Interior/Exterior Designer

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Ford Motor Company is looking for a highly creative/strategic Senior Exterior/Interior Designer for our design studios in Dearborn. Working on Advanced & Production Exterior/Interior projects, the successful candidate will develop both conceptual and production-based Exterior/Interior solutions in the form of sketch, rendering, and 3D digital models. This role is at the cutting edge of Ford’s most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s needs into the heart of our next generation of products, services, and experiences.

Requirements

• 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.
• Ability to interpret customer needs and global trends into compelling design.
• Ability to work independently and provide strong technical aesthetic judgment to lead team members.
• Awareness of global automotive and consumer electronics to ensure Ford competes with the ability to lead.
• Demonstrated creative exterior/interior design perceptions and capability.
• A design portfolio (pdf) must be provided upon application.
• Exceptional design intuition, strong problem-solving skills and a superior ability to visually communicate through sketches, and renderings.
• Ability to translate 2D to 3D and think three-dimensionally with a strong emphasis on proportions and a refined sense of form also required.
• Outstanding teamwork, leadership, visual, written, and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Global interior design experience.
• Good understanding of exterior/interior manufacturing process and materials.
• Passionate about 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.

Responsibilities

• Create compelling and innovative exterior/interior design experiences and visions for Design Projects.
• Coordinate 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.
• Maintain interest with design trends within and across design professions and global cultures (automotive, fashion, architectural, etc.).

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior