• Lead, coach, and develop a mid-sized team of Product Designers located across the US and UK • Establish "what good looks like" for design craft: UX quality, design systems contribution, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery discipline • Build and maintain a high-performing team through hiring, onboarding, and capability development • Own the design team's budget, headcount planning, and resource allocation • Support designer growth through active investment in career development, personal development planning, and relevant training opportunities • Own and evolve Raptor's design system, ensuring it scales to support both product and cross-functional use cases • Drive consistency across Raptor's product suite • Partner with Engineering and Product Management leadership to drive alignment on scope, sequencing, design readiness, and delivery commitments • Engage directly with customers and prospects to gather feedback, validate design decisions • Champion the adoption of AI-based design tools, workflows, and processes across the design team

Pay is based on several factors which vary based on position. These include labor markets and in some instances may include education, work experience and certifications. In addition to your pay, Target cares about and invests in you as a team member, so that you can take care of yourself and your family. Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more, to help you and your family take care of your whole selves. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k), employee discount, short term disability, long term disability, paid sick leave, paid national holidays, and paid vacation. Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at https://corporate.target.com/careers/benefits . About Target : Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. Learn more about Target here . Target UX is a group of design, content, research, and accessibility practitioners and experts, with a passion for improving and innovating our digital experiences for Target’s guests, team members, and partners. Here, we pride ourselves on designing tangible, inspiring, and impactful solutions that serve all aspects of our business– and being a part of the team means you will play a critical role for Target’s digital experience by increasing ease, simplicity, value, and delight for every touchpoint. About the role : As a Lead UX Designer for Roundel in our Gu e st UX ( G UX) team , you are at the forefront of Target’s evolving digital and ad tech experience—shaping the AI-powered campaign workflows our partners and team members use to create, manage, and measure media experiences powered by Roundel . From deepening relationships through personalized shopping experiences to evolving advertising and monetization, Guest UX plays a critical role in delivering value and driving business growth for our partners and with our guests . As a Lead UX Designer, you’ll help define experience strategy, drive complex initiatives forward, and ensure every solution delivers both for the guest and the business. You’ll collaborate deeply across product, engineering, and marketing partners, while mentoring other designers and advocating for best-in-class user-centered design. Responsibilities : Create UX patterns that clarify why campaigns perform, how ads are delivered, and which signals drive optimizations Translate high-level product vision into detailed workflow models for advertisers, operators, and measurement users Define UX north stars and experience blueprints for critical user journeys and surfaces, including campaign setup, optimization, and insights Lead end-to-end UX for ad-tech features: campaign planning, forecasting, targeting, bidding, creative approvals, reportin g Translate decisioning logic (such ML ranking, relevance models, budget optimization algorithms) into explainable UI surfaces Represent complex mechanics (auction behavior, pacing, spend forecasts) through insights, notifications, and visualizations a marketer can understand Leverage your influence to champion user-centric outcomes within and across product experiences Partner with engineering to map dependencies (e.g., logging, ML-driven optimization surfaces, inventory systems). Proactively identify UX risks in campaign management or measurement areas and propose alternative design paths. Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering growth in craft and critical thinking. Investigate using both qualitative and quantitative research methods Set a high standard for design craft—ensuring accessibility, usability, clear information architecture, thoughtful interaction design, and polished visual execution Promote and advance a culture of human-centered design across UX, product, and engineering Build a network of relationships to enable your vision in service of enterprise experience s and tools and Target as a whole About you: 7 + years' experience as a product designer with a strong portfolio showcasing successful product design and ad tech expertise You thrive at the intersection of design strategy, scaled solutions, and craft Expert skills in UX and product design, as well as structuring and planning work, and owning the design process Advanced proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma). Advanced strategic problem-solving, systems thinking, and collaboration skills Proven ability to effectively use data and insights to set your direction and communicate your approach Skilled at balancing near-term delivery with long-term vision You are an expert in communicating how design connects to, serves, and improves business outcomes Comfortable exploring and using emerging AI-powered tools to support the design process, with curiosity around its evolving role in UX practice Exhibit a growth mindset and a passion for evolving your practice and the broader UX discipline Benefits Eligibility Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) In compliance with state and federal laws, Target will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please reach out to candidate.accommodations@HRHelp.Target.com. Non-accommodation-related requests, such as application follow-ups or technical issues, will not be addressed through this channel.

• Apply user-centered design (UCD) principles to develop intuitive workflows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI designs across web, mobile, and mission-system interfaces. • Leverage AI-powered design tools and workflows to accelerate prototyping, generate design variations, and improve efficiency across the design lifecycle; stay current on emerging AI capabilities and integrate them into day-to-day work. • Create dynamic, functional prototypes using tools such as Figma, Axure, or Adobe Aero to visualize and test interface concepts at varying fidelities. • Use and contribute to Knowmadics’ design system and component library, ensuring visual consistency across products and platforms. • Design across a range of interface paradigms including traditional web and mobile UIs, data visualization dashboards, and emerging interface concepts as program needs evolve. • Participate in and support user research activities including heuristic evaluations, field observations, and structured interviews with end users and subject matter experts. • Participate in and support discussions with users and stakeholders to gather feedback on UI/UX concepts and prototypes and synthesize insights to inform iterative design improvements. • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, and stakeholders to translate user and business needs into clear design solutions. • Present design concepts, rationale, and findings to internal teams and external stakeholders in a clear and professional manner. • Work across multiple products and programs, supporting the 360 Aware platform or Applied Research efforts based on team priorities. • Adapt quickly to different product contexts, levels of maturity, and problem spaces. • Coordinate design tasks by preparing clear design briefs and annotated assets to enable effective handoffs, and provide structured feedback to ensure alignment across contributors. • Maintain organized shared assets and documentation in Figma and Confluence to support distributed collaboration. • Support applied R&D program deliverables as needed, including prototypes, demonstrations, and customer-facing materials. • Work iteratively with engineering teams to ensure design feasibility and consistency during implementation. • Contribute to Jira task tracking and participate in agile workflows across assigned programs. • Identify opportunities to document or publish design findings when relevant to program goals.

This role involves providing instruction for undergraduate students in MICA’s new online Bachelor of Design: User Experience Design program, which is launching in Fall of 2026. Develop and maintain an engaging asynchronous online learning environment via Canvas. Provide core instruction to satisfy primary learning objectives of the assigned course(s). Provide written or video-recorded feedback on student assignments within 48 hours of submission.