Senior UX Designer

Grainger; Lake Forest (IL); Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

PTO and holidays

401(k) with company contribution

Job summary

Grainger is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the Grainger Technology Group. You will design multichannel software solutions for Grainger Sellers and internal users, translating requirements into practical interaction designs and collaborating across cross-functional teams.

You will contribute to the design system, conduct research, and present UX decisions to stakeholders, working in an agile environment with sprint teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in UX/UI or product design.
• Experience with eCommerce and data-centric products is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Engineers, and QA to design experiences for Grainger Sellers and internal users.
• Create design concepts, customer journeys, and pixel-perfect deliverables.
• Translate requirements and user needs into annotated wireframes and visual designs.
• Contribute to Grainger’s design system documentation.
• Scale designs for iterative release while meeting user needs in each iteration.
• Evaluate current experiences and provide improvement recommendations.
• Lead review sessions with partners and leadership.

Skills

UX design

UI design

Info design

Data visualization

Responsive design

Design systems

Figma

Communication

Education

Human-Centered Design / HCI related degree

Tools

Figma

Job description

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

Req Number 332654

About Grainger

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.6 million customers worldwide with maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and value-added solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer expertise. Known for its commitment to service and purpose-driven culture, the Company reported 2025 revenue of $17.9 billion. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $103,600.00 – $172,600.00. This role is eligible for an incentive target of up to 10 % or $ , based on the achievement of individual and company performance objectives in accordance with the current terms of the incentive program which are subject to change.

Rewards And Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

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Grainger Benefits

The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.

The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.

Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.

Position Details

At Grainger we keep the world working, and the Grainger Technology Group is an especially exciting place to be. We are creating and building systems to keep Grainger a Fortune 500 company and one of the Top 100 Places to Work, and to extend our market leadership for the next 100 years.

Our Sales Domain UX Team designs connected, seller-facing experiences that make work simpler and more effective for our sales team. We focus on reducing friction, improving visibility, and streamlining key workflows so sellers and sales leaders can find what they need, act quickly, and stay aligned as they manage requests, coverage, alerts, and other core sales activities. The Senior Product Designer will use well-developed interaction and visual design skills to create multichannel software solutions with robust capabilities allowing our users to search, consume, and manipulate data. This is a full-spectrum UX interaction design role - from research and solution design to final UI deliverables and testing. You will be working with agile sprint teams with an emphasis on team collaboration.

This is a unique opportunity to employ high-tech software and service design within a top-rated, well-established industrial supplier. You will report to the Senior Manager of UX Design for Sales.

You Will

• Work with Product Managers, Engineers, and QA to design experiences for Grainger Sellers and our internal users
• Create design concepts, customer journeys, and pixel perfect design deliverables.
• Translate requirements and user needs into tangible interaction designs through annotated wireframes and visual designs
• Leverage and contribute to Grainger’s design system documentation
• Understand technical and business constraints and scale designs for iterative release, ensuring user needs are met in each iteration
• Evaluate current experiences and provide recommendations for improvement
• Conduct session replay analysis, evaluate secondary research, and help with user research and evaluative user testing, to improve experiences
• Communicate design decisions, rationale, and direction when presenting work
• Collaborate with the UX team to align patterns across products
• Develop concepts to help test new, innovative ideas
• Actively seek out feedback from other UI Designers, UX Designers and UX leadership on UX design concepts and deliverables to ensure the best solution is created.
• Lead review sessions of in-progress work with partners (product managers, engineers, business stakeholders), UX team, and UX leadership

You Have

• 5+ years experience as a UX/UI designer or product designer
• Formal education in Human Centered Design, Design Methods, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or related field, or equivalent experience
• Expertise in information design, UX design, usability, and accessibility
• Proficiency in responsive web design best practices
• Experience visualizing complex data and creating Infographics
• Experience using and contributing to pattern libraries and comprehensive design systems
• Strong proficiency in Figma, UX, and component libraries
• Work sample or portfolio that demonstrates expertise in product design
• Prior experience with eCommerce and data-centric products is a plus

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We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one’s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.