Designer - Retail Design System

Designer, Retail Design Systems (Reporting to Retail Design Systems Lead)Summary DescriptionA Designer in the Retail Design Systems team collaborates with creative and technical disciplines to develop thoughtful and beautiful design systems that support Retail e-commerce purchase flows, transactional email communications, and the Store App platform. This hands-on design role helps ensuring a holistic approach is deliberately applied across platform typography, iconography, forms, and interface elements by balancing creativity and rationality. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of branding principles, style guides, and product design; an elegant design aesthetic, with exceptional attention to detail; Photoshop and Sketch expertise, with working knowledge of HTML and CSS, or iOS; and a strong understanding of branding principles, style guides, and product design.Responsibilities Systematic Designer- Audit current implementations, and identify potential areas for simplification and improved consistency.- Create holistic, elegant design systems with a high degree of polish and attention to detail.- Design with flexibility in mind, ensuring designs are accessible and adaptive to varying workflows, viewports, technologies, and locales.- Stress test designs across all possible variations, and refine as needed. - Create prototypes to convey states, transitions, and/or behaviors.- Prepare design files for final documentation. Ensure layout, typography, and specs are pixel perfect.- Communicate flexibilities and/or limitations to both designers and development, as needed. Collaborator- Work closely with the Retail Sr Art Director to understand design direction and priorities.-Collaborate with Art Directors and project teams to explore and iterate on design options.- Consult with technical disciplines to ensure designs work within given limitations, and files are prepared with all necessary information to support the design intent.- Promote thoughtful and purposeful design, rather than an enforcement of rules.- Help define and/or improve how teams collaborate and leverage existing tools.Presenter- Help determine the best medium and optimize design files for creative review- be it print, onscreen visuals, prototype, or code. - Help create presentation flows that establish and build on a foundation of design rationale.- Clearly articulate design rationale and any applicable limitations.- Participate in healthy debates to ensure design systems are as robust and considered as possible.Qualities- Keen interest in strengthening brand identity through a balance of consistency and flexibility. - Proficiency in the formal elements of design, with a strong focus on typography, balance, and proportion. - Systematic thinker; able to anticipate the impact of design decisions well in advance of their application. - Excellent digital file structure and asset management skills. - Passion for pixel-perfection and order. Unparalleled attention to detail. - Ability to articulate ideas verbally and digitally; be clearly understood by creative, project management, and development staff. - Ability to deliver strong design rationale and supporting files in a tight timeframe. - Ability to thrive in a challenging, fast-paced, creative workplace.Required Skills and Experience- A minimum of 3 years experience in product design (including web, mobile or app design), defining or extending design systems, and/or working within a brand's strict style guidelines. - Photoshop and Sketch expertise, including file organization and preparation of pixel-perfect files for design team use. - Clear communication and presentation skills that speak to both creative and technical audiences. - Experience in e-commerce, with a strong understanding of HTML and CSS; or app design, with a strong familiarity with iOS and Human Interface Guidelines. - Preferred: UX and/or UI experience. - Preferred: Acuity in iconography. - Preferred: Working knowledge of Principle.- Preferred: BA or BFA in Graphic Design (or equivalent).