Principal User Experience Designer

Posted:
8/20/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Nevada, United States ⋅ Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
UI/UX & Design

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Are you looking to be part of a world-class enterprise design team dedicated to crafting incredible user experiences? Would you like to drive impactful work that helps millions of people see and enjoy more of the world? Are you passionate about solving hard problems and creating order out of uncertainty? 

At Expedia Group, our mission is to power global travel for everyone, everywhere. Within the Expedia Group, the Experience Design organization (XD) is our global, cross-disciplinary team uniting user experience design, content design, and research to enable innovative, relevant, and cohesive experiences that serve the needs of all our travelers, partners, and agents. 

We’re looking for a motivated Principal UX Designer to help us envision and deliver delightful customer experiences. We work on a global scale for multiple brands, across devices and platforms, in a diverse and collaborative environment. 

What you’ll do:

  • You will develop, drive and teach best practice for problem framing work and synthesis of customer and business insights. 
  • Posess a deep understanding / expertise in human-centered design that pairs with a broader organizational view that influences business strategy and brings design thinking — and doing — down to earth for the entire company.
  • Identify both qualitative and quantitative insights of customer research and data and business analytics to drive design solutions. 
  • Champion simple, sophisticated experiences and hold the entire team — not just designers — accountable for quality.
  • Help Expedia Group employees understand and apply human-centered design to their work.
  • Represent our design organization both across Expedia Group and within the industry.
  • Contribute to our talent pipeline, up-level existing talent, improve team diversity and equity, and develop successors for your own position.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience; Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience, or related Design field or relevant experience is applicable.
  • Deep, modern understanding of design specializations (product design, user research, content design, service design).
  • Sophisticated skills in storytelling, presentation, and facilitation.
  • Expert in interaction and visual design, information architecture, and user research.

The total cash range for this position in New York is $238,500.00 to $334,000.00. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $381,500.00, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.

Starting pay for this role will vary based on multiple factors, including location, available budget, and an individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience.  Pay ranges may be modified in the future.

Expedia Group is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to support employees and their families, including medical/dental/vision, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program. To fuel each employee’s passion for travel, we offer a wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership. View our full list of benefits. 

About Expedia Group 

Expedia Group (NASDAQ: EXPE) powers travel for everyone, everywhere through our global platform. Driven by the core belief that travel is a force for good, we help people experience the world in new ways and build lasting connections. We provide industry-leading technology solutions to fuel partner growth and success, while facilitating memorable experiences for travelers. Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia®, Hotels.com®, Expedia® Partner Solutions, Vrbo®, trivago®, Orbitz®, Travelocity®, Hotwire®, Wotif®, ebookers®, CheapTickets®, Expedia Group™ Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert®, CarRentals.com™, and Expedia Cruises™.  

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Expedia

Website: https://www.expediagroup.com/

Headquarter Location: Seattle, Washington, United States

Employee Count: 5001-10000

Year Founded: 1996

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Post-IPO Debt

Industries: Reservations ⋅ Task Management ⋅ Ticketing ⋅ Transportation ⋅ Travel