Senior UX Designer

<p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>&#xa0;</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color:indianred"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Work Location Type:&#xa0;</strong></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12.0px;color:indianred"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Remote</strong></strong></strong></strong></span></span><span style="color:indianred">&#xa0;<span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&#xa0;</span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px;color:indianred"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Req Number 323072</span></span></p> <p><span style="color:indianred"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">About Grainger:</span></span></strong></span></p> <p>&#xa0;</p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working&#xae; by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of &#x24;17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment,<a href="http://Zoro.com">&#x202f;Zoro.com</a>&#x202f;offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and<a href="http://MonotaRO.com">&#x202f;MonotaRO.com</a>&#x202f;offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit<a href="http://www.grainger.com">&#x202f;www.grainger.com.&#x202f;&#xa0;</a></span></span></p> <p>&#xa0;</p> <p>&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px">&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px">&#xa0;</p> <p><span style="color:#b22222"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>&#xa0;<span style="color:indianred">Compensation</span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is&#xa0;&#x24;101,300.00&#xa0; to&#xa0;&#x24;168,900.00.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&#xa0; </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="color:indianred"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Rewards and Benefits:</strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members&apos; individual needs, including:</span></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:11.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.</span></span></li> <li style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.</span></span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">For additional information and details regarding Grainger&#x2019;s benefits, please click on the link below:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify">&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a style="color:#467886;text-decoration:underline" href="https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire">https://experience100.ehr.com/grainger/Home/Tools-Resources/Key-Resources/New-Hire</a></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify">&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation.&#xa0; The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.&#xa0;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.&#xa0;&#xa0;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify">&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin-bottom:11.0px;text-align:justify">&#xa0;</p> <p>&#xa0;</p><p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong><span style="color:#b92222">Position Details:</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Senior User Experience Designer uses interaction design and research skills to design Grainger&apos;s mobile iOS application used to aid field team members in doing their work.&#xa0; This role will report to the Director, UX Design for KeepStock. We are open to virtual or hybrid for this position.</span></p> <p style="margin:9.0pt 0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">&#xa0;</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#b92222;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>You Will:</strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Work with Product Managers, Engineers, and User Interface Designers to design user experiences for Grainger&apos;s internal customers </span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Work with other UX and UI Designers to align patterns and priorities</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Create early-stage concepts to facilitate discussion, feedback, and agreement</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Facilitate discussions with users and partners to determine experience needs</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Translate requirements and user needs into tangible interaction designs through detailed user flows and annotated wireframes</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Understand technical and business constraints and scale designs for iterative release, ensuring user needs are met in each iteration</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Evaluate current experiences and provide recommendations for improvement</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Communicate design decisions, rationale, and direction when presenting work</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Develop detailed documentation for design standards</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Conduct user research, user testing, and secondary research</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">&#xa0;</p> <p style="margin:1.5pt 0.0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif">&#xa0;</p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="color:#b92222;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"><strong>You Have:</strong></span></p> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" type="disc"> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3+ years of demonstrated UX experience working with Agile product teams</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Formal education in Human Centered Design, Design Methods, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) or related field, or equivalent experience</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">An understanding of design, usability, and research principles and best practices</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience designing for native mobile (iOS and Android) applications</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Experience using and contributing to pattern libraries and design systems</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Proficiency in common wireframing, design, and testing tools</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Work samples that show how you break down complexity, empathize with the user, and balance user needs, requirements, and technical considerations</span></li> <li style="line-height:normal;margin-top:0.0in;margin-right:0.0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Prior experience with eCommerce, inventory management, or physical product UI is a plus</span></li> </ul><p>&#xa0;</p> <p><em><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&#xa0;We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.</span></span></em></p> <p style="margin-bottom:12.0px;margin-top:12.0px">&#xa0;</p> <p><em><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">We are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment that includes both providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the application and hiring process as well as throughout the course of one&#x2019;s employment, should you need a reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, including, but not limited to use of our website, any part of the application, interview or hiring process, please advise us so that we can provide appropriate assistance.</span></span></em></p>