through prototyping and final delivery.

• Create and direct exemplary work that showcases the expected quality, craftsmanship, and interaction principles.

• Collaborate with UX, product, research, brand, and engineering leaders to tackle design challenges and deliver seamless in-vehicle and off-vehicle experiences.

• Guide teams in the consistent application of visual design and motion principles across various products, contexts, and platforms.

• Work closely with engineering to evaluate feasibility, define implementation strategies, and ensure design intent is maintained throughout development.

• Lead design critiques and reviews while offering constructive feedback.

• Mentor and inspire designers to enhance their visual design and motion capabilities.

• Utilize customer research, competitive insights, and automotive knowledge to steer design direction.

• Present design strategies, concepts, and recommendations to partners and senior stakeholders.

• Enhance design processes, documentation, and handoffs to ensure consistent application at scale.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, interaction design, digital product design, or a related field—or equivalent education and experience.

• Over 8 years of experience in visual design and/or motion for digital products, particularly with complex, consumer-facing experiences.

• A robust portfolio that showcases high-level visual craftsmanship, design systems or languages, and consistent execution across interactive experiences.

• Experience in defining, evolving, and scaling design principles, standards, patterns, or guidelines across products or teams.

• Proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools such as Figma, ProtoPie, Adobe Creative Cloud, After Effects, Rive, and/or 3D animation tools.

• Experience leading design efforts across various disciplines and influencing partners without relying solely on formal authority.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain design rationale and foster alignment with diverse stakeholders.

• A collaborative and constructive approach to critique, feedback, and joint problem-solving.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

🏝️ 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 and fertility treatments.

• Vehicle discount program for employees and their family members, as well as management leases.

• Tuition assistance.

• Established and active employee resource groups.

• Paid time off for individual and team community service.

• Generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

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