https://read.cv/open-roles/rayon-senior-product-designer-p8mYorL1q540tzmwaZUC

Entrance of IKEA offices featuring design icons of 22/23 with a huge watering can.

UX Manager at IKEA. Formerly at Above, Sony and Teague. Views my own. Also on https://t.co/vVBtNVj7bH

Bilgi Karan (@machineError) on X

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Job Description: We are on a journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data, and technology together. This transformation is an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing retailer in the future. To achieve this, we need passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a substantial impact. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together, we can do great things!&nbsp;About the Role&nbsp;You will lead a team of highly talented UX Designers within Retail Concept Operations. Your position will be named Competence Hub Development Manager internally, this is a brand-new role, and your task is to lead and inspire a team who design beautiful, effective, and user-centric experiences that impact over 200,000 co-workers across the globe, as well as billions of customers.&nbsp;Through your leadership, you will inform and guide on the IKEA Concept and what IKEA stands for, ensuring your team’s digital touchpoint upholds the brand’s integrity.&nbsp;Responsibilities&nbsp;Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of UX designers to achieve exceptional design outcomes.&nbsp;Oversee the creation of visually stunning interfaces that consider technical limitations.&nbsp;Be hands-on and lead by example in creating the very best user experiences.&nbsp;Foster an environment that encourages innovation and embraces change.&nbsp;Build and maintain trusting relationships and long-term partnerships with stakeholders at all levels.&nbsp;Ensure the team is consistently delivering high-quality work that aligns with IKEA’s digital strategy.&nbsp;Advocate for user-centered design principles and ensure they are integrated into all design processes.&nbsp;Job Description&nbsp;We are the team that delivers the operational capabilities needed for the Retail Concept Business of IKEA as a franchisor. We are a group of highly entrepreneurial IKEA enthusiasts that provide modern solutions, tools, and frameworks to all of IKEA, elevating and harmonizing the global digital footprint of this iconic home furnishing retailer.&nbsp;Our responsibilities span the breadth of digital experiences and technical enablers across retail experiences, brand and marketing, learning and development. This includes IKEA.com, IKEA.net, Digital Design System, Digital Retail Guidance, IKEA Knowledge Graph, Learning Solutions, Digital Optimization, Digital Retail Solutions in Stores, Modular Content, and more.&nbsp;With IKEA’s 80-year legacy as a home furnishing retailer, we have accumulated a remarkable body of wisdom. Now, we are on a journey to make this ever-evolving wisdom easily findable, searchable, friendly, and impactful.&nbsp;About You&nbsp;We want individuals who take the responsibility of serving every co-worker seriously, with a clear understanding of the scale towards billions of customers who should always look forward to their next visit to IKEA.&nbsp;You garner respect by your mastery in your craft as a former designer as well as your ability to guide designers with compassion. You are motivated by bringing out the very best in others, through effective coaching, mentoring and hands-on leadership style.&nbsp;You are extremely passionate about the growth of your team and possess a very high entrepreneurial spirit. You love solving problems rather than falling in love with solutions. Your service-minded attitude towards user outcomes is crucial, especially considering the impact your solutions will have on our 12 franchisees across 60 markets.&nbsp;Key Skills and Experience&nbsp;Leadership experience and outstanding communication skills – both written and verbal.&nbsp;People management experience is preferable but not essential.&nbsp;Extensive experience in UX design with a solid portfolio that demonstrates the ability to design beautiful and impactful experiences.&nbsp;Advanced proficiency in Figma or similar design tools.&nbsp;Adept at creating journey maps, experience flows, wireframes, and usability testing.&nbsp;Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down complex information and present it in a clear, engaging manner.&nbsp;Exceptional English language skills, with the ability to cater to non-native audiences through compelling storytelling.&nbsp;In-depth knowledge of web technologies and web design.&nbsp;Experience working for, or with, an IKEA company is preferable, or a strong passion for the home furnishing business.&nbsp;Proven ability to facilitate workshops that produce tangible results and create lasting impact.&nbsp;Hands-on experience with digital accessibility and inclusive design principles.&nbsp;Deep understanding of the operational complexity of a company the size of IKEA.&nbsp;    Additional Information: This role is full-time and based in Malmö or Delft. It sits in the Digital Capability Area of Retail Concept Operations and reports to the UX Manager.&nbsp;At IKEA, we are looking for people who believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. You’re welcome no matter where you come from, what you believe, and what you look like. We don’t even care how you have furnished your home. We’re interested in you simply because you’re you. Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We believe that people’s different perspectives, backgrounds, and personalities make us better at understanding our customers dreams and needs. At IKEA, we’re all on the same project. &nbsp;   &nbsp;  If you have a special need that requires accommodation in the recruitment process, just let us know. &nbsp;Interested? Submit your CV in English by January 21st, 2024. Applications with portfolios or work examples will be prioritized.For questions about the recruitment process, please connect with chris.ellis@inter.ikea.com.&nbsp;

UX Team Manager | Competence Hub Development Manager

Bluesky

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Before you continue to YouTube

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSdoVPM5Wnndt8dMKPFlo4MnwGLiAopXo&si=Hyf21mjJfx__R9xS

Wearable concept with three parts. Pen, eyepiece and smart watch,

A colorful sketch for my passion project carefulinnovation.org website.

