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Lead UX Product Designer / Prototyper
Target ⢠Minneapolis, United States of America đşđ¸
As a Lead UX Designer, you will build high-fidelity prototypes to test concepts and drive alignment while mentoring designers in prototyping practices. You will lead cross-functional design sprints and translate opportunities into experience models and service blueprints.
Responsibilities
- Build high-fidelity, multi-sensory prototypes to test concepts and drive alignment.
- Use rapid prototyping, testing, and signal gathering to evaluate desirability, feasibility, and directional impact of new experience concepts.
- Contribute to the evolution of Targetâs prototyping practice, exploring new tools, workflows, and methods.
- Mentor designers in prototyping practices, experimentation methods, and storytelling craft.
- Lead cross-functional design sprints that explore emerging behaviors, tech opportunities, and business possibilities.
- Translate fuzzy opportunities into experience models, service blueprints, and future-state journeys.
- Design with an eye toward scale, creating systems, patterns, and interaction models that can be extended across digital and omni-channel platforms.
- Partner with senior leaders across product, UX, marketing, and stores to shape strategy through design.
- Contribute to a strong design culture that values inclusivity, expressiveness, systems thinking, and guest-centered innovation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in UX, including several in a senior or lead capacity.
- Proven track record using prototyping to explore, align, and influence, with experience in tools and generative AI for design, development, and prototyping.
- Fluency in design systems, UX patterns, and modern interaction paradigms across devices.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills.
- Experience driving cross-functional efforts, co-leading with product and engineering, and helping teams align through ambiguity.
- Passion for inclusive design, accessibility, and delivering joyful experiences.
- Experience in motion design, animation, or sound design for interactive experiences.
- Familiarity with GenAI tools as part of the ideation or prototyping workflow.
- Background in service design or omni-channel experience strategy.
- Experience leading design sprints or early-stage product development in large orgs or startups.
Key Skills
- Experience in UX, including senior or lead capacity.
- Proven track record using prototyping tools and generative AI.
- Fluency in design systems, UX patterns, and modern interaction paradigms.
- Strong communication and storytelling skills.
- Experience driving cross-functional efforts and aligning through ambiguity.
- Passion for inclusive design and accessibility.
- Experience in motion design, animation, or sound design.
- Familiarity with GenAI tools.
- Background in service design or omni-channel experience strategy.
- Experience leading design sprints or early-stage product development.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits and programs including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and more.
- 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation.
- Opportunities for professional development and growth.
About Target
Target is one of the worldâs most recognized brands and one of Americaâs leading retailers. We make Target our guestsâ preferred shopping destination by offering outstanding value, inspiration, innovation and an exceptional guest experience that no other retailer can deliver. Target is committed to responsible corporate citizenship, ethical business practices, environmental stewardship and generous community support. Since 1946, we have given 5 percent of our profits back to our communities. Our goal is to work as one team to fulfill our unique brand promise to our guests, wherever and whenever they choose to shop. For more information, visit corporate.target.com. Beware of Hiring Scams: Target will never ask you to submit personal information via a text message for a position. Target will only ask you to apply for positions through corporate.target.com/careers, or Workday, our applicant tracking system.
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