Job Description We are looking for User Experience Designers to join us in designing future holistic experiences (hardware, software and services) for Ford’s future global products. As a UX Designer, you are passionate about human centered design and will apply your design expertise. In collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team, you will move from customer research insights to frame new opportunity spaces and define experiences for our future global customers. You will relentlessly advocate a human centric perspective throughout all stages of the design process. As a team player, you will create impact by collaborating across the UX organization and with key work partners throughout the company - product, strategy, marketing, engineering, design, and technology teams. Please be ready to share Portfolio.
Responsibilities
Participate in visioning and conceptual exercises; establishing POV and future state across a spectrum of products and services.
Translate complex systems into tangible, simple concepts and demonstrate them through storytelling and rapid prototyping.
Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to define user goals and requirements; manage relationships with key stakeholders throughout the enterprise.
Contribute to overall experience strategy and vision, developing sketches, illustrations, mock-ups, prototypes and visual interfaces.
Deliver high-quality designs ranging from innovative concepts, to pixel perfect visual systems.
Contribute to building and evolving tools, processes, best practices and templates / frameworks to continuously improve the human centered design methods and approaches.
Share trends, strategic perspectives, concepts with the Global UX team and key work partners to further develop consumer-centered strategies that align with Ford’s vision, goals, vehicles, services and markets.
Be an active partner in creating a culture of human centered innovation.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
3+ years with experience design
Preferred Qualifications
Experience practicing human-centered design.
Expertise in design methods, processes, tools, and best practices.
Creative problem solving and strong communication skills
Able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across all aspects of UX design processes.
Strong visual communication skills.
Strong self-direction and sense of responsibility; exhibiting a high-level of professionalism and attention to detail.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Contemporary UI wireframe tools, Maya or similar.
Knowledge of various prototyping tools
Experience practicing human-centered design.
Expertise in design methods, processes, tools, and best practices.
Creative problem solving and strong communication skills
Able to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams across all aspects of UX design processes.
Strong visual communication skills.
Strong self-direction and sense of responsibility; exhibiting a high-level of professionalism and attention to detail.
Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Contemporary UI wireframe tools, Maya or similar.
Knowledge of various prototyping tools
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