Lead UX Designer, Emerging Experiences

Target•Minneapolis, MN

22h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Emerging Experiences team focuses on future-forward guest experiences that are seamless, inspiring, and full of possibility. We imagine what’s next for Target’s digital and physical touchpoints—and bring those ideas to life through immersive, high-fidelity storytelling. This team works across the ecosystem—collaborating with product, engineering, brand, stores, and enterprise strategy—to prototype the future and make it real. We're here to create clarity in complexity. At Target, design isn’t just how something works—it’s how it feels. It’s how we bring joy to everyday life, through moments of clarity, emotion, and care. As a Lead Product Designer within our Emerging Experience team you’ll be at the forefront of Target’s evolving digital experience, shaping it for our guests and contributing to business growth. You’ll bring ideas to life through interactive prototypes and storytelling. You’ll contribute to UX sprints and future-visioning efforts by designing thoughtful, high-quality prototypes that help teams explore what’s possible and align around what matters. You’ll apply your creative and technical skills to test assumptions, express ideas with emotional clarity, and support the delivery of best-in-class experiences for our guests. You’ll work within a team environment that values experimentation, inclusivity, and care for both the work and the people doing it. As a Lead on the Target UX team you will play a crucial role in driving the product development process, ensuring that our designs align with user needs, business objectives, and technological feasibility.

Requirements

7+ years experience as a product designer with a strong portfolio showcasing successful product design work
Advanced proficiency in product design and prototyping tools (i.e., in Figma, Principle, Framer, Cursor, Lovable )
Experience working in design sprints, early-stage concepting, or innovation labs
Advanced strategic problem-solving, systems thinking, and collaboration skills
Ability to balance creative exploration with practical delivery
Proven ability to effectively use data and insights to set your direction and communicate your approach
Excellent communication and storytelling skills—able to bring others along through your work
Comfortable working in ambiguity, contributing to complex challenges, and collaborating across teams
Passionate about inclusive design and creating joyful, purposeful experiences at scale

Responsibilities

Participate in cross-functional design sprints to explore new guest experiences and technologies
Contribute to the development of future-state journeys and conceptual models through product design, prototyping and visual storytelling
Effectively facilitate multiple cross functional working teams and collaborate across multiple design and product teams
Create design deliverables representative of the design process phase – such as wireframes, user flows, UI design and prototypes
Guide design process and mentor junior designers
Hold design work to a high standard of craft, including accessibility, user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design
Contribute to a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and human-centered practice