Principal, UX Designer

Walmart • San Bruno, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Principal Visual and Communications Designer who will act as a creative leader defining the visual voice for Walmart's highest-stakes, highest-visibility moments. The designer will bring exceptional visual, typographic, editorial, and motion craft, along with the pragmatic production discipline to deliver work quickly. They will also possess the executive presence to operate at the C-suite level, shaping narratives and influencing decisions. This individual will set the standard for communications design across the enterprise, working with autonomy, authority, and a commitment to world-class craft. The Global Design organization at Walmart creates impactful experiences that connect customers, associates, and partners to the mission: Save Money. Live Better. This multidisciplinary team includes product designers, researchers, content designers, technologists, and operators across Walmart US, Sam's Club, International, and Enterprise. The team focuses on strategic, craft-based design, enhancing every customer touchpoint through collaboration with stakeholders. Emphasizing rigorous research, prototyping, and clear communication, members develop innovative, user-centered solutions that improve interaction, usability, and visual design across all Walmart platforms and services. Immigration Sponsorship support is NOT available for this role.

Requirements

• Experience in Graphic/Visual design, brand identity, motion design, or studio/agency art direction.
• Portfolio demonstrating world-class typography, editorial design, brand systems, executive communications, and motion.
• Advanced craft across typographic systems, layout, color, iconography, and motion.
• Proven ability to build relationships and influence C-suite executives.
• Strong production discipline: Figma, After Effects (or equivalent), clean file systems and documentation.
• Bachelor's degree in UI/UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 5 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.
• OR 7 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building templates and reusable visual toolkits for large, complex organizations.
• Background in event/streaming, stage, or broadcast graphics.
• Familiarity with accessibility, localization, and front-end constraints.
• Comfort working within and extending design systems; experience applying brand standards across communication formats.
• Design certification (for example, IDEOU - Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate).
• Driving product development in a user experience area.
• Master's degree in UI/UX Design, Interactive and Visual Design, Product Design, or related area.
• Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare).
• Creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
• Knowledge of accessibility best practices and joining efforts to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.
• Masters: Architecture, Masters: Artificial Intelligence, Masters: Business, Masters: Cognitive Science, Masters: Computer Science

Responsibilities

• Define and lead visual and editorial identity for the highest-visibility org-level communications: executive presentations, events, and all-hands.
• Set art direction at world-class standards: typography, layout, editorial systems, and motion that are refined, expressive, and authoritative.
• Deliver production-ready assets and support end-to-end delivery for events.
• Architect reusable templates, editorial frameworks, and toolkits that enable consistent outputs by non-designers across the enterprise.
• Serve as the trusted visual design partner for senior executives, translating strategy into compelling visual narratives.
• Define standards and craft guidelines; mentor and elevate the broader design community.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Performance-based bonus awards
• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase
• Company-paid life insurance
• PTO (including sick leave)
• Parental leave
• Family care leave
• Bereavement
• Jury duty
• Voting leave
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes.
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)

What This Job Offers

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