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Amazon Sr. UX Designer, People Engagement Experience in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Description
The People Engagement Experience (PEX) is the cord across our People Engagement (PE) experiences made up of forward-thinking UX designers, researchers, writers and design technologists. PEX is revolutionizing the user experience for Amazonians across the globe. Our design work has a direct impact on the lives of millions of Amazonians, helping them achieve work-life balance and advance in their careers. We’re also customer-obsessed, driving impact across the company by delivering on user-centered and business needs. We support Amazon's mission to become Earth's best employer through making it easier to acquire, train and retain employees.
As a UX Designer on the employee facing design systems team, you are responsible for leading design initiatives, including Figma component, pattern, and style libraries. You will work with designers and engineers across multiple organizations to create implementation strategies and timelines for the introduction of new components and standards. You will bring a scalable design approach to your work, and consider how to best deliver components, patterns, and templates that scale across products and platforms. Finally, you’ll be a focused on the design details, while also understanding the technical requirements to bridge the gap between product and engineering.
To succeed in this role, the candidate must be an innovative self-starter in driving operational excellence, enabling others, and working closely with engineering. The candidate must have proven the ability to succeed in a highly ambiguous, fast-paced environment. Our environment requires the skills to work collaboratively and the commitment to take ownership when needed.
Key job responsibilities
Assume ownership for components, patterns, and templates for product experiences and features across desktop, native mobile and more.
Work closely with designers and engineers to design and implement high-quality, scalable additions to the design system.
Collaborate with designers to identify opportunities for unifying designs across products.
Create and maintain documentation describing the standards and best practices of our component library as a reference for designers, developers, and product.
Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles in their team. Raises the design bar for the organization.
Implement and maintain processes for scaling, updating, and managing various parts of a design system.
Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing junior Independent Contributors and leadership capability.
Dive deep with product managers, designers, and engineers from various domains, learning how they are serving customers.
A day in the life
A Design Systems UX Designer works with design and engineering closely on day-to-day basis. While this designer independently owns the strategy and creation of new components, patterns, and layouts, they also collaborate with other UX designers across organizations on connecting individual features to a unified, holistic experience. UX Researchers and UX Writers support design in creating reusable experiences. The designer shares design work regularly with the immediate and customer teams, stakeholder review and leadership, and acts as a key member that brings the larger design community together.
About the team
We are a multidisciplinary team creating truly meaningful products and experiences that empower and connect millions of Amazon employees. Our team consist of designers, researchers and writers, and is very diverse in terms of educational background, gender, race, skills, and location.
Internal job description
Basic Qualifications
8+ years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Expertise in Figma
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with hands-on visual design
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
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