Ford Design offers an internship opportunity for bachelor's and master's degree students in the field of Creative Design. Ford Design is Ford Motor Company’s global creative design organization with eight design studios throughout the world. Ford Creative Designers work collaboratively using the very latest computer technology to design high quality and exciting products for global markets.
Responsibilities:
Ford's creative designers apply their skills to design vehicle exteriors, interiors, components, color and materials, and user interaction.
Designers use a variety of digital tools to create concept sketches, renderings, and 3D digital design models and animations.
Designers work with other disciplines in the development of scale and full-size clay models and ultimately interface with program engineering teams to develop concept designs and feasible production products.
Eligibility:
Creative designer internship candidates are current college students pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in transportation design or industrial design and a minimum GPA of 3.0 and graduate with a degree by September 2021.
Candidates must submit portfolios that illustrate exceptional design creativity, strong problem-solving skills, a superior ability to visually communicate through sketches and renderings, and ability to think three-dimensionally and an understanding of proportions and form. Portfolios should contain projects that exhibit automotive designs for exteriors, interiors, components, color, and materials, or user interaction.
Ford Designers use Microsoft Windows-based computer systems with software applications that include, Alias Automotive 2D and 3D, VRED, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator. Knowledge of these tools is highly desired.
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.