Senior Interior 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design, Transportation Design, or equivalent; can include graduates earning their degree in the same calendar term
• 5+ years of 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.
• Must have 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.
• Familiarizes self and maintains 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 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

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