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Do you bring clarity and design perfection to every project you work on? Are you passionate about setting future digital trends through spanning multiple business priorities and web experiences?Microsoft Store Studio is looking for a Senior User Experience Designer that is excited about continually improving the customer journey across Microsoft.com. You will work with multiple partners across the Marketing and Consumer Business (MCB) organization, co-creating with the Experimentation & Personalization team to optimize the User Experience. This role will manage a team of internal creatives to lead the experience design, managing design and layout standards across our platform. This role will drive the next generation of designs for Microsoft.com Search and the Universal Header and Footer (UHF), our navigation system across all Microsoft sites. Our primary goal is elevating these experiences and driving consistency across the customer journey.At Microsoft, your work will be seen and experienced by millions of users every day.Key objectives:Define the web Information Architecture and standards while partnering closely with our MWF UX Lead to drive consistency and experience innovation across our MCB sites.
Leverage user research, customer insights, customer journeys, and data to enhance experiences
Partner closely with our MWF UX Lead to drive consistency and experience innovation across our MCB sites.
Plan and facilitate design thinking workshops across our partners to drive co-creation and adoption for MCB sites, providing thought leadership along the way.
Our Studio capabilities include brand and content strategy, design, UX, program management, research, and optimization – focused on making our customers the center of our design thinking.You will direct internal creative resources providing thought leadership and mentoring, so a passion here is a must have. We care passionately about the smallest details through each phase of the design process. To us, UX isn't just about visually designing a great experience, it goes beyond that thinking through the entire customer journey. Our proven record of designing and delivering innovative solutions is what our partners know and expect from us. The ideal candidate is a strong, dynamic personality who sees a set of design constraints as a challenge for creativity.This role is ideal if…You have experience with navigation paradigms and best-in-class Search results pagedesign.
You are a design thinker who looks holistically for solutions that span the entire customer journey.
You are fluent in best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design.
You effectively lead collaboration across teams; not just gathering business requirements but helping to define them.
You are passionate and knowledgeable about new and emerging design trends.
You are someone who is an empathic thought leader that is comfortable being authentic in your collaboration style.
ResponsibilitiesWorking with the Design Director, set the strategic design vision and tactical priorities for Search and UHF across Microsoft Consumer and Business site experiences.
Conduct assessments of existing Microsoft properties to translate customer needs into designnavigation and Search requirements.
Be able to jump from hands-on to guiding the work of our creative vendor teams.
Visualize your ideas through the creation of wireframes, design mocks, and prototypes.
Work across our internal Studio leads and organizational boundaries to define, manage and prioritize work.
You clearly communicate complex concepts across different audiences and varying levels of an organization.
QualificationsBachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 5+ years’ experience working in product or service design
OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, or related field AND 4+ years experience working in product or service design
OR equivalent experience (e.g., experience using design thinking to solve problems).
Online portfolio showcasing your best B2C and/or B2B work examples for web and mobile optimized applications.
Proficiency in tools such as Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams.
Experience working with the AEM platforma plus.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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