Sr UX Designer
Location: Columbus, OH, US
Location Type: Remote
Job ID: 04G1A
Job Area: Digital
Employment type: Full-time
Pay Range: $105,000.00 – $136,500.00
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
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 designing world-class ecommerce experiences. Previous experience in eCommerce / working in a Sr. UX 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.
- Senior UX Designers are seasoned communicators and problem solvers that build strong relationships. They can confidently contribute to most projects with limited guidance.
- Experience: Senior team members are high-level performers who have experience in leading parts of larger projects collaboratively or leading smaller projects alone. They demonstrate domain expertise, knowledge of process, and strong communication skills. They have likely shipped a number of products / major features at this stage in their career.
- Communication: Senior team members have strong written and verbal communication skills. They can clearly and confidently share decision-making rationale and document decisions. They can present in small and large group settings in a succinct and authoritative manner.
- Relationships: Senior team members have strong relationships with peers and stakeholders and are trusted members of their product teams. Seniors influence stakeholders, manage those relationships effectively, and do so regularly. They are able to speak to difficult or complex problems, timelines, and negotiate requirements based on user or business needs.
- Presence: Seniors serve as a professional standard to the team’s junior contributors. As they take on more responsibility, the expectations become more demanding—a senior member of the team should be dependable, consistent, and able to quickly react in a remote environment. Seniors are expected to be active in all team activities, attend all ceremonies and meetings, contribute to working sessions, provide feedback to team members, and inform strategic thought work from the context of their product area with guidance from Leads.
- Accountability: Seniors take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work and achieve results with little oversight.
Required Experience
- 5+ 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
- Previous experience contributing directly to UX / product strategy
- 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 bbwbenefits.com 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. Please see links: Los Angeles Fair Chance In Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not make employment decisions based on an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other legally protected status, and we comply with all laws concerning nondiscriminatory employment practices. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for associates and job applicants with disabilities. Our management team is dedicated to ensuring fulfillment of this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, associate activities and general treatment during employment. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
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