Senior User Experience Designer - (NYC and Wayne, NJ)

ToysRUs, Inc. is relentlessly striving to be the best toy and baby products retail company in the world. It has solidified its position by offering a differentiated shopping experience through its family of brands. Today, merchandise is sold in 856 ToysRUs and BabiesRUs stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Guam, and in more than 755 international stores. Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com aims to provide a world-class online shopping experience to attract and retain families who expect great products!

The Opportunity:

• Join a growing community of UX & Product Design practitioners dedicated to making buying toys and baby goods more than just a transaction but an exceptional and memorable experience that elevates the brand
• Help transform & optimize the Product Management practice within the Toys & Babies R Us organization
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team using agile design methodologies to deliver experiences across desktop, mobile and Apps

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop Insights Inform design thinking by analyzing online and offline customer behavior, audit competitor and comparative offerings, support usability testing
• Think & Inspire Help articulate a vision for meeting business and consumer needs and bring ideas to life using paper, whiteboards and digital tools
• Collaborate Work with Marketing and Merchandising groups in conjunction with your team of Product Managers, UX Designers, Front-End and Back-end Developers to iteratively design solutions to business-critical challenges
• Educate Make the organization and your peers smarter regarding design best practices, methodologies, tools and emerging trends

We're Looking for Someone Who:

• Has 5 -7+ years designing desktop, mobile or web applications
• Is experienced designing complex or transactional interfaces (e.g. Retail, Finance)
• Understands content strategy concepts (e.g. information architectures, taxonomies, ontologies and facets) and how they impact user experience design
• Is an analytical thinker who is adept at expressing themselves visually
• Has the ability to prioritize and transform insights and requirements into simple, intuitive user flows and interfaces
• Is proficient in one or more digital sketching and prototyping tools (e.g. Axure)
• Is opinionated yet humble and receptive to what others have to say
• Is a natural storyteller with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Has Sense of humor
• Work onsite in NYC but willing to traveling to our headquarters in Wayne, NJ on a limited basis

Why You'll Like Working at Toys R Us:

ToysRUs, Inc. fosters an environment that encourages collaboration and teamwork, is based on trust and respect for one another and draws on the diverse backgrounds of each and every team member. The company's work ethic is fun and fast-paced, making it a great place to work, grow and develop. Every team member in the RUs® family is a key contributor to the company's success and is encouraged to share new ideas to help us on our journey of being the best toy and baby product retail company in the world!