DESCRIPTION

Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, innovative company? Come make history in Amazon Robotics World Wide Tech Deploy Team! As a Sr. UX Designer, you will work closely with product managers, business stakeholders, engineers and developers in a hands-on role, building personalized experiences for our customers filled with inspiration, discovery, and delight. You will craft innovative user experiences from early stage product concepts to launch, and as the multidisciplinary core of our design practice, help creatively shape and drive the customer experience.

We are seeking an imaginative, skillful, and versatile designer who in addition to having a substantive hands-on experience of designing for exceptional customer experience and also has a good understanding of experience design for mobile apps. We’re looking for an experienced designer to lead UX design for our team.

Key job responsibilities
* Lead and improve upon our product design process – starting from early research and hypothesis, through defining requirements, creating user flows, wireframes, visual designs, and prototypes to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors that support decision making and development.
* Own UX from beginning to end and ensure product/feature is built to spec and achieves project goals.
* Elevate the visual design of the customer experience to drive higher engagement.
* Contribute to the group’s best practices for UX design while continually advocating design thinking, process, and craft throughout our organization.
* You care and work towards fostering an inclusive and supportive design culture.
* Drive design through all phases, from user research and exploratory prototypes to design reviews, delivery, and usability testing.
* Collaborate and communicate effectively within cross-functional teams across design, product, engineering, and management.
* Advocate for the user experience in all discussions, ensuring that the user’s voice is heard and considered in product decisions.
* Stay current with industry trends, tools, and technologies, and apply them to improve the design process and deliver cutting-edge experiences.
* Ensure consistency and adherence to design standards and guidelines across all products and platforms.
* Present design concepts and strategies to stakeholders and senior management, effectively communicating design rationale and decisions.

A day in the life
The UX Designer will be focused on delivering innovative, customer-forward, business-relevant, and mobile-first CX. While day-to-day focus will vary, work will include:

* Designing conceptual sketches, wireframe information architecture, high-fidelity mockups, prototypes and interaction specifications
* Partnering with product managers and engineering on product and feature launches
* Collaborating with product and business teams to inform CX improvements
* Using research methodologies to turn customer feedback into actionable findings
* Delivering high quality creative designs across diverse products and devices

We care about your career growth too. Once you join the team, you and your manager will jointly craft a career plan and you’ll review it regularly to ensure you’re on track to meet your goals. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we’ll help you get there.

About the team
Amazon is building the next generation software, hardware, and processes that will run the global network of fulfillment centers that move many millions of units of inventory, and ensure that customers get what they want when we promised. We do this by building automated solutions to handle things that technology does well, while relying on people to handle things that humans do well. We are constantly innovating in the ways we are automating and accelerating the delivery of products and packages which includes building custom hardware and applying robotics, autonomy, supply chain optimization, machine learning, manipulation, image processing, and real-time data processing using distributed systems.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

– 7+ years of design experience
– Have an available online portfolio
– * Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
– * Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments including design sprint cycles.
– * Strong understanding of responsive and mobile-first design principles.
– * Ability to balance user needs with business goals and technical constraints.
– * Experience with prototyping tools and techniques to quickly iterate on design concepts.
– * Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
– * Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
– * Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
– * Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
– * Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Balsamiq, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision, or similar
– * Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature
– * Experience with UX design of complex workflows

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

– * Experience in designing for complex and data-driven applications
– * Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices (e.g., WCAG) and experience designing inclusive user experiences.
– * 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
– * Understanding of design thinking and lean UX methodologies.
– * Experience with motion design and creating interactive prototypes.
– * Contributions to the design community through blogs, speaking engagements, or open-source projects.
– * Experience with internationalization and localization of user interfaces.
– * Knowledge of front-end development languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and how design integrates with development.

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 $127,100/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.

USA, TX, Austin