Staff, UX Designer - Retail Space Design

Position Summary...

Job Overview:
We are looking for an experienced and visionary Retail Space Designer to lead the design of our physical club-store environments. In this role you will own the end-to-end design process - articulating business and user requirements, concept, prototype development, rollout, and continuous refinement of our store formats to support membership acquisition, operational excellence and an exceptional member experience.

What you'll do...

Staff Retail Space Designer – Sam’s Club Location: Bentonville, AR Team: Sam’s Club Experience Strategy and Innovation Key Responsibilities: · Develop and refine store format prototypes to align with brand strategy, membership value proposition, and merchandising vision. · Lead the creation of space plans, floor plans, elevations, 3D renderings/visualizations, and construction documentation. · Partner cross-functionally with merchandising, operations, real estate, construction, procurement, marketing and member experience teams. · Manage design standards (fixtures, finishes, lighting, signage, traffic flow) and drive consistency across stores while enabling local adaptation. · Conduct feasibility studies, cost-to-design analyses, maintain budget and schedule discipline for new builds, remodels, relocations. · System thinking with a service-design mindset to create a differentiated member experience that seamlessly weaves together physical and digital interactions across the shopping journey. · Monitor post-installation performance metrics (member traffic, conversion, dwell time, sales per square foot) and iterate store design accordingly. · Ensure compliance with all relevant building codes, sustainability/safety/accessibility standards, and brand system requirements. · Travel as needed to store sites, vendor workshops, project meetings and construction milestones. Required Skills & Experience: · Bachelor’s (or Master’s) in Architecture, Interior Design/Interior Architecture or related field. · 8-12+ years of experience leading retail store design projects; large-format or club retail experience preferred. · Strong portfolio of store design work (concept through construction) including large-format/roll-out programs. · Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit (or equivalent BIM), SketchUp/3D modelling, Adobe Creative Suite, rendering tools. · Deep knowledge of retail space planning, fixture/merchandising integration, traffic flow, visual merchandising and customer behavior in physical environments. · Proven ability to manage consultants, contractors, budgets, schedules and deliver on multiple simultaneous projects. Strong project management skills. · Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills. · Leadership experience: managing stakeholders and their requirements, facilitating design thinking workshops, guiding functional teams, driving quality. · Willingness to travel (typically X%) to store sites, vendor meetings, roll-out locations. Preferred Qualifications: · Experience in large-scale rollout or prototype development (e.g., multiple store openings). · Knowledge of sustainability or LEED certification programs. · Experience in retail domain · Cost/ROI mindset: experience linking design decisions to business metrics
At Sam's Club, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet!

-Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage

-Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance

-Paid time off benefits include PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

- Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

Live Better U is a company paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club