Principal, UX Designer

Walmart • San Bruno, CA

3d • $143,000 - $286,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Walmart’s Global Design organization 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. Focused on strategic, craft-based design, the team enhances 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)
• We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly.
• The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue 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

• 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
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company discounts
• Military Leave Pay
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
• Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.)

What This Job Offers

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