Michaels Stores is hiring : Staff User Designer in Irving

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The Staff Product Designer is responsible for creating user-centered experiences to support Michael’s digital touchpoints for our makers and our store team members (including websites, apps, and in-store experiences / solutions like self-checkout and point of sale). Through an advanced understanding of user-centered design principles and digital best practices, this role will effectively communicate solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Major Activities

Drive and execute multiple projects plans within a specific touchpoint

Collaborate with business owners of various systems / applications to balance priorities between feature creation and the user experience enhancements

Analyze business strategy, customer needs, and competitive learning to identify opportunities for continuous improvement

Provide a holistic perspective of the project planning process

Review and provide feedback on projects based on industry best practices in digital, e-comm and design

Use iterative and collaborative design techniques to transform new concepts to products by storyboards / sketches / wireframes / Prototypes

Contribute to Design Team standards and processes

Expertise in leveraging Design Team standards and processes

Identify areas of opportunity and lead work to enhance standards and processes

Collaboration and leadership

Collaborate and lead others within Design Team and across partner teams

Lead and participate in design reviews by sharing work and mentoring others

Lead and provide mentorship to Designers, including assigning and reviewing work

Determine the creation of project timelines and plans, and coordinate resources to accomplish them

Collaborate with, present to, and mentor peers and partners

Collaborate with Tech leadership

Present to peers, partners, and Tech leadership

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Minimum Special Certifications Or Technical Skills

Advanced experience in current design tools, i.e., Figma, Miro, Adobe Creative Suite) and advanced experience in collaboration tools i.e. JIRA, Confluence

Minimum Type Of Experience The Job Requires

6-7 years of design experience

Digital portfolio demonstrating strong understanding of design including design systems, style guides, and end-to-end project execution

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Education

MFA (Fine Arts) or MSA (Design)

Preferred Special Certifications Or Technical Skills

Certification from Nielson-Norman Interactive Design International, or other accredited program

4 years of experience working in Agile / Scrum development process

Experience with collaboration tools i.e., JIRA, Confluence

Preferred Type Of Experience The Job Requires

Experience conducting user research using various methodologies

Basic Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and / or JavaScript

Michaels is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are here for all Team Members and all customers to create, innovate and be better together. Michaels is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with this commitment, Michaels will assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if a reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the job, and / or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Customer Care at 1-800-642-4235 (1800-MICHAEL).

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