Come help the AWS Marketplace and Amazon Partner Network teams reinvent the way software is discovered, deployed, bought, and sold in the cloud! AWS Marketplace is the software “app store” for AWS Enterprise and Small Business customers and we’re looking for a Senior UX Designer to help us re-envision the Marketplace experience and help execute our next wave of innovations. We’re a customer-obsessed team with a wide UX surface area. We are seeking a team member who is passionate, self-motivated, curious and who wants to collaborate to deliver great experiences in order to continue transforming one of the world’s largest industries.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Key job responsibilities
– Create the vision for designing, communicating and implementing the user experience for multiple products for buyers and sellers of AWS Marketplace across platforms; follow through with the processes and tactics to implement the vision
– Deliver on business and customer outcomes using design artifacts spanning both high and low fidelity to drive consensus around the optimal user experience
– Oversee development of detailed user-interface specifications, guidelines and pattern libraries
– Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors
– Analyze customer problems to create on-brand design solutions that meet measurable business goals and requirements
– Consider market analysis, customer feedback, technical constraints/opportunities and user research findings and drive data-driven decisions
– Work closely with the Product Management, Engineering, Business Development, and Marketing teams
– Regularly present your work to leaders and executives for review and feedback
– Create UX that balances consistency across all our platforms with mobile and device specific needs
A day in the life
As a Senior UX Designer for AWS Marketplace, you will lead, define and drive the experience for our customers all over the world. You will be responsible for thinking big to develop innovative solutions to improve the Marketplace in a fast-paced, agile, startup-like environment. You will also work closely with engineering, product management, marketing, company leaders, and our customers to successfully go from early stage concepts to launch. You must be responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open and collaborative peer environment. You are a thoughtful, dedicated and a creative self-starter with industry experience in shipping compelling user experiences to millions of customers.
About the team
Mentorship & Career Growth
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. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.
Work/Life Balance
It’s not about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Austin, TX, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 8+ years of design experience
– Have an available online portfolio
– Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax
– Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
– Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
– Expertise with Figma.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
– Experience with UX design of complex workflows
– BS or BA in design or related industries
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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.