We are seeking a talented Visual Experience (VX) Designer to help create and optimize best-in-class web experiences and digital communications for candidates seeking hourly jobs with Amazon. The ideal candidate has familiarity with designing customer experiences, content landing pages, emails and other digital assets. They have experience using design systems, UX best practices, responsive design, and is comfortable working in a content management system (CMS) to author the pages they design.
Key job responsibilities
• Create high fidelity design mockups for mobile first web experiences
• Create email templates and assets for multiple digital channels
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders like Product Managers, Web producers and font-end developers to execute compelling design solutions
• Work closely with the UX Designer, UX Researcher and Optimization teams to define new experiences to test
• Present design work to cross-functional partners and executive leadership using visuals, written and verbal communications
• Work through ambiguity to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Identify opportunities to redefine the candidate experiences, based on research insights, best practices, market research and design thinking
• Author approved designs directly in our CMS and/or collaborate effectively to publish pages
• Design within established guidelines specific to the brand’s intended style and tone
• Follow the style guide and work closely with web producers to enforce visual guidelines on CMS
• Work with our engineering team to define and approve new widgets for our CMS
• Design and present solutions to stakeholders through prototypes in Figma
A day in the life
The successful candidate will spend their time working with a team of strategists, analysts, writers and designers to translate requirements into customer centric experience design solutions. You will tackle a wide array of design problems from complex campaign landing pages to simple emails and should be comfortable presenting your work to senior stakeholders. Once the designs have been approved you will work with the product team to execute the designs or web producers to author your approved comps in our homegrown content management system. Knowledge of navigating a Content Management Systems (CMS) is a serious plus for this role.
About the team
The Visual Experience (VX) designer will be a part of Marketing org. and will work closely with strategists, SEO experts, merchandisers along with a creative team.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience working with agile development teams (agile/scrum/kanban)
- Experience in Adobe Creative Suit applications, with high proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat using macOS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in designing for both mobile and desktop applications.
- Experience with e-commerce, search, social, and other major application types and their UX patterns
- Experience creating services and applications with multiple user touch points on different platforms and devices
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $96,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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.