designer, Digital UX & Design

Starbucks • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As part of the UX & Design team within Starbucks' Digital organization, this role focuses on designing and delivering world-class experiences across mobile, web, and in-store platforms. The designer will influence how millions of customers interact with Starbucks daily, working on customer-facing experiences like digital menus, ordering, and payment, as well as the underlying systems and platforms. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional partners on end-to-end design projects to create digital experiences that are intuitive, scalable, and visually engaging.

Requirements

• 1+ years designing customer-facing digital products.
• A portfolio that shows strong fundamentals in interaction and visual design, along with a clear design process and problem-solving mindset.
• A user-first perspective, with the ability to identify design opportunities by understanding user needs, behaviors and preferences.
• An iterative mindset, where feedback is welcomed and used to refine designs in alignment with business goals.
• Proficiency in modern design tools, especially Figma, for prototyping, collaboration and iteration.
• Curiosity about emerging design trends, and the ability to apply them thoughtfully within brand guidelines.
• Clear communication skills, whether you’re sharing ideas visually, verbally or in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing for mobile ordering platforms, loyalty programs, retail, or eCommerce.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
• Hands-on experience with advanced prototyping tools.

Responsibilities

• Help design features and experiences that reach millions of users every day, contributing to well-defined problems and feature areas while learning from and partnering with senior designers.
• Support the creation of clean, intuitive user interfaces across platforms, using a full design process—from research and planning to wireframing and prototyping.
• Collaborate closely with researchers, product managers, engineers, data analysts, and other designers to bring ideas to life across app and web.
• Support the design file handoff process, ensuring all design specifications, assets, and interaction details are clearly documented and communicated to engineering and QA teams to support smooth implementation and high-quality delivery.
• Help maintain and evolve our design system by applying patterns consistently, identifying gaps, and contributing improvements as the system grows.
• Present design solutions and storytelling artifacts to a wide variety of teams and departments.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits.
• short-term and long-term disability
• paid parental leave
• family expansion reimbursement
• paid vacation from date of hire
• sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked)
• eight paid holidays
• two personal days per year
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• discounted company stock program (S.I.P.)
• Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock)
• incentivized emergency savings
• financial well-being tools
• 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan
• student loan management resources
• access to other educational opportunities
• backup care
• DACA reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level