At The Bernard Group, we work to wow. As a visual merchandising company leading the retail industry in design and production, we come together as a team to win big for some of the most successful brands in the world. Since we’re an employee-owned company, we don’t just list our values, we live them, providing the highest-quality products and services day in and day out. And we do it all with sustainable materials carefully sourced from eco-friendly partners that support social change and community involvement. 

We are looking for an UI/UX Designer to join our Technology Enablement team! In this role, you will be responsible for innovating and improving the experiences for Smartpress (TBG's sister company) customers. You will execute and support multiple concurrent projects as well as owning the UI/UX for both external and internal web- based applications. You will play an integral role in optimizing the user’s experience by evolving the solution brand, workflows, user experiences and user interfaces while ensuring that all elements of the application’s user experience are optimized for improved usability, usefulness, and exceptional visual design.

A variety of these traits will help land you this job. If you have:

• a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Fine Arts, Engineering, Technology, or related field. Relevant work experience will be considered in lieu of educational background.
• Eeperience with interface design, research, and product development using Lean UX methods is highly preferred.
• expertise in screen design & navigation including web and mobile.
• experience in creating, implementing, and maintaining design systems and component libraries.
• the proven ability in creation of highly crafted user experience and visual design deliverables including wireframes, customer journeys, concepts, typography, color, information design and screen layouts.
• understanding and experience with front end development (HTML, CSS, and Javascript) skills.
• proficiency with prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, etc.
• a minimum of 4 years of experience in UI/UX Designer type Role including interaction and interface design for both web and mobile platforms in a corporate or agency environment.

On top of that you must:

• have the ability to multi-task, and quickly switch context between multiple teams and initiatives while bringing sense of urgency, and decisiveness while managing multiple overlapping tasks.
• obtain strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• be a team player with the ability to effectively collaborate with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• have strong attention to detail and a keen eye for esthetics.
• provide excellent communication skills and can clearly articulate your ideas, designs, and suggestions.
• have a continuous desire to learn and keep current with latest trends and best practices, along willingness to wear multiple hats from visual design, UX, and UI perspective.
• adapt to change in rapidly changing business environment, while leading with an agile mindset.

In this position, you will:

• work with personnel from both engineering and marketing on the conceptualization, development, conceptualization and maintenance of a comprehensive UI/UX design strategy for The Bernard Group as it relates to both its main B2C website and all supporting back-office web-based capabilities.
• work in an agile environment, ability to articulate and define deliverables, detail out user stories and work products for producing UI/UX related work products.
• use an iterative approach, improving experiences through insights gathered from analytics and user testing/feedback.
• produce high-quality UI/UX design solutions through wireframes, visual and graphic designs, flow diagrams, storyboards, site maps, mockups, prototypes and visual designs.
• test and measure effectiveness for UI elements such as CTAs, banners, page layouts, page designs, page flows, and target links for various web pages.
• creating user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, and user feedback.
• set and maintain style standards and visual design direction of B2C website and back office supporting web pages both used externally and internally.
• create high fidelity UI Visual designs.
• create and maintain style guides for both B2C and back office websites.
• create deliverables that account for a multiple of screen sizes and device capabilities.
• effectively collaborates with product, engineering, marketing, and management personnel.
• perform other duties as assigned by management.

To get hired at The Bernard Group, you MUST be:

• able to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing. Strong interpersonal skills including, demonstrated listening skills and the ability to present ideas and thoughts concisely and effectively both internally and outside the organization
• willing to admit when you make a mistake (it happens to the best of us)
• fiercely loyal to both our customers and teams
• trustworthy, reliable, and easy to get along with
• enthusiastic and eager to take on new challenges
• adaptable and willing to wear whatever hat gets the job done

TBG Overview:

• We're a 800-person visual merchandising company
• We are 100% employee-owned
• We offer a generous paid time off benefit that increases with tenure
• This is a full-time position in Chanhassen, MN

The Art of Teams at TBG:
We put a great amount of energy into building individual teams to handle the speed and details of retail. It’s the difference between average and being a world class service provider. 

If you have the talent to do this job, a passion for excellence and are interested in joining the TBG team, please complete the form on this page.

Thanks!
The Bernard Group, Inc.

The Bernard Group is an equal opportunity employer who celebrates diversity and who remains committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all employees.