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