Brand Designer - 3D

Job Summary:

3D Graphic and Brand Designer

We are seeking a highly motivated creative, who can identify, visualize, and communicate our brand expression through both 2D and 3D executions. Reporting to the Creative Director of the Brand Design team you will also partner with our Component Design and DTO partners, work closely with internal designers, Chiefs and Directors, to visualize our brand on vehicle strategies across our diverse portfolio.

As our 3D Graphic and Brand Designer, you will be responsible for visualizing and creating 3D artworks using various modeling and texturing techniques resulting in brand-aligned visual identities. You will be able to work in both 2D and 3D SW environments, understanding project requirements, reviewing, adjusting, or enhancing the 3D design of existing products and solutions, and developing 3D designs for new products. You will develop initial designs as well as primary models and sketches for final execution.

What You'll Do...

• Relationship Building: Build and maintain relationships with external partners, such as trend agencies, research firms, and industry experts, to access and leverage additional trend data, insights, and expertise plus.
• 3D Standards and Execution: Develop 3D solutions and standards that align with industry standards.
• Visualization: Create visually appealing and informative presentations, reports, and visual materials to communicate visual concepts, and insights to stakeholders.
• Brand-Focused Solutions: Create on-brand solutions that express visual aesthetics and feeling of each sub-brand, that evolves brand on vehicle.
• Thought Leadership: Stay updated with the latest trends, innovations, and thought leadership in the industry. Participate in industry events, conferences, and forums to showcase expertise, share insights, and contribute to the organization's thought leadership in trend forecasting.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including components, design technical operations, color + materials, marketing, product development, and strategy, to incorporate trend forecasts and insights into program brand strategies.
• Innovation and Ideation: Work with product development and design teams to develop new product and experience strategies that align with emerging trends and consumer needs.

You'll have...

• 2-5+ years of professional experience as a Graphic Designer using 3D SW (Alias, Blender)
• Adobe creative suit, Alias, and other 3D equivalent software, blender, vred, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design/communication design/Digital or Class A surfacing or equivalent field

Even better, you may have...

• Passionate and curious to continuously seek out opportunities and ideas to strengthen and grow our brands.
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to take insight and create and inform design strategies.
• Knowledge of injection molding and tooling processes is a bonus

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

https://corporate.ford.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en-us/documents/careers/2023-benefits-and-comp-GSR-sal-plan-1.pdf

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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