Lead UX Designer-Design Systems
Marque: Bath & Body Works
Emplacement: Columbus, OH, US
Domaines d’emploi: Design
Type d’emploi: Full-time
Job ID: 04JV0
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.
This role is responsible for helping to set UX direction on the Design Operations (DesignOps) team. An ideal candidate for this role excels in design thinking, systems thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and possesses a firm understanding of industry best practices in native mobile and mobile-first web experiences. Responsible for mentoring and guiding the junior designers on the team. Previous experience building and maintaining Design Systems or on a Design Operations team in a lead capacity is a plus.
- Works well with cross-disciplinary teams, including FED, to create consistent, functional, and reusable interface components and champion design system adoption.
- Proficient in communicating direction, design principles, and design specifications and documentation.
- 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 the DesignOps team and other disciplines, including Content teams.
- Conducting component discovery, designing and building atomic components, and writing component documentation.
- Researches and patterns best-in-class component builds and proposes approaches that work best for our design system.
- Creates design proposals for new or reworked components.
- Builds components in Figma with consistent naming and usable properties.
- Documents the component for handoff to FED and product teams.
- Developing processes and approaches to solving design problems.
- Identifies areas for improvement to team processes and collaboratively enacts enhancements.
- 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 with Product Design Manager(s) to streamline crafting processes and foster tool and template adoption.
- Creating and evolving tools and templates for team and stakeholder use.
- Working with the DesignOps team to prioritize new component requests, conducting interviews with design system users, and setting expectations for delivery.
- Conducting working sessions with designers who need in-depth support on system usage.
- Demonstrates experience executing design practices within Agile software development.
- Collaborates with the DesignOps team to build and maintain the product backlog.
- Understands and considers business goals in their design decisions/solutions.
- 8+ years hands-on designing product experiences or general UX design
- Previous experience working on a cross-functional product team in an Agile environment
- Experts in navigating and leveraging a heavily cross-functional environment
- 1+ years mentoring other designers
- Experience in leading the delivery on multiple shipped products.
- Demonstrate the ability to drive change, improve workflows, and shepherd their team’s initiatives.
- Ability to plan and execute the work according to current priorities and are able to deliver solutions that meet requirements and constraints while maintaining high standards of quality.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
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
Bath & Body Works associates are the heart of our business. That’s why we’re proud to offer benefits that empower you to Dream Bigger & Live Brighter. Benefits for eligible associates include:
- Robust medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage. Plus, access to our onsite wellness center and pharmacy located at the Columbus, OH home office.
- 401k with company match and Associate Stock Purchase program with discount
- No-cost mental health and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Opportunity for paid time off and paid parental leave. Plus, access to family and lifestyle programs including an inclusive family building benefit, childcare discounts, and home, auto and pet insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement and scholarship opportunities for post-secondary education programs
- 40% merchandise discount and gratis that encourages you to come back to your senses!
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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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