About the Role
This critical role will develop systems in collaboration with the design team, establish framework for design system documentation, and serve as a subject matter expert for designers, engineers, and product managers regarding the design system.
Responsibilities
- Define the core elements of the Starbucks Retail Design System, specifying UX, visual, interaction and motion elements as well as documenting behaviors and usage guidelines.
- Cultivate internal knowledge around the design system by serving as a subject matter expert to contributing teams who are building additions to the design system.
- Utilize collaborative leadership skills to facilitate the adoption of the design system and ensure the best outcome for stakeholders.
- Work within a product delivery team to understand the experience we are building for our partners, with the result used by every store partner in North America.
- Be comfortable thinking in terms of systems, connecting and making relationships across multiple teams and experiences.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience of UX design for digital products
- 3+ years experience designing products using a design system
- 1+ years experience overseeing the development or maintenance of a design system
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Self-starter able to work in an agile environment with other disciplines in quick design loops
- Experience mentoring other designers and giving actionable design feedback
- Experience leading cross-team efforts and collaborating with engineering, design and product management.
- Experience designing for iOS
- Familiarity with relevant front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/Javascript) and their affordances and limitations
- Solid communication skills, written and verbal
- Experience with design languages and human interface guidelines and are familiar with frameworks, components and patterns -- ideally as both a designer and system creator.
- Used to dealing with ambiguity and love solving ambitious problems in an agile, iterative manner.
- Strong knowledge of interaction and visual design as well as familiarity with information architecture.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and have experience aligning teams and stakeholders by persuasion and influence.
Skills
- UX design
- design system
- mentoring designers
- iOS design
- HTML/CSS/Javascript
- interaction design
- visual design
- information architecture
- communication skills
Experience Level
- 5+ years experience of UX design for digital products
- 3+ years experience designing products using a design system
- 1+ years experience overseeing the development or maintenance of a design system
About the Company
- Starbucks Coffee Company is an equal opportunity employer.
- Starbucks Coffee Company is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.
- If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at applicantaccommodation@starbucks.com or 1(888) 611-2258
