DESCRIPTION
Amazons Brand Program team is growing! We are seeking a Senior UX designer to help us continue evolving how Brand Owners run, manage and grow their business on Amazon.com. Our seasoned team is adept at creating, building and shipping tools and services that support the brand owner experience. We move quickly by understanding which decisions are two-way doors and which are not. We are not interested in being the loudest voices in the room nor insisting on rigid definitions and adherence to roles. Instead, we want our logic challenged, our assumptions tested, and our thinking broadened. The ideal candidate will be customer-obsessed, detail-oriented and comfortable working in an environment with a strong bias for action.
We are open to hiring this role in Seattle, Phoenix, or New York City.
As a Sr. UX Designer you will:
Partner with our product management team to develop a shared vision for our Brand Seller experiences.
Develop conceptual wireframes, high-fidelity mock-ups, interaction specifications and prototypes in conjunction with product management.
Use business requirements and research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and requirements.
Create user-centered designs by leveraging market analysis, customer feedback, metrics, and usability findings.
Present the teams design work to the senior leadership for review and feedback.
Simplify complex processes into intuitive and simple user experiences.
Champion great experiences in the face of technical constraints.
Collaborate with internal design teams to share, learn and better understand the greater Amazon ecosystem.
Learn about our business and become a champion of brands.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
7+ years experience as a user experience designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar.
Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or commensurate professional experience.
A digital portfolio or samples of work listed on resume demonstrating user-centered design solutions and process.
Command of design software including Photoshop, Illustrator, Visio, Sketch, Invision, or similar.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Fluency in best practices for mobile and web-based design, as well as basic usability principles and techniques.
Experience delivering products or feature experiences with superior ease of use for desktop and/or mobile.
Strong bias for action with the ability to juggle multiple priorities and effectively deliver design solutions.
A belief that ideas can come from anywhere and anybody regardless of job title or discipline.
Familiarity with usertesting.com and the ability to launch tests, distill feedback and turn around iterations.
Self-directed with the ability to meet deadlines, multi-task, and prioritize.
Willingness to contribute wherever necessary to meet team goals (for example, by conducting your own research, helping with production work, or proofing a requirements document).
Ability to create prototypes using Adobe XD, InVision, Framer or whatever tool is most effective.
Excellent communication, presentation and persuasion skills.
Ability to make smart, timely decisions with an understanding of when to own a decision and when to get input.
Possess a high degree of professionalism when communicating with internal customers and partners.
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.