JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a full life cycle of systems and applications by working iteratively and playing a lead role on a balanced team, consisting of Product Managers and Software Engineers, to deliver incrementally while making progress towards valuable outcomes
• Organize and facilitate User Research initiatives across teams
• Drive User Centric Design practices consisting of end user’s needs, wants and limitations, being the focus at all stages of the Design and Product Development life cycles
• Lead Design Discovery & Framing by organizing research initiatives, pulling data from large datasets, driving ideation testing prototypes and providing valuable synthesis and recommendations to the key stakeholders and users at Kohl’s
• Develop visual identity systems, data visualizations, visual design, and illustrations for feedback and testing in order to drive adoptable outcomes
• Provide cross-functional Consulting and Collaboration, demonstrating leadership by helping the team and stakeholders navigate product vision, high-level business priorities and desired outcomes
• Initiate and lead Scopings, Inceptions, Kick-Offs and other workshops with other team members

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

• 3 to 5 years of relevant design experience
• BA/BS in relevant field of study or equivalent work experience
• Experience in User-Centered Design, closely collaborating with agile Software Developers/Product managers and contributing to successful products using Lean Startup and Agile methodologies
• Proven command of the role of design in relation to contemporary technology and modern software design
• Proficiency in at least one of the following design skills: User Research, Interaction Design, Visual Design or Service Design
• Experience seeking out and providing guidance to team to develop design skills and improve your practice
• Experience with web and/or mobile software development
• Ability to influence and help the team respond to customer’s context, pains and goals leading with user research and customer development techniques, while creating balance with the technical feasibility of concrete features
• Ability to analyze complex environments with technical, business, legal, industry compliance and people aspects, assisting with synthesizing a path forward
• Experience designing software in an iterative way while making demonstrable, incremental progress towards goals
• Thoughtful and influential communication skills with both technical and non-technical individuals; the ability to listen, articulate ideas and advocate best practices in both one-on-one and group settings, in both verbal and written form
• Experience with modern front-end systems and open source frameworks

PREFERRED

• Experience working independently with clients or stakeholders in a consulting capacity
• Experience designing complex multi-sided systems or enterprise software
• Active member of the design community