DescriptionWant to help build cutting edge immersive shopping experiences? The Visual Innovation Team is at the center of all advanced visual and immersive content at Amazon. We're pioneering VR and AR shopping, CGI, and GenAI. We are looking for a UX Designer who will help drive innovation in this space who understands UX problems the team may face from an artistic perspective and provide creative technical solutions.The ideal candidate is someone with a passion for customers, strong communication skills, and the ability to focus on big experience initiatives at the same time as crucial details. They are comfortable presenting and articulating design reasoning with data to directors and stakeholder teams, and working through implementation details with tech teams.Key job responsibilitiesWe are looking for a UX Designer who can deliver pragmatic creative UX solutions to the technical problems related to Amazon visuals. The right person will bring an implicit understanding of the balance needed between artistry, communication, and partnership—help scale 3D content creation within Amazon by enabling our customers with to work smarter, not harder. This person will partner with our PM, Engineering, Design, and business team partners, to help drive creative customer experiences for Amazon.UX Designer in this role will:
Own medium to large UX Design initiatives in Amazon’s fast-paced, results-oriented environment to define, assess and optimize the performance of new and existing features.
Understand the end to end customer journey, the friction points within, and how your proposed CX solution impacts that path and others
Partner with other UX designers, UX research, visual design, business partners, and engineering to understand customer and business need and drive great customer experiences.
Responsibly and effectively advocate for customers and impart day-to-day strategic user experience leadership.
Ensure that all User Experience activities are executed at high quality levels, manage team initiatives, set priorities, and manage scoping.
Review with and gather feedback on work from your managers, business partners, engineering, and peer design teams as well as executive leadership.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Los Angeles, CA, USA | New York City, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Simi Valley, CA, USABasic Qualifications
3+ years of design experience
3+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
Experience prototyping (HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst, or Axure)
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Have an available online portfolio
Broad knowledge of a computer-graphics related field (VFX, Games, Film, Motion Graphics)
Experience with working with 3D workflows and DCCs (Maya, Unreal, Houdini)
Experience with working with 3D artists
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.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $94,200/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.