**Position Summary**
AutoZone's **Experience Design (UI/UX) Manager** drives best-in-class, user-centered experience and design for cross-platforms, multi-devices by supporting key product team partners managing a team of designers providing competitive analysis and design research, product architecture, conceptual mockups, and prototypes, and delivering high-fidelity, production-ready comps.
The **Experience Design (UI/UX) Manager** will:
- Aim to pursue knowledge of best practices in the changing landscape of the digital retail space
- Seek evidence in problem statements and engineer solutions for functional, usable, and accessible products that bring purpose and value to the business and our customers
- Strategically & tactically drive design innovation and growth at AutoZone by supporting internal initiatives, coaching & mentoring team members, and influencing design through peer reviews and critiques
The **Experience Design (UI/UX) Manager** will strive to be ever curious about our customer's interaction with our product, to be lean and nimble focused on outcomes and optimal output, always have a team attitude, and be respectful as we fight for our users.
**Job Responsibilities
- Other duties may be assigned**:
- Work collaboratively with leadership, product, research, and tech leads to prioritize the overall design needs in a fast-paced Agile environment
- Review and participate in user research insights, both qualitative and quantitative, from the research and analytics teams and seek improvements for our customers with project partners
- Take ownership of projects, design work, and maintain availability to help and support designers to ensure the proper understanding of the design before, during, and after handoff
- Review competitive analysis and best practices with designers to provide insight into the consumer market, trends, and our customer needs as it applies to specific projects
- Effectively manage your team's time to ensure deadlines are met on time and within budget
- Leverage and govern the AutoZone Design System to guide functional and responsive UI components
- Seek feedback; lead and participate in peer design reviews and critiques to influence the direction of design deliverables for various projects and campaigns
- Help to define essential user journeys/experiences and functional requirements with a product team from a design perspective
- Presenting design work back to business stakeholders and advise on experience design best practices
- Work with digital agencies to support projects & activities to ensure experience design-related deliverables meet our quality standards and adhere to our brand guidelines
- Mentor and/or manage other designers. Provide guidance, support, and assess performance regularly and develop actions plans that support professional development and career progression as per AutoZone's career development framework
**Skills and requirements**:
- Level of formal education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Design, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
- Years of experience: 5+ years
- Type of experience:
- Experience leading design teams
- Experience with eCommerce
- Experience with UI/UX Design with a solid understanding of reusable patterns and Design Systems
- Strong portfolio, including relevant examples of UI and UX successes
- Strong understanding and experience with building designs for responsive and mobile environments
- Experience with Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, or Adobe CC. Optional experience with Validately, UserZoom, and Adobe Analytics
- Must have experience communicating with product owners, business stakeholders, SEO, Analytics, and Front-End development