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Now Brewing – senior designer, digital products #tobeapartner From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. This critical role will be part of the Partner Experience Design team, responsible for designing and enhancing digital experiences used by Starbucks partners across stores and support organizations. The team collaborates closely with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to identify partner needs, define experience strategies, and deliver intuitive, scalable solutions. In addition, the team serves as a strategic partner throughout the product development lifecycle, ensuring partner-facing applications are human-centered, operationally effective, and aligned to both business and technology objectives. As a lead digital designer, you will… • Work independently on a product team focused on major employee-facing features (as described above) and communicate rationale, and background for design decisions. • Demonstrate ability to design for iOS, Android, and Web. • Demonstrate a deep expertise of the many facets of human-centered design and user experience spanning UX strategy, experience/interaction design, user research/assessment, prototyping, visual design, and user adoption. • Collaborate with product management to define features and how they map to customer and business need. • Prioritize your own work and contribute to the prioritization of team’s work and projects. • Work with other product designers to receive and provide constructive critiques. • Work with data scientists and user experience researchers to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of design work. • Collaborate to make recommendations on what data to collect. • Work quickly and effectively on multiple complex projects. Ships brand new features, bug fixes on existing features and small improvements in response to customer needs. • Design interactions for new features, applying existing design patterns and creating new ones across our platforms. • Serve as a mentor to other designers, supporting their growth and development. • Build and prototype designs using a variety of web front-end internal tools as well as native prototyping tools. • Demonstrate collaboration and innovation. • Demonstrate ability to work in a product organization, driving design from planning to release over multiple releases. • Work closely with developers to iterate to a point of functionality then to a point of pixel perfection. • Demonstrate strong visual design skill, especially in the construction of visual hierarchies on layouts, and attention to detail on typography, spacing, and colors. • Remain informed of the latest digital trends and process methodologies. • Demonstrate understanding of common front-end / UI technologies and an interest to learn more in this space. • Demonstrate ability to utilize Sketch or prototyping tools such as Principle or Framer. • Demonstrate ability to communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and design details verbally and in writing We’d love to hear from people with: • 4+ years experience of UX design for digital products • Meticulous attention to detail • Self-starter able to work in an agile environment with other disciplines in quick design loops • Experience designing for iOS • Familiarity with relevant front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/Javascript) and their affordances and limitations • 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. Join us and be part of something bigger. Apply today! As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire*, sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor’s degree through Arizona State University’s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, student loan management resources, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com. *If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation up to a maximum of 120 hours (190 in CA) for roles below director and 200 hours (316 in CA) for roles at director or above. For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above. The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. We believe we do our best work when we're together, which is why we're onsite four days a week. Join us and inspire with every cup. Apply today! Starbucks Coffee Company is an equal opportunity employer. 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. Starbucks Coffee Company is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at applicantaccommodation@starbucks.com or 1(888) 611-2258.

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Now Brewing – senior designer, digital products #tobeapartner
As a lead digital designer, you will…
Work independently on a product team focused on major employee-facing features (as described above) and communicate rationale, and background for design decisions.
Demonstrate ability to design for iOS, Android, and Web.
Demonstrate a deep expertise of the many facets of human-centered design and user experience spanning UX strategy, experience/interaction design, user research/assessment, prototyping, visual design, and user adoption.
Collaborate with product management to define features and how they map to customer and business need.
Prioritize your own work and contribute to the prioritization of team’s work and projects.
Work with other product designers to receive and provide constructive critiques.
Work with data scientists and user experience researchers to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of design work.
Collaborate to make recommendations on what data to collect.
Work quickly and effectively on multiple complex projects. Ships brand new features, bug fixes on existing features and small improvements in response to customer needs.
Design interactions for new features, applying existing design patterns and creating new ones across our platforms.
Serve as a mentor to other designers, supporting their growth and development.
Build and prototype designs using a variety of web front-end internal tools as well as native prototyping tools.
Demonstrate collaboration and innovation.
Demonstrate ability to work in a product organization, driving design from planning to release over multiple releases.
Work closely with developers to iterate to a point of functionality then to a point of pixel perfection.
Demonstrate strong visual design skill, especially in the construction of visual hierarchies on layouts, and attention to
detail on typography, spacing, and colors.
Remain informed of the latest digital trends and process methodologies.
Demonstrate understanding of common front-end / UI technologies and an interest to learn more in this space.
Demonstrate ability to utilize Sketch or prototyping tools such as Principle or Framer.
Demonstrate ability to communicate conceptual ideas, design rationale and design details verbally and in writing
4+ years experience of UX design for digital products

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