Senior Product Designer
Ortiz Property Group @ REAL Broker
Color & Materials Design Manager
Ford Motor Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage creation, curation, and delivery of innovative and strategic Color, Material and Finish (CMF) solutions for the exterior and interior of the vehicles.
- Identify opportunities for key new color and material developments through understanding of future customer needs and available new key technologies to create CMF strategic plan for implementation.
- Create CMF concepts that embody a creative narrative, advanced functionality, and innovative user experience.
- Direct analysis of future consumer trends to identify brand relevant CMF narratives that inform cutting-edge CMF design solutions.
- Lead exterior and interior color creation, development and execution for model year across the product portfolio for both Ford and Lincoln.
- Drive strategic plan for integration of CMF into vehicle line programs in partnership with C+M Director, C+M Vehicle Program leaders and Interior/Exterior Design leaders.
- Collaborate with external vendors and internal teams to translate new designs into visual samples to validate feasibility and functionality.
- Create and maintain development of digital and physical CMF presentations that show a future vision of design intent.
- Spearhead functional process improvements that enhance efficiencies and that champion design goals.
- Accountable for performance and results of direct reports, and facilitates training sessions to train junior/new members in the design process.
- Foster a culture of innovation and collaboration where employees can reach their full potential.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree (preferred) in Industrial Design, Color and Material Design or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
- Minimum 5 years of related work experience with a Master’s degree or 8 years of related work experience with a Bachelor’s degree.
- Experience in Automotive CMF Design
- Strategic mindset/approach is a core competency
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interact with diverse disciplines and levels.
- Highly collaborative and proactive both internally and externally.
- Demonstrates a high level of color acuity
- Expert ability to effectively communicate in a wide range of formats for presenting future design strategies.
- Expert knowledge of the Colors and Materials design process.
- Expert level knowledge of CMF associated with the development process.
- Must be self-motivated, adaptable, flexible, and able to multi-task.
- Strong, demonstrated understanding of color theory (hue, value, chroma, etc.).
- Proficient in Adobe Suit tools (i.e. Photoshop, Illustrator, VRED) and Microsoft Suit tools (i.e. PowerPoint, Excel)
- Expertise and knowledge of 3D prototyping, property builds, 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.
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Hard skills
Automotive CMF DesignColor theoryColor acuity3D prototypingProperty buildsCMF design processStrategic planningDesign strategy communication
Soft skills
LeadershipInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsCollaborationProactivityAdaptabilityFlexibilityMulti-tasking
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial DesignMaster’s Degree in Color and Material Design