Lead UX Designer

Description

At Bath & Body Works, everyone belongs. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture focused on delivering exceptional fragrances and experiences to our customers.

We focus on recruiting, retaining, and advancing diverse talent where our associate population is as diverse as the communities we serve, live and work.

In addition, we work to improve our communities and our planet in a way that will make us proud for years to come because we believe the world is a brighter, happier place when everyone has access to the things that make them happy

Title : Lead UX Designer

Department : User Experience / Front End Web Development

Position Description : We are looking for an experienced, process-minded designer that can work independently and help set UX direction on cross-functional product teams.

An ideal candidate for this contract excels in design thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and possesses a firm understanding of industry standard methodologies in native mobile and mobile-first web experiences.

They are organized, determined, and invested in mentoring and guiding the junior designers on our team. Previous experience in eCommerce / working in a Lead Product Designer capacity is a huge plus!

Responsibilities :

Collaborating and communicating professionally with internal and cross-functional teams

• Works well with cross-disciplinary teams, including FEWD, to create functional and engaging product experiences
• Proficient in communicating direction, design principles, and design specifications
• Champions a highly collaborative design process and is trusted by their team to talk through both scope and technical challenges and negotiate thoughtful outcomes.
• Takes a leadership role in cross-discipline meetings, bringing a design voice to the conversations and building trust between design teams and other fields.

Creating experience maps, user scenarios, comps, and flows

• Designs user experiences from low-fidelity sketches to high-fidelity prototypes
• Creates rapid prototypes to validate design concepts

Developing processes and approaches to solving design problems

• Coordinates multi-disciplinary project teams
• Communicates design considerations to different audiences, including developers, management, and leadership
• Uses known methods and anticipates problems to strategize design solutions that meet and exceed business objectives

Working well with cross-disciplinary teams

• Works closely with various teams to gain user insights, find opportunities, validate concepts, and socialize ideas across the team
• Collaborates with cross functional teams, including FEWD, to create functional and engaging product experiences.
• Able to positively influence partners and stakeholders, both directly and indirectly.
• Presenting work to cross-functional teams and leadership

Demonstrates experience implementing design practices within Agile software development

• Collaborates with Project Owners and Business Analysts to build and maintain a product backlog
• Works closely with partners on the crafting of requirements and user stories.
• Understands and considers business goals into their design decisions / solutions.

Qualifications

• Leads are established and experienced practice leaders who actively push processes and conventions, directly contribute to strategy, and take ownership for their team’s work.
• Experience : Team leads are organized leaders who have extensive experience in leading the delivery of successful work and have contributed to or led work on multiple shipped products.

They demonstrate the ability to lead change, improve workflows, and shepherd their team’s initiatives. They can plan and complete the work according to current priorities and are able to deliver solutions that meet requirements and constraints while maintaining high standards of quality.

Communication : Team leads have exceptional communication skills. They can clearly and confidently communicate decision-making rationale to their team, large groups, and organizational leadership.

They can express complex ideas in a persuasive and succinct manner, educate partners, tell compelling stories, and keep their leadership informed of critical information they have identified.

Relationships : Team leads have strong relationships with their peers and partners. They can influence partners, manage those relationships effectively, and reduce friction.

They build long-term strategic relationships and operate from a holistic perspective that accounts for multiple teams. Leads can be flexible and manage team members' expectations.

Leads are equipped to facilitate difficult discussions within the team or with other partners with confidence.

Presence : Leads are the cornerstones of the team and act as resources, mentors, and role models for more junior members.

Leads set the example for how to be present in a remote work environment. Leads take an active interest in the development of their teammates and make themselves available as a resource for feedback, guidance, and support for the rest of the team.

• Accountability : Leads take responsibility for the team’s ability to deliver quality work on time.
• Leadership : Leads champion a highly collaborative design process and are trusted by their team to talk through both scope and technical challenges and negotiate thoughtful outcomes.

Takes a leadership role in cross-discipline meetings, bringing a design voice to the conversations and building trust between design teams and other subject areas.

Able to positively influence partners and stakeholders, both directly and indirectly.

Required Experience

• 8+ years hands-on designing product experiences or general UX design
• Previous experience working on a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Authority in navigating and leveraging a heavily cross-functional environment
• 1+ years mentoring other designers

Bonus Qualifications

• Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end code frameworks
• Experience designing native mobile apps
• Experience in ecommerce
• Working knowledge of design research methodologies

Core Competencies

Lead with Curiosity & Humility

Build High Performing Teams for Today & Tomorrow

Influence & Inspire with Vision & Purpose

Observe, Engage & Connect

Strive to Achieve Operational Excellence

Deliver Business Results

Benefits

We invite you to join Gingham Nation, where we invest in our associates through competitive compensation, benefits, and development opportunities, so they can continue to be their best at work, at home, and in their communities.

Benefits offered to our eligible associates include a no cost mental health and well-being program, health coverage with a variety of plans to choose from, flexible and affordable saving programs, paid time off and a merchandise discount. Visit for details.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job.

They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws.

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