UX Product Designer

Company: Ford Motor Company US
Location: Dearborn
Posted on: May 7, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description & QualificationsSenior UX DesignerAt Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow's transportation.Ford Credit is a financial services company serving the customers of Ford and Lincoln. After 60 years in business, we are now redefining automotive financing. Every day, our global team of software engineers, UX designers, finance experts, customer service specialists and automotive professionals come together to reinvent the purchase and ownership experience for millions of our retail and commercial customers. Our customers' pursuits of their dreams won't stop. And neither will our efforts to build a better world where those dreams are possible.Our Senior UX Designers are experts in crafting beautiful, usable solutions based on unbiased user research. They are at the forefront of setting strategic design direction for our financial suite of products and championing the voice of the user throughout our organization.As Senior UX Designer you'll be able to do: Designs lean, iterative, and development-ready solutions that can scale for the future, but understands the technology constraints of the now. Thinks deeply about the user experience balanced with business goals to inform their designs. Leads the product team (Product Owner, Project Manager, Software Engineers) through the user-centered design process with collaborative workshops for discovery and ideation. Applies user research insights to drive product design and strategy, and help your team understand why and how to build better experiences. Plans and executes user research in collaboration with internal stakeholders, and shares findings broadly across the organization. Craft beautiful and usable designs for digital products by applying your domain expertise, deep research findings, and collaborating with peers across the product organization. Seek to understand. Guide product decisions through user research and iterative feedback. Conduct user testing, interviews, and analysis. Play an active role in advocating for a Human-Centered Design process and crafting a collaborative environment. Engage and encourage the product organization about our customers' experiences through powerful story-telling with the human-centered design process, research insights, and customer journeys. Experience synthesizing research findings into actionable insights that inform strategic decisions and design solutions. Share the knowledge, mentor and train less experienced team membersMinimum requirements we seek: Bachelor's degree 6+ years of experience as a UX/Interaction Designer 4+ years of experience as a UX/Interaction/Product Designer working across a breadth of digital media. 2+ years of experience leading the human-centered design process with highly collaborative, multidisciplinary teams. Must have portfolio to "WOW" the toughest crowd!Our preferred qualifications: Bachelor's and/or Master's in user experience, human-computer interaction, interaction design, service design, graphic design, or digital design related-degree. Additional Bachelor's in sociology, anthropology, psychology, or related degree. Demonstrable experience in UX design and research in all phases across a variety of projects and mediums - including writing. Deep expertise in Interaction & Visual Design, Information Architecture, UX Sophisticated knowledge of Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, and/or other design and prototyping software. Ability to innovate, visualize and prototype new concepts to demonstrate ideas and potential features!What you'll receive in return:As part of the Ford family, you'll enjoy excellent compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO, retirement, savings and stock investment plans, incentive compensation and much more.You'll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition.If you have what it takes to help us redefine the future of mobility, we'd love to have you join us.Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status.For information on Ford's salary and benefits, please visit:2021-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-2 (2).pdfAt Ford, the health and safety of our employees is our top priority. Vaccination has been proven to play a critical role in combatting COVID-19. As a result, Ford has made the decision to require U.S. salaried employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless employees require an accommodation for religious or medical reasons. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination or an approved medical or religious exemption.

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