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Amazon Sr. UX Designer, Discovery Technology, Amazon in Seattle, Washington
Description
Discovery Technology's mission is to help customers discover new categories, products, great gifts, and Prime benefits relevant to them. We connect customers with products relevant to a season, occasion, or mission (e.g., Back to School, Certified Black-Owned Businesses), that are trending, or are great value (Everyday Essentials). Our organization is responsible for cross-channel marketing and creative efforts for the North America Stores, the Prime membership program in the US, and the worldwide gifting experience.
Key job responsibilities
Take responsibility for the overall end-to-end user experience from the big picture to UI layout specifics
Envision and bring to life intuitive, scalable, and engaging interactions and experiences through innovative interaction patterns
Quickly and thoroughly creating user flows, wireframes, visual designs, and prototypes to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors that support decision making and development
Drive the evolution of creative and holistic thinking across diverse product releases and platforms
Implement marketing content and merchandize at scale, helping customers discover Amazon’s broad selection in Amazon’s online store
Elevate the look and feel of the store and campaigns to drive higher customer engagement
Effectively advocating and designing for the customer through objective data such as market analysis, customer insights, technical constraints/opportunities, and business insights
Partnering closely with business and development teams to plan and balance immediate requirements with long-term, scalable solutions
Assessing and optimizing the effectiveness of new and existing features by proactively planning, performing, and advocating validation techniques like usability testing, user research, and interpreting analytical data
Presenting design work to UX partners, cross-disciplinary teams, and executive leaders
A day in the life
The Senior UX Designer will collaborate with product and engineering stakeholders on an everyday basis. They will model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles in their team and raises the design bar for the organization. They will collaborate with their peers to connect individual features to a holistic shopping experience. This designer will create and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, reusable components, best practices, process and tools. The designer must also regularly share design work, including peer reviews, stakeholder reviews, and senior leader reviews.
About the team
Our mission is to help customers discover new categories, products, great gifts, and Prime benefits relevant to them. We combine technology and science with innovation and creativity to reimagine merchandising and curate our stores at scale with intuitive and visually-appealing shopping journeys for each customer.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
8+ years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Preferred Qualifications
Experience as a user experience designer, product designer, interaction designer, information architect, or similar role
Experience in a range of design approaches, methods, and tools that you use to plan and estimate complex projects
Able to take ambiguous design problems and work with stakeholders and user research insights to craft design solutions grounded in customer needs and business goals
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.