Lead Visual Systems Designer - Remote

8116 - Midtown Office - 2220 W. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23220

CarMax, the way your career should be!
As a Manager, Visual Systems Design, you'll lead efforts to establish the Design System that is the foundation for CarMax's brand-defining and industry-leading digital properties. You'll sweat the little details, focusing on every pixel to deliver new UI atoms, molecules and organisms that contribute to a much bigger whole, impacting how teams work and scale. Your strategic vision and leadership will enable and empower Product Teams across the organization to deliver customer experiences that are cohesive, recognizable, and reinforce the brand. You'll rely on user-centered design principles to produce high-quality visuals and component libraries-from concept to execution, remaining hands-on but continuing to act strategically as we grow our team. You'll lead working sessions with fellow designers and engineers to constantly refine the CarMax design language, and create innovative, quality products that people love to use.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Lead the design system vision for customer or associate segments across channels, touchpoints and platforms, i.e. Azure and SalesForce
• Advance the visual direction of the experience, including visual style, technical tooling, and design system scaling with input from product and development teams, as well as stakeholders
• Work across cross-disciplinary teams to provide thought leadership and establish a high-output, repeatable workflow that is deadline-driven, with meticulous attention to detail that enables component delivery at scale.
• Communicate solutions to stakeholders and executives in a manner that simplifies complexity, generates excitement and delivers on our strategic commitments
• Lead Design Language working sessions, partnering with Product Teams at every opportunity to enable adoption, seek input, and solicit contribution
• Define contribution to the UI Kit and Component Libraries that make it possible for Product Teams to build using the CarMax Design Language
• Mentor and train junior members of the design team on industry and CarMax design system best practices
• Stay current on all the tools, principles and practices in product design, prototyping and development, and drive for continuous improvement

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Experience designing intricate and cohesive visual design systems that contribute to a unified user experience across multiple customer touchpoints
• Good listener, and experienced with brainstorming techniques that help build consensus among a large, diverse group of stakeholders
• Collaborative and team-oriented work approach
• Solid understanding of user-centered design processes and ability to balance customer needs with business goals and metrics in developing solutions
• Ability to convert ideas quickly into design artifacts
• Experience with design tools that help translate ideas into working products, including, but not limited to: Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, and Keynote (Experience in Adobe After Effects and Lottie would be a plus, but not required)
• Experience designing and prototyping native app and web solutions for a range of screen sizes/resolutions and platforms: mobile, tablet, desktop, native, etc.
• Foundational understanding and experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) that inform your design decisions and partnership with front-end engineers
• Ability to perform design critiques and supply objective feedback to others
• Experience managing, training and mentoring others in design methodologies and best practices
• Experience with Agile development processes
• E-commerce experience a plu

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
• 5-7 years of experience within the fields of product, interaction and visual design
• BA/BS degree or equivalent practical work experience
• A link to an online portfolio showcasing your work (Include link on your resume) that demonstrates your experience creating elegant, thoughtful and comprehensive UI experiences

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Have an understanding of: front-end development best practices; Atomic design principles; user-centered design process; usability and user research methods; data analysis

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• Exceptional verbal, written, and listening skills are needed to (a) effectively work across teams, (b) listen and understand conflicting points of view on complex matters, (c) navigate through potential contentious situations that periodically occur in a system development process, and (d) communicate complex ideas.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

No out of the ordinary physical demands.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is inside a central heat and air-conditioned office building. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Work location is flexible if approved by the Company except that position may not be performed remotely from Hawaii or Colorado

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:

CarMax is committed to bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe, welcoming, and inclusive work environment.

CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, and any other characteristics protected by law.

Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.