Amazon
User Experience Designer, PXT Central Science
Amazon, Arlington, Virginia, United States, 22201
Description
Our team is growing and we’re looking for a passionate UX Designer to design experiences to listen to our employees. We are looking for someone who leads by doing, loves solving problems and brings their best self to work everyday. Throughout the strategy, design, and development lifecycle, you work collaboratively with a strong multi-disciplinary design team, as well with our analytics, business and engineering partners, to shape what’s next.
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 spaces, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next step in your career, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.
Key job responsibilities
Work closely with cross-functional teams and collaborate to define and produce solutions for real customer problems.
Support your design work using all available insights including quantitative data and site metrics, customer feedback, and usability findings.
Advocate for and follow user-centered design principles.
Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, detailed visual mockups and prototypes to communicate high-level design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors.
Responsibly and effectively advocate for the customer in a corporate environment; fostering a shared understanding of the customer-centric intersection between design, content, business and marketing values.
Present to business and design leadership.
Scope design initiatives and manage/prioritize work items.
About the team
The Central Science Team within Amazon’s People Experience and Technology org (PXTCS) uses economics, behavioral science, statistics, and machine learning to proactively identify mechanisms and process improvements which simultaneously improve Amazon and the lives, well-being, and the value of work to Amazonians. We are an interdisciplinary team, which combines the talents of science, research, design and engineering to develop and deliver solutions that measurably achieve this goal.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
Have an available online portfolio
Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision, or similar
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides
Experience shipping innovative, successful consumer products
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County 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 $106,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $184,000/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Our team is growing and we’re looking for a passionate UX Designer to design experiences to listen to our employees. We are looking for someone who leads by doing, loves solving problems and brings their best self to work everyday. Throughout the strategy, design, and development lifecycle, you work collaboratively with a strong multi-disciplinary design team, as well with our analytics, business and engineering partners, to shape what’s next.
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 spaces, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next step in your career, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it.
Key job responsibilities
Work closely with cross-functional teams and collaborate to define and produce solutions for real customer problems.
Support your design work using all available insights including quantitative data and site metrics, customer feedback, and usability findings.
Advocate for and follow user-centered design principles.
Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, detailed visual mockups and prototypes to communicate high-level design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors.
Responsibly and effectively advocate for the customer in a corporate environment; fostering a shared understanding of the customer-centric intersection between design, content, business and marketing values.
Present to business and design leadership.
Scope design initiatives and manage/prioritize work items.
About the team
The Central Science Team within Amazon’s People Experience and Technology org (PXTCS) uses economics, behavioral science, statistics, and machine learning to proactively identify mechanisms and process improvements which simultaneously improve Amazon and the lives, well-being, and the value of work to Amazonians. We are an interdisciplinary team, which combines the talents of science, research, design and engineering to develop and deliver solutions that measurably achieve this goal.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
Have an available online portfolio
Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, InVision, or similar
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides
Experience shipping innovative, successful consumer products
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
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.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County 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 $106,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $184,000/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.