Lead Product Designer

Overview

Experience the possibilities of our progressive, omnichannel approach to beauty retail. At Ulta Beauty, our Marketing team is applying the latest technologies to personalize the buying experience of true beauty enthusiasts—in ways that surprise and delight. Building love and loyalty, one communication, one experience, one brilliant idea at a time. We represent the perfect blend of strategy and creativity. Of tactics and analytics. To make Ulta Beauty a brand guests will advocate for. Growing share of heart. Delivering with disciplined consistency. Whether your deepest passion is for design or content, strategy or data, or some combination of all things marketing, Ulta Beauty will provide significant latitude to explore your talents and passions, with opportunities to stretch and deepen, to grow and build. Truly, the possibilities are beautiful.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE

The Lead Product Designer is designer with extraordinary visual and user interface design skills, as well as user-centered design principals. They are a natural collaborator and an excellent communicator, able to develop and present design ideas in a large team environment. They will work closely with cross-functional teams such as Ecommerce, IT, Brand Marketing, Loyalty and third party partners. They have an affinity for consistency, color use, typography, and a keen eye for subtle details. While exercising a good eye for aesthetics, they are able to grasp and distill highly complex issues and translate them into clean, focused, understandable solutions. As a Lead team member on the team responsible for brainstorming concepts, sketching wireframes, prototyping mockups, participating in design/app critiques, refining design directions and finalizing design details. They will identify, document, and communicate design team progress, industry trends, and technical issues. Additionally, as a Lead team member, they will contribute to and help with building our vision and strategy for the Product Design Team.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY:

An extraordinary online design portfolioA great eye for detail, demonstrate creative and innovative problem solvingAbility to communicate design concepts through sketches and wireframesElevated taste level and innate ability to create unique, own design elements and experiences, with strong typography and layout hierarchy skills Solid understanding of user experience and interaction design across all digital platforms–how to craft an interaction that will intuitively lead a user through a flowAbility to create and continually push for a beautiful, innovative and immersive guest experienceContribute to, maintain, and evolve the design systemHighly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedulesMotivated, proactive, outgoing, and comfortable working in a loosely structured organizationAble to clearly communicate concepts and designs through sketches, wireframes, high fidelity comps, and prototypesExperience with Augmented Reality & Artificial IntelligencePerform quality assurance testing on existing and new features: QA/UAT Able to function independently and in a team environment with solid collaboration skillsExcellent written, verbal and presentation skillsEnthusiasm for an iterative design process, inspired by group critiqueA fundamental understanding of and desire to use data to evolve creative direction and proven ability to turn data into insights for designA passion for Ulta Beauty, its products, and its guests is a requirement

ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS

8-10+ years work experience with a focus on product design and UI across a variety of platforms including web and app (IOS & Android)Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Media Arts or similarAdvanced level skill with Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft SuiteWorking knowledge of technical frameworks including jQuery, JSON, Bootstrap and technical languages including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP a plusHands-on experience with agile methodologies Previous experience working in an e-commerce & financial tech environment is a plus

About

At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.