Senior Exterior Designer

About the role

Ford Motor Company is seeking a highly creative and strategic Senior Exterior Designer to join our team in the new Ford World Headquarters Design Studios. This role involves working alongside a talented team responsible for iconic nameplates such as Bronco, Explorer, and Expedition, helping to shape the future of Adventure vehicles both in concept and production form.

Responsibilities

• Create compelling and innovative exterior design experiences and visions for Design Projects.
• Cook up the work of other design personnel to achieve holistic design visions.
• Create future brand focused design visions.
• Span digital and physical (software and hardware) thinking.
• Problem solve around topics of connectivity, mobility and consumer segments.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Suppliers and other partners to progress the design development.
• Translate 2D to 3D and think three-dimensionally with a strong emphasis on proportions and a refined sense of form.
• Stay updated with design trends within and across design professions and global cultures (automotive, fashion, architectural, etc.)
• Communicate design concepts effectively through sketches and renderings.

Requirements

• A portfolio showcasing Automotive Exterior Design.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or equivalent; can include graduates earning their degree in the same calendar term.
• Automotive or Transportation Design experience, including experience with final design product execution, and Internships with transportation design companies.
• The ability to interpret customer needs and global trends into compelling design.
• The ability to work independently and provide strong technical aesthetic judgment to lead team members.
• An awareness of global automotive and consumer electronics to ensure Ford competes with the ability to lead.

Qualifications

• Outstanding teamwork, leadership, visual, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Global design experience.
• A good understanding of exterior manufacturing process and materials.
• A passion for automotive and mobility industry, global trends, innovation, and customer needs.
• Experience of working in or with creative cultures.
• Experience of working in large, corporate environments.
• Experience of managing multiple stakeholders across complex projects.
• Experience of presenting to executive audiences.

Skills

• Exceptional design intuition.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• A superior ability to visually communicate through sketches and renderings.

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 and more.
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.

Pay

This position is a salary grade range of 5 – 8 and ranges from $65,100 - $166,200.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.