Last week marked one year at Microsoft for me, and what an unexpected adventure it’s been! I thought I was coming in to lead a a stable of popular, but well-trodden web properties, and I ended up getting to work …

One year at Microsoft » Mike Industries

https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2024/01/one-year-at-microsoft

Company Description: We are on the journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data & technology together - an enabler for IKEA to become an even better home furnishing retailer in the future. A journey that needs passionate people who embrace change, dare to question, and want to make a difference. If that sounds like you, come and join us. Together, we can do great things! &nbsp;  Job Description: We are the team that delivers the digital capabilities needed to Retail Concept Business of IKEA as a franchisor. We are a group of highly entrepreneurial IKEA enthusiasts that provide modern solutions, tools, and frames to all of IKEA to elevate and harmonize the global digital footprint of this iconic home furnishing retailer. It means that we are responsible for the digital experiences and technical enablers across retail experiences, brand & marketing, learning and development which covers IKEA.com, IKEA.net, Skapa, Visa, Knowledge Graph, Learning Solutions, SEO, Domain, and Modular Content.&nbsp;&nbsp;IKEA, in its 80 year-long experience as a home furnishing retailer, accumulated a remarkable body of wisdom. Now, we are on a journey to make this ever-evolving wisdom easily findable, searchable, friendly, and impactful.&nbsp;About the job&nbsp;In this job, you will be designing co-worker experiences and tools that deliver towards IKEA Strategic Landscape in close collaboration with developers, content specialist, Product Leaders and more. You will be enabling every IKEA co-worker around the globe (there is more than 200 000 of them) to access any piece of information they need, on the spot, whenever and wherever they might need it.&nbsp;&nbsp;About you&nbsp;Each time a customer meets IKEA at any customer meeting point, that meeting represents IKEA as a whole. We want a people that can take the responsibility of serving every co-worker seriously and with the understanding of scale towards the billions of customers who should always look forward to their next visit to IKEA.&nbsp;We want you to be extremely passionate about co-worker happiness and to be able to achieve that, have a very high entrepreneurial spirit. Falling in love with problems and not solutions is a major success factor for this job. Our 12 franchisees across 60 markets are depending on the solutions you will create. So, being service minded about user outcomes is a must. We expect you also to be passionate about efficiency. Imagine every co-worker wasting 1 minute looking for information. That is 200 000 minutes or 138 days in total!&nbsp;To be successful in this role, the following knowledge, skills, and experiences would be valuable:&nbsp;A naturally empathetic mind that can combine analytical and emotional that allows you to break down complex information, organise it, and present it in a clear and engaging way. &nbsp;In-depth and demonstrable experience in Figma.&nbsp;Proficient English language skills with the ability to cater to non-native audiences with storytelling skills.&nbsp;Knowledge and proficiency about web technologies and web design.&nbsp;Experience working for, or with, an IKEA company. Alternatively, a great passion for IKEA and home furnishing business.&nbsp;A solid portfolio that demonstrates your ability to design impactful experiences.&nbsp;The ability to build trusting relationships and long-term partnerships with stakeholders at all levels.  &nbsp;Being able to create journey maps, experience flows, wireframes are natural expectations for this job as well as data literacy and digital UX patterns.&nbsp;Workshop facilitation in a way that creates lasting impact and can produce tangible results.&nbsp;Hands-on experience with Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design.&nbsp;Awareness about the complexity of the operations of a company like IKEA.&nbsp;    Additional Information: This role is full-time and based in Malmö. It sits in the Digital Capability Area of Retail Concept and reports to UX Manager.&nbsp;We always recruit based on values, competence, potential and diversity. We will prioritize co-workers employed in Inter IKEA Systems BV, Inter IKEA Services BV, Inter IKEA Systems Service AB, and Inter IKEA.&nbsp;Interested? Submit your CV, in English, by April 26th 2024. Applications with portfolios will be prioritised. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please connect with jamila.harmal2@inter.ikea.com

UX Designer

Historic venue for the Hatch Conference in Berlin.

Hey folks, we are looking for our next Senior Product Designer!
If anyone out there wants to help us craft Rayon (essentially a Figma for architects), ping us. 
Job posting right here -> https://read.cv/open-roles/rayon-senior-product-designer-p8mYorL1q540tzmwaZUC

If anyone is curious how the entrance at the headquarters of IKEA looks like… 🫶

My portfolio update post went viral on Xwitter and I don’t know what one does in such a situation. Funny that I consider Posts a safe and cozy community that I can come here and tell you all about my 15 seconds of fame. 🥹

For those of you who prefer, I’m also on X as machineerror. https://x.com/machineerror?s=21&t=hQAXuCZiK0GgvatN_dWFbA

Finally updated carefulinnovation.org in the way that I wanted! 🥹 Not perfect but I'll keep working on it.

