UX Designer - Search & Recommendations

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits.

About Target:  

Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here. 

Target’s Global UX team is a group of design, content, research, and accessibility practitioners and experts, with a passion for improving and innovating our digital experiences for Target’s guests, team members, and partners. Here, we pride ourselves on designing tangible, inspiring, and impactful solutions that serve all aspects of our business– and being a part of the team means you will play a critical role for Target’s digital experience by increasing ease, simplicity, value, and delight for every touchpoint.   

About the role:   

As a UX Designer within our GUEST UX Team, you’ll be at the forefront of Target’s evolving digital experience, shaping it for our guests and contributing to business growth. The Search and Recommendations UX team designs experiences across Target’s digital touchpoints, including web, mobile web, and native apps. The team supports key shopping experiences such as Deals, Search Box, Product Listing Pages (PLP), and Wayfinding (External traffic), helping guests easily discover, navigate, and find the products and offers they need. In this role, you will contribute to creating intuitive, seamless, and engaging shopping experiences that improve product discovery and support Target’s business goals. 

As a member of the team, you will contribute to advancing the broader practice of UX at Target through influence, impact, and craft, while also educating cross-functional teams when needed. We are an engaged, supportive, and increasingly diverse team focused on elevating the impact of our discipline.  

Responsibilities: 

• Participate in the full design process, from early discovery and strategic approach to ideation, design, testing asset delivery and production with engineers 

• Take direction from and collaborate with senior designers  

• Collaborate with cross-functional working teams to deliver impactful business outcomes 

• Leverage insights, data and research to identify and pursue user-centric outcomes within your product space 

• Create design deliverables representative of the design process phase – such as journey maps, wireframes, user flows, UI design and prototypes 

• Investigate using both qualitative and quantitative research methods 

• Hold design work to a high standard of craft, including accessibility, user research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design 

• Advance a culture of human-centered practice within UX, product, and engineering teams 

• Navigate complexity and ambiguity delivering impact for guests and the business  

About you:   

• 1+ years of relevant product design work or equivalent  

• Foundational skills in UX and product design, as well as structuring and planning work, and owning the design process 

• You can demonstrate problem-solving, systems thinking, and collaboration skills 

• You lean into problems and seek to understand the ‘why’ behind human behavior and their mindsets 

• Have knowledge of effectively using data and insights to inform design decisions and communicate your approach 

• Proficiency in product design and prototyping tools (i.e., Figma) 

• You value outcomes and strive toward design that is welcoming, inspiring, and clear 

• You understand how design connects to, serves, and improves business outcomes 

• Exhibit a growth mindset

This position will operate as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the team member’s core role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location the role is assigned to and virtually, depending upon what your role, team and tasks require for that day. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location, unless otherwise prescribed by Target. Click here if you are curious to learn more about Minnesota. 

Benefits Eligibility

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.