Job Title:  User Experience Designer

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 146110 - Piscataway, New Jersey, United States

Do you want to come to work with a smile and leave with one as well? In between those smiles, your day consists of working in a global organization, continually learning and collaborating, having stimulating discussions, and making impactful contributions!

If this is how you see your career, Colgate is the place to be! 

Our dependable household brands, dedicated employees, and sustainability commitments make us a company passionate about building a future to smile about for our employees, consumers, and surrounding communities. The pride in our brand fuels a workplace that encourages creative thinking, champions experimentation, and promotes authenticity which has contributed to our enduring success. 

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile...every single day.
 

The role:

This role is part of the User Experience team within the Global Information Technology organization responsible for designing digital products built by our product teams and will require both creativity and analytical capability.

What you will do

• Create visually appealing user-centered designs that meet user needs and drive business success
• Apply consistent design patterns, and create new patterns for reuse with senior input
• Proactively solicit feedback from stakeholders and the UX team to continuously improve deliverables
• Plan, coordinate, and conduct user research to guide product design decisions
• Optimize information architecture to promote usability, while accommodating technical needs/constraints
• Develop user flows and personas to facilitate feature design process
• Lead cross-functional design sessions for functional teams
• Articulate designs by putting them in the context of business and user goals
• Collaborate with other designers, product managers, and developers to create a consistent feedback loop within the
• product team
• Assist in the expansion of UX capabilities within the IT organization
• Support the execution of customer inquiries, helping to conduct sessions, analyze feedback and identify needs and
• insights
• Participate in design discussions and collaborative sessions with teams and stakeholders, offering and providing
• feedback on concepts and ideas
• Maintain an awareness of industry and UX trends.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Bachelor’s degree in Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Industrial Design, or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
• At least 2 years Minimum 2 years of industry experience
• Must work effectively in a team environment and be able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet
• accelerated timelines
• A portfolio of work demonstrating experience conducting research and designing for complex systems across multiple
• platforms
• Demonstrated skills in effective communication, execution, innovation, and planning/prioritization
• Proven expertise and commitment to knowledge management and mentoring others
• Prototyping tools (e.g. Figma/Sketch/XD)
• PowerPoint, Google Slides

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to solicit specific requirements from business users and express complex technical concepts in business terms
• Possess adequate leadership skills to lead and facilitate UX efforts
• Ability to conduct complex and interactive solutioning workshops
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Wireframing
• Miro
• Jira/Trello

Salary Range $68,880 - $113,400 USD

Pay is based on several non discriminatory factors including but not limited to experience, education, skills and office location. In addition to your salary, Colgate-Palmolive offers a performance based bonus and competitive benefits package.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Are you interested in working for Colgate-Palmolive? You can apply online and attach all relevant documents such as a cover letter and resume or CV. Applications received by e-mail are not considered in the selection process. Become part of our team. We look forward to your application.

Colgate-Palmolive is a leading global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition. Colgate sells its products in over 200 countries and territories around the world under such internationally recognized brand names as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, Tom’s of Maine, Sorriso, Speed Stick, Lady Speed Stick, Softsoap, Irish Spring, Protex, Sanex, Elta MD, PCA Skin, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Science Diet and Hill’s Prescription Diet. 

For more information about Colgate’s global business, visit the Company’s web site at http://www.colgatepalmolive.com. To learn more about Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures® oral health education program, please visit http://www.colgatebsbf.com. To learn more about Hill's and the Hill’s Food, Shelter & Love program please visit http://www.hillspet.com. To learn more about Tom’s of Maine  please visit  http://www.tomsofmaine.com.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please contact Application_Accommodation@colpal.com with the subject "Accommodation Request" should you require accommodation.