Description
Do you love wrangling complex and technical problems into simple and visually creative experiences? Are you interested in joining a growing team to create user-centered experiences for a young and disruptive Amazon brand? We are seeking an exceptional Sr. UX Designer to help re-imagine access control with Amazon Key.
At Amazon Key, our mission is to streamline access control for building managers, delivery drivers, residents, and guests through innovative access solutions. As disