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Principal UX Designer, Amazon Business
Amazon.comUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Dec 2023
💰 $244,000/yr($131,200/yr – $244,000/yr)
About the role
Amazon Business launched in 2015 to meet the business purchasing needs of commercial, government, education and non-profit customers of all sizes worldwide. Today, Amazon Business is loved by diverse customers in 9 countries worldwide (and growing), ranging from the largest companies in the world such as General Electric to sole proprietors, using experiences designed for desktop, mobile, to emerging smart-shelf technology. Business buy more than $1 trillion of products each year, ranging from staples to DNA sequencers, in the US alone. In 2021, Amazon Business reached $25 billion in sales, remaining one of Amazon’s fastest-growing segments. And we’re just getting started.
We are looking for an experienced Principal UX Designer to help us reinvent business purchasing and delight customers. You will work with product and engineering leaders across the global organization, driving mechanisms to connect those teams’ work into a single, holistic, end-to-end experience for business customers. The UX team studios are co-located with product and tech teams in Seattle, Austin, Madrid, and Hyderabad. This role serves as the Principal Designer for the Austin Studio.
Key job responsibilities
* Foster a customer-obsessed design culture by sharing best practices, evangelizing design principles, and influencing product strategy.
* Define, develop and socialize a clear vision for design innovation and big thinking while not sacrificing speed of delivery.
* Provide leadership and design direction, influencing across teams and giving thoughtful, detailed and actionable design feedback.
* Promote collaboration and facilitate communication with stakeholders at all levels and across diverse disciplines and geographies
* Work cross-functionally to drive elegant design solutions from early concept through final implementation and iteration.
* Use data and customer insights to confidently share design solutions with senior leaders
* Use systems-level design thinking to drive design solutions from your team that scale.
* Present design work to executive leadership and other senior stakeholders
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Austin, TX, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Cupertino, CA, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
- 10+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
- Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Keynote, and InVision
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 Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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 $131,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $244,000/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.
We are looking for an experienced Principal UX Designer to help us reinvent business purchasing and delight customers. You will work with product and engineering leaders across the global organization, driving mechanisms to connect those teams’ work into a single, holistic, end-to-end experience for business customers. The UX team studios are co-located with product and tech teams in Seattle, Austin, Madrid, and Hyderabad. This role serves as the Principal Designer for the Austin Studio.
Key job responsibilities
* Foster a customer-obsessed design culture by sharing best practices, evangelizing design principles, and influencing product strategy.
* Define, develop and socialize a clear vision for design innovation and big thinking while not sacrificing speed of delivery.
* Provide leadership and design direction, influencing across teams and giving thoughtful, detailed and actionable design feedback.
* Promote collaboration and facilitate communication with stakeholders at all levels and across diverse disciplines and geographies
* Work cross-functionally to drive elegant design solutions from early concept through final implementation and iteration.
* Use data and customer insights to confidently share design solutions with senior leaders
* Use systems-level design thinking to drive design solutions from your team that scale.
* Present design work to executive leadership and other senior stakeholders
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Austin, TX, USA | Charlotte, NC, USA | Cupertino, CA, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
- Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Keynote, and InVision
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 Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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 $131,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $244,000/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.
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