Senior UX Designer

Sam's West, Inc.; San Bruno (CA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) & stock purchase

Paid time off

Education assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Walmart in San Bruno, CA is seeking a Senior UX Designer to advance merchandising, business and branding through user-centered design. The role collaborates with product and engineering to develop designs, prototypes, and specs for web and mobile platforms.

You will drive research, journey mapping, information architecture, and accessibility efforts while delivering high-fidelity UI and scalable design systems.

Qualifications

• Experience with UX research methods including user interviews and usability testing.

Responsibilities

• Support UX strategy by evaluating competitive landscape and trends.
• Lead design prototypes and specifications aligned with merchandising and branding objectives.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to implement design solutions.
• Create user journey maps and information architectures.
• Ensure accessibility and responsive design across devices.

Skills

UX research

Journey mapping

Information architecture

Interaction design

Wireframes

High-fidelity UI

Visual design

Prototyping

Usability testing

Responsive design

Accessibility

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Design documentation

Education

Master's degree in UI/UX or related

Bachelor's degree in UI/UX or related

Job description

What you'll do...

Position: Senior UX Designer

Job Location: 850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA, 94066

Duties:

• Support User Experience strategy and innovation by evaluating the current competitive landscape for compelling customer experiences; analyzing future trends and forecasts in related fields; constructing compelling artifacts outlining present conditions and proposed solutions; and presenting information within and across the organization to gain strategic alignment and encourage change. Support the continuous improvement of the creation of user experience tools, documentation, and processes by maintaining holistic viewpoint when tackling project decisions; defining solutions frameworks from a scalable and global viewpoint; contributing to the evolution of site standards; collecting feedback and industry research standards; and providing recommendations. Propose hypotheses for research. Provide inputs to modify research approaches and execution plans. Guide research processes with inputs regarding type, quality, and quantity of data and information to be collected. Verify the reliability and accuracy of the information through detailed checks. Help guide user experience design, prototyping, and specification writing projects by proposing and leading project definition activities; working with other project team members to define methods to be used, including competitive audits and secondary research; driving the creation of designs, prototypes, and specifications that will advance the company's merchandising, business, and branding objectives; presenting designs to project and business teams for review; working with engineering leads to determine the effectiveness of solutions; producing detailed design documentation and other specifications required to implement design; working with product manager and team to define documentation scope; reviewing project product requirements document (PRD) to ensure correct translation of design; and providing quality assurance (QA) feedback. Assess gaps between business expectations and user experience strategies. Leverage a deep understanding of trends in user consumption habits to develop or improve interaction design and user experience strategies. Anticipate and mitigate risks during information synthesis and arrive at possible solutions for interactive designs. Create the user experience designs (for example, user interface design comps, visual design specs, prototypes) for complex and comprehensive initiative-level projects by leading project design definition activities; defining methods to be used, including competitive audits and secondary research; driving creation of designs and specs that will advance the company's merchandising, business, and branding objectives; and presenting designs to project and business teams for review. Build and maintain customer relations to understand customer requirements/problems. Create customer journey touchpoints to anticipate product enhancements by pre-empting gaps/risks in the product experience. Simplify and improve processes to reduce turnaround times, increase effectiveness, and drive customer delight. Identify major activities and documents associated with user acceptance testing. Cite examples and types of acceptance tests for user acceptance testing. Compile a list of procedures and guidelines for test developers and end users. Explain the features and objectives of alpha and beta tests. Define and document design details with accurate design specifications in multiple formats independently. Perform visual quality assurance against a design specification and rapidly solve issues. Ensure adherence to and the usage of templates and style guides to design consistent and scalable design solutions and contribute to style guide. Define and document design details through process flows, site maps, wireframes, and functional specifications independently.

Minimum education and experience required:

Master's degree or the equivalent in UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, Computer Science, Information Technology, Human Computer Interaction, or related area and 1 year of experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area; OR Bachelor's degree or the equivalent in UI/UX Design, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Product Design, Computer Science, Information Technology, Human Computer Interaction, or related area and 3 years of experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.

Skills required:

• Experience with user experience research methods including user interviews and usability testing.
• Experience translating research findings into actionable design requirements.
• Experience executing journey mapping for end-to-end user experiences.
• Experience with information architecture including navigation and content structure.
• Experience with interaction design for digital products and services.
• Experience creating wireframes for digital interfaces.
• Experience designing high-fidelity user interface designs for web and mobile applications.
• Experience with visual design principles including layout, typography, color, and hierarchy.
• Experience prototyping interactive experiences to validate design concepts.
• Experience iterating designs based on usability testing results and feedback.
• Experience designing responsive interfaces across multiple screen sizes.
• Experience applying accessibility and usability standards to digital interfaces.
• Experience using design systems and reusable UI components.
• Experience creating design documentation and specifications for engineering handoffs.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement design solutions.

Salary Range:

Salary Range: $127,546/year to $234,000/year.

Benefits:

• At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based incentive awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet.
• Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
• Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty and voting.
• Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, education assistance with 100% company paid college degrees, company discounts, military service pay, adoption expense reimbursement, and more.
• Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment.
• Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
• For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com.

Wal-Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay Rate... $0.00 Walmart and its subsidiaries are committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and has a no tolerance policy regarding the use of illegal drugs and alcohol on the job. This policy applies to all employees and aims to create a safe and productive work environment.

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it.

You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.