Lead Visual Designer - Car UX

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

The Volvo Cars CAR UX Team within Volvo Cars' UX organization is expanding at our Headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden and is looking for a new Visual UX Designer to work on defining features, products and systems within the digital systems of the car. Your responsibility will be to deliver design artifacts, such as production ready designs, assets, animations and prototypes that balance design aesthetics with intuitive functionality. 
You will collaborate with other designers and ensure a seamless customer experience across Volvo’s digital landscape. And as part of a product team, you will communicate designs, ideas, and rationale with your team using data and customer insights. As designer you advocate for the user, you will develop a deep understanding of our customer needs and pain-points, serving as an expert for your product team and develop ideas for new and enhanced features. 
What’s in it for you?
Volvo Cars is on an ambitious journey to redefine what it means to own a vehicle during one of most innovative times in the transport industry. Volvo Cars is looking to redefine all aspects of the car eco-system including ownership, autonomous driving, vehicle electrification, sustainability and online shopping. User Experience as a discipline is a key part of Volvo Cars' strategy and the UX organization helps gather insights about our user's and redefine and elevate the users experience of Volvo's products and Services. 
Interested? 
This is an on-site or hybrid position in Gothenburg, Sweden. International applicants are welcome. 
Please express your interest by applying via our portal. Applications will not be accepted via email.
If you upload or link to a portfolio or samples of your work where you have documented your work processes, your application will be prioritized.
If you have questions about the position or application process please call or SMS Megan Reif Dyfvermark, Senior Recruiter to the UX Organization, at +46 763 121 018.

Who are you? 
We believe that you are: 

* A designer with10+ years for a consumer-focused tech company, so you understand what it takes to create elegant, consumer-oriented experiences.
* Versatile - you use a full range of skills— visual design, prototyping, motion design and interaction design — to ensure you deliver magical experiences to the customer.
* Excellent in designing with tools such as Figma or Adobe XD and Adobe Photoshop.
* Skilled in prototyping and/or motion design using tools like Flinto, After Effects or similar.
* Able to build and maintain design libraries or systems.
* Collaborative and able to work with not only design partners, but many other stakeholders from marketing to engineering.
* Communicative - you use your communication and presentation skills to facilitate generation of ideas. 
* People-focused in your design mentality.
* Constantly looking to hone your design instinct through user feedback, whether that’s hands-on user research or a quantitative A/B test.
Able to provide a portfolio of projects (or samples of previous work) to which you have made a substantial contribution and/or make a portfolio presentation as part of the selection process.