Strategic Communications Graphic Designer

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER: GRAPHIC DESIGN 

At 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.  

The Strategic Communications team works at the intersection of visual, narrative, and communications design and develops content through a lens of business strategy and a deep understanding of multifaceted audiences. Our designers are a clarifying voice — an integrative and ordering force that shapes the stories we tell on the Product Development Operations and Quality Team within Ford’s Industrial System. Using storytelling, design systems, branding, and tone, you will help make our purpose clear and weave a common thread through our work, helping bring the vision of senior leaders and the broader Product Development team to life for both internal external audiences. 

JOINING FORD   

A BIT ABOUT US 

We’re in the midst of the biggest change the automotive industry has ever seen. 

Just as cars changed the world over the last century - creating the driver, highways, gas stations, and malls - self-driving cars, electric powertrains, and connected vehicles will radically reshape our cities, our society, and how we live, work, and play over the next hundred years. 

At Ford, you’ll be at the heart of creating that future. You’ll be at the cutting edge of our most strategically critical work, designing people and society’s needs into the heart of our next generation of products, services and experiences.  

You’ll also be designing at scale. Every day, Ford’s vehicles and services support millions of people around the world. We’re not just inventing the future, we’re operationalizing it, to help all those people move through their lives, better.  

WORKING AT FORD 

The distance between imagination and … creation. It can be measured in years of innovation, or in moments of brilliance. When you join the Ford team discover all the benefits, rewards and development opportunities you’d expect from a diverse global leader. You’ll become part of a team that is already leading the way, with ingenious solutions and attainable products – and it is always ready to go further.  

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the [United States] on a permanent basis.  Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.  Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Ford Motor Company is 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. 

AS A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS DESIGNER: GRAPHIC DESIGN YOU WILL... 

• Use your experience with graphic design, visual arts and other media to translate highly technical information into a cohesive and compelling story 
• Interpret the vision of senior leaders and help communicate their vision across the business  
• Distill complex topics to their core components and develop engaging and accessible stories that resonate with specific audiences 
• Build or build upon content to help us frame our work and stories 
• Strike a balance between visual and verbal tone, integrating points of view from a multidisciplinary team of creative professionals and subject matter experts in the business 
• Embrace complex business challenges while working on a dynamic spectrum of projects 
• Maintain a collaborative and empathetic mindset to solve problems with teams across Ford 
• Assist in developing infographics, charts, and graphs to bring data to life 
• Conceive, design, develop and test new ways to showcase our offerings 
• Stay up to speed on trends to bring real-world inspiration to our work 
• Revel in the art of detail with a desire to shape the bigger picture 

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS 

 

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Communication Design, Motion Design/Animation or New Media   
• 3+ years’ Communication Design experience across a breadth of media 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Passionate about automotive and transportation industry 
• Extensive experience across a variety of media (print, web) including fluency in the following software: InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro, Keynote, Microsoft