Kroger is the nation’s largest grocer, committed to feeding the human spirit through innovative experiences. The PRODUCT DESIGNER will lead experience design efforts, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and champion user needs while balancing business outcomes.
Work on product teams focused on making great digital products that delight customers and internal users while driving the business
Serve as the user experience leader for an assigned product team
Support and participate in user research activities, including interviews, contextual observation and surveys ; use personas and other data to understand user problems, behaviors and goals; translate user insights into design problems
Focus on user problems, create journey maps, user flows, service blueprints, UX canvases, wireframes, or other artifacts that identify problems to solve through design
Lead discovery sessions, create sketches and other brainstorming artifacts to demonstrate divergent thinking
Create/design prototypes and communicate design decisions and test with users
Seek feedback on designs through usability testing, surveys, card sorting, and other evaluative research methods to ensure ideas work for users
Evaluate designs, review existing solutions to ensure they meet design standards and best practices, and make recommendations for improvements
Understand how design decisions impact the business, and balance user needs with desired business outcomes
Embrace Agile environment and be an advocate for customers and internal users, providing design solutions based in user-centered design, user research, and analytics
Apply standards from design systems and/or brand guidelines, and contribute to design systems
Create detailed artifacts, such as wireframes or storyboards to make sure stakeholders understand the design
Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree visual design, human-computer interaction, industrial design or related field; or relevant certification or equivalent work experience
Any experience on large-scale projects with demonstrated ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams, and to discuss and convey user experience principles and design strategy for stakeholders
Any experience working in an Agile software development environment
2+ years of experience as a UX professional designing web sites, web applications, native mobile apps or software
Portfolio demonstrating design activities, processes and deliverables
Excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss and convey design principles and strategy for stakeholders
Deep understanding of design best practices and the proper context to apply them
Ability to understand business objectives, direction and needs expressed from multiple inputs ranging from marketing, business and technical teams
Understanding of technology, and comfortable working within constraints
Working knowledge of Sketch, Invision, Adobe Illustrator or similar prototyping software
Familiarity with analytics tools, and how to interpret analytics and apply data insights
Preferred
Master's Degree
Benefits
A wide range of healthcare coverage, including affordable, comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage, through company plans or collective bargaining agreement plans.
Flexible scheduling in full- and part-time roles with paid time off, including holiday and sick pay based on eligibility and length of service.
Emotional and financial support with free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program and free, confidential financial tools and coaching with Goldman Sachs Ayco.
Valuable associate discounts on purchases, including food, travel, technology and so much more.
Up to $21,000 in tuition reimbursement over your career, through our industry-leading Continuing Education program.
Vast potential for growth, through an abundance of industry-leading training programs and diverse career pathways.
Kroger is a grocery retail store that provides a wide variety of product for customers and community.
