Job Description

Office Depot is a brand you've counted on since 1986 for your office supplies and business services, supported by a strong retail network and world-class technology platforms. As the business landscape continues to evolve, we are changing the way we look at our technology platforms to drive significant change in the way we do business. We're reinventing ourselves and making significant investments in our multi-billion-dollar digital platforms to drive growth in our range of B2B products & services. Apply today to be a part of this revolutionary change!

What You'll Do:

As a Lead UX Designer you will you lead the design of online solutions for business and consumer customers, engage with customers to know them more deeply, and collaborate with other designers to build holistic experiences. You'll be part of a centralized design & research team and will partner with others in software development and product leadership to bring those solutions to life.

Customer Advocacy - Consistently focuses attention on the user problem to be solved and helps other collaborators to align on customer/user problems. Seeks input from others but guides cross-functional team to final alignment.
Strategic Design Decisioning - Demonstrates ability to explore multiple, divergent solutions to a given problem; can offer variations that solve the problem given variety of constraints in technology, system or business. Can help others understand when constraints are in conflict with user needs.
Asset Development and Production - Quickly develops assets to express outcomes of research or collaboration (such as a summary document or presentation) or design (ranging from wireframes to diagrams to high-fidelity mockups or no-code prototypes as needed). Upholds appropriate use of components, usability of interaction design, and maintains clean document management. Is able to articulate intended design specification, including technical considerations that impact the UX.
Facilitation Techniques - Facilitates formal and informal techniques for alignment on problems, opportunities, solutions, and prioritization of work with cross-discipline groups. Experiments with practices to find the right set of tools for their projects and team. Seeks support from others as needed.
Research Methodologies - Swiftly able to articulate validation needs and produce basic, unbiased research methods to validate design work. Able to effectively use and align to generative research. Able to identify gaps in knowledge and articulate the risk to any project due to gaps.
Tool Mastery - Utilizes modern wire-framing and design tools (such as Figma, Sketch, Invision, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc) with ease and can adapt to tool changes as appropriate. Leverages efficiency of tools to ensure work can be produced at scale and has life beyond the due date.

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree Design, Fine Arts, Computer Science/Engineering or Equivalent Experience
6+ years of previous relevant experience in Web and mobile UX Design, Interaction design, service design, visual design, UX writing, voice design
Skills and Ability:
Builds collaborative relationships
Makes decisions using analytical thinking
Has relentless focus on customers; engages with them directly to bring their needs to the center of the design and build process.
Has impeccable attention to detail, from problem statement to pixels
Leverages modern design tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, etc) efficiently both for delivery and collaboration

Pay, Benefits & Work Schedule:
Office Depot and Office Max offers competitive salaries, a benefits package, which includes a 401(k) and more, along with plenty of opportunity to move and grow within our organization! For immediate consideration for this exciting position, please click the Apply Now button.

How To Apply:
Click the Apply Now button and follow the instructions on each page. When you have completed the application, click the submit button.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Office Depot and Office Max is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records City & County of San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

About Us

Back in 1986, Office Depot® OfficeMax® started with one single store located in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The vision: a place where customers could purchase office supplies in bulk for very low prices. Fast forward 30+ years, and here we stand - a multi-billion-dollar business leader with 1,300+ stores and a world-class website serving millions of valued customers around the globe. As we look to the future, we are focused on remaining a world leader in business services, office supplies and trusted support. Our goal: to find new and exciting ways to help our customers be the best they can be - and turn "business as usual" upside down.

About the Team

With an amazing team of approximately 38,000 associates, we have an incredible variety of roles in which you can help contribute to the success of an innovative, forward-looking, business leader. Where do you see yourself?
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