Principal UX Designer

Position Summary

A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.

What you'll do...

Principal UX Designer

About the Team

Join our award-winning design team and help us shape the future of retail. Our mission is to bring dignity and access to all through design excellence regardless of zip code or bank account.

We design richly compelling experiences that improve the daily lives of millions of customers - whether they are at home, in our stores, or on the go.

We also craft world-class experiences that enable our merchants, suppliers, sellers, and 2.1 million in-store associates to deliver great value to our customers on a daily basis.

This opportunity is in Bentonville, Arkansas where we are expanding our awesome design community in our new, state-of-the-art campus.

As a Principal UX Designer , you'll set the vision for the best customer and associate experiences and collaborate closely with cross-functional partners.

You will use your knowledge of the Design Thinking process to collaborate with partner teams, facilitate conversations, create concepts, run design sprints, and build rapid prototypes to leverage collective creativity.

You'll employ your great strengths in storytelling to present your vision and product design rationale in a compelling manner to cross-functional partners and the leadership team.

While working with partners to determine a shared plan that balances business and technology considerations, you'll craft experiences that are intuitive to use and accessible for all.

You'll sweep us off our feet if you have...

• A strong point of view and are an effective champion for design and inclusive experiences.
• A demonstrable track record working cross-functionally with successful products in a fast-paced environment.
• A strategic mindset and a systems thinking approach to simplifying complex problems.
• Ability to produce great work in short timeframes, multitask across different projects, and adapt to changing priorities.
• Experience facilitating Design Thinking in cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to motivate teams and partners.
• Joy in leading by doing. You inspire, coach, and contribute to our team culture.
• A self-starter mindset who is well organized and always looking to improve.

You'll make an impact by :

• Designing at the highest level of craft for a broad population of Walmart customers.
• Leading a program of work and collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional partners through delivery.
• Creating the experience strategy and setting the design direction for the program that delivers on user needs and business goals.
• Actively soliciting feedback from peers and cross-functional stakeholders throughout the product design lifecycle.
• Engaging the design research team at the right points during the design process to ensure the right insights inform the work.
• Rapid prototyping and experimenting in a fast-paced environment.
• Creating scalable experiences in partnership with our Design System team.
• Working with our Design System team to expand the component library.
• Championing the Design Thinking philosophy throughout the business.
• Communicating effectively with kindness and empathy.
• Collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional partners.
• Staying up to date with the latest trends, in and out of retail.

Preferred qualifications :

• Degree in HCI, Information Architecture, Digital Design, or similar and at least 5-7 years of experience in product design.
• A fantastic portfolio of elegant design solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Perks and Benefits

Beyond competitive pay, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them.

That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity - unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions - while being inclusive of all people.

Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position :

Option 1 : Bachelor's degree in UI / UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 5 years' experience in UI / UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.

Option 2 : 7 years' experience in UI / UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.

Primary Location...

702 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72716, United States of America

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