I'm hiring a UX Team Manager :)

If you want to work at IKEA, this is your chance. We will be hiring hybrid either in Malmö (Sweden) or Delft (the Netherlands) leading a stellar team that works with products and channels that serve the franchisees. https://smrtr.io/ppV_G

Prompting is not a “skill.” It is simply a usability burden until better alternatives come along.

Since this place is winding down 😔, anyone who wants to keep in touch can connect at https://bsky.app/profile/bilgi.bsky.social

Look what the team cooked up! 2024 in a nutshell for IKEA. :) You can see it in action with delightful micro-interactions on IKEA dot com.

“I so much want a more expensive, slightly thinner iPad that destroys all known creative tools” said no one ever.

Experimenting with a new metaphor for carefulinnovation.org

Could not help myself and added a custom cursor to my website. Sorry not sorry. Thanks framer.

I managed to get my hands on one of the rarest artifacts on earth, the Ikea Varmblixt 🍩

Y’all, I joined the “open to work” club unexpectedly today (along with a bunch of other brilliant people from Spotify). I’m a dope content designer and I know I can do amazing work at a dope company.

Kinda crazy how the most important news in the world is just a hyperlink away and I will still choose to doomscroll twitter and tiktok. But fr super super cool product Rahul. This is awesome.

It’s shocking how quickly AI generated images  made it from “fascinating” to “cheesy.”

Noticing that each channel had its own purpose. I’m also on https://bsky.app/profile/bilgi.bsky.social 🦋

Any design students out there? I’m curious whether any schools banned or restricted the use of Gen AI for projects.

For anyone who wants to connect on LinkedIn, please add Posts or Read.cv on your invite and I promise to accept invitations. I loved this place and its vibe. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilgikaran

Been binging on Memory Tapes from Daft Punk and each one is gold. That duo was the Apple of music with their perfectionism. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSdoVPM5Wnndt8dMKPFlo4MnwGLiAopXo&si=Hyf21mjJfx__R9xS

Reminder to job seekers to write good cover letters if they really want a particular position. I read them if I find a profile interesting.

What’s on my mind? The babies that were born when iPhone was first released are getting their drivers licenses soon. That’s what.

I found this while looking through the archives. A UI pattern to zoom and pan with one hand. 🤚 From 2012.

Still can’t believe this place is shutting down. 🥺

Genuine question... I'm about to start hiring a designer. I hear so many negative recruitment stories. What should avoid doing as a hiring manager during the process? 

(Disclaimer: This is not my first hire by far but I'm always willing to learn)

Playful dots. Frame by frame animation on Procreate. Love the zen this gives me while creating.

New experiment in progress... 🙌 What if you could find music as easily as tuning an FM radio? Hope you like it. 🥹 (Sound on if you want to hear it)

I designed this 22 years ago. Whew.

Let me know if y'all want to see more.

Sent out a bunch of applications today and feels kind of like I'm flying a bunch of paper airplanes into a tornado but hopefully at least one works out lol 

If anyone knows of companies hiring early next year LMK

At the end of a critique session, one of my fav designers in the team said: “This was like a mini MBA in under 30 mins.” Made my day.

I can't believe this can run in real time on my 2 year old laptop without the fan going. Gotta love Spline. 

(Everything in this cheesy scene modeled from scratch and the left glass is made with the new Shape Layer feature, right glass with deforming meshes)

OK. One more.
This is one of the IKEA offices in Sweden. 🤓 
(this time I added a curious and enthusiastic coworker)
(and yes, there are that super many solar panels on the roof)

I really like this community. Cozy, warm and friendly. I know that behind almost everything I see here, there is an original creative mind. Thank you all for this year and especially @andy for making it happen. 🤗

I felt very privileged today watching both Apple and Microsoft join us and talk about A11y to our company. Remember your users who need more independence people.

Experimenting with a new carefulinnovation.org

the saddest Release Notes from Arc yet. shame.

Microsoft is hiring designers. Links inside a great candid article from Mike here: https://mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2024/01/one-year-at-microsoft

I was among the many who were laid off from @ProductHunt.  I'll be on the hunt for what's next but there are also a bunch of wonderful people across design/eng/sales/marketing who deserve better than what happened yesterday. Lmk if you're hiring or leave a reply  😿❤️

A few year ago when frustrated with the gradient UI in Figma and Sketch, I made this prototype. Just two fingers...

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If you’re in your first steps at Design Leadership, join us in Lisbon next April!
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Hi everyone! 
I'm hiring a UX Designer in Malmö, Sweden.

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My journey from designer to senior to principal to manager was painful and I learned a ton by doing. I thought my problems were unique. They weren't. If you are a design leader or manager, you might be interested in this event created by the amazing @damm Please join me in Lisbon

Fact: The venue for the Hatch Conference in Berlin used to be a crematorium. Fittingly, I used a lot of morbid metaphors during my workshop.