Tapestry Hiring for Product Designer, UI at New York City, New York Full Time

Explore the possibilities across our global house of brands.

Defined by inclusivity rather than exclusivity, Tapestry embraces the exploration of individuality and invests in helping you grow personally and professionally. Every individual in our global house has the opportunity to make an impact, learn and be part of our growing and unique story.

At Tapestry, we have the freedom to express ourselves and run with our best ideas across Coach, Kate Spade New York, and Stuart Weitzman. We share a profound belief in both our individual and collective potential, and know that with hard work and dedication, anything is possible.

Job Title: Sr. Manager, UI/UX Design

Primary Purpose:

The Sr. Manager, UI/UX Design has strong visual design skills and is an expert in graphic design and interface design with responsibility for the delivery and output of quality and timely UI design deliverables including wireframes, supporting visuals, prototypes and comps.  Work with a team to deliver projects in a timely and efficient manner, consistent with the process and standards set in place both internally and externally across the business.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in UI/UX design to…

• Contribute to the execution of high-quality web design for all the business’s web properties under the direction of the Senior UX Leaders
• Design visually satisfying and compelling experiences for users, drawing on results from user research and workflow analysis
• Work closely with internal and third parties/vendors to develop designs that address business objectives
• Execute a strong vision for excellence in web design and work closely with stakeholders to create a unified, customer driven design direction
• Combine creative concepts and design with digital consumer technologies to create innovative site designs, marketing, presentations, and graphics for all projects
• Ideate, design, and prepare assets for projects
• Adhere to design standards and brand guidelines
• Manage the visual and interactive creative assets, as well as final solutions, and maintains assets within the design management system

The accomplished individual will possess…

• Strong visual design skills
• Fluency in a variety of design tools, web development languages, and technical considerations needed when designing
• Versed in HTML and familiar with CSS
• A portfolio that demonstrates systematic and creative thinking as well as a deep understanding of UI/UX best practices
• Expert understanding of typography, layout, color theory, and cropping of photography
• Ability to write simple copy within the designs
• Exceptional verbal, written, and presentation skills, with experience communicating complex ideas in a clear and simple manner
• Experience in usability testing and analysis
• Ability to balance multiple projects and efficiently organize work tasks to meet company goals
• Attention to detail with critical thinking and exceptional problem-solving skills
• Fluency in the Atlassian Suite, MS Office Suite, and Google Suite

An outstanding professional will have…

• 4+ years related work experience
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. #LI-AS1 Visit Tapestry, Inc. at http://www.tapestry.com/