UX Product Designer - Enterprise - Merchandising Tools

Target•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

The Global UX team at Target is comprised of design, content, research, and accessibility practitioners and experts dedicated to enhancing and innovating digital experiences for Target's guests, team members, and partners. This role is crucial for improving Target's digital experience by bringing ease, simplicity, value, and delight to every touchpoint. As a Product Designer on the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) team, you will be instrumental in shaping intuitive and efficient tools that support the product journey from concept to shelf. You will collaborate with Lead UX Designers and the Senior Manager, applying human-centered design practices throughout the entire process, from understanding user needs to creating and testing solutions that yield measurable results. This is a hands-on role for a designer focused on execution and evaluation, utilizing strong UX methodologies to transform user insights into elegant, usable experiences and ensuring the delivered tools effectively address the intended problems. You will also contribute to the advancement of UX practices at Target through influence, impact, and craft, and will be responsible for educating cross-functional teams as needed. The team is supportive, engaged, and committed to elevating the impact of the UX discipline.

Requirements

1+ years of relevant product design work or equivalent
Foundational skills in UX and product design, as well as structuring and planning work, and owning the design process
Demonstrated problem-solving, systems thinking, and collaboration skills
Ability to lean into problems and seek to understand the ‘why’ behind human behavior and their mindsets
Knowledge of effectively using data and insights to inform design decisions and communicate your approach
Proficiency in product design and prototyping tools (i.e., Figma)
Value outcomes and strive toward design that is welcoming, inspiring, and clear
Understand how design connects to, serves, and improves business outcomes
Exhibit a growth mindset

Responsibilities

Participate in the full design process, from early discovery and strategic approach to ideation, design, testing asset delivery and production with engineers
Take direction from and collaborate with senior designers
Collaborate with cross-functional working teams to deliver impactful business outcomes
Leverage insights, data and research to identify and pursue user-centric outcomes within your product space
Create design deliverables representative of the design process phase – such as journey maps, wireframes, user flows, UI design and prototypes
Investigate using both qualitative and quantitative research methods
Hold design work to a high standard of craft, including accessibility, user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design
Advance a culture of human-centered practice within UX, product, and engineering teams
Navigate complexity and ambiguity delivering impact for guests and the business