Company Name: Kroger General Office
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Exempt

Manage team of digital experience designers. Possess a deep understanding of digital and continually research the latest design trends and their role in the retail environment. Understand the Kroger brand, and how to maximize its reach in digital. Partner closely with key stakeholders to design customer experiences that enhance brand awareness and drive sales. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Essential Job Functions

• Manage brand rules and standards for channel (as part of master brand)
• Lead ideation and concept work
• Serve as channel subject matter expert demonstrating knowledge on trends and best practices
• Lead digital experience designers and partner with key stakeholders to design customer experiences that enhance brand awareness and drive sales
• Set standards for the design processes that maximize efficiency and consistency
• Partner closely with digital experience planner to manage team workload and ensure that projects are delivered on-brand and on-schedule
• Plan and facilitate brainstorming activities with multi-disciplinary teams
• Create high and low fidelity prototypes
• Collaborate on digital experience, design concepts, storyboards and other creative assets to drive customer engagement and online sales
• Serve as an advocate for collaboration and assist other team members on assignments
• Apply standards from design systems and/or brand guidelines, and contribute to design systems
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Travel to local campuses and to attend company meetings
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Digital Design or related field
• Experience leading or mentoring design team
• Advanced skills using design and authoring tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate, Sketch
• In-depth understanding of digital design; knowledge of latest design trends and their role in the retail environment
• Ability to think creatively while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
• Portfolio demonstrating previous experience in digital design and problem-solving
• Ability to execute deliberate, data-driven design decisions

Desired Previous Experience/Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience in retail or related field

Education Level: Bachelor's Desired
Required Travel: Up to 25%
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
Regions: General Office- Cincinnati; Any; Mid-Atlantic; Midwest; Mountain; South; West

States: Ohio; Alabama; Alaska; American Samoa; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Federated States of Micronesia; Florida; Georgia; Guam; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Marshall Islands; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Northern Mariana Islands; Oklahoma; Oregon; Palau; Pennsylvania; Puerto Rico; Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; Virgin Islands; Virginia; Washington; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming
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Jobs at Kroger: At Kroger, we hire people who have a passion for helping others and who want to build a relationship with our Customers. No matter what stage of your career, you can build your future at Kroger. We look for people who want more, aspire to be more and work hard to achieve their goals. Our focus on keeping the Customer first is what makes us successful. As the largest traditional grocery chain in the U.S. and one of the world's largest retailers, we employee more nearly half a million Associates across 35 states. We offer many opportunities not only in our stores, but in Manufacturing, Logistics, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, and many other fields.

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: OH || Cincinnati || 1014 Vine Street || 45202 || Kroger General Office || [[mfield2]] || Creative; Marketing || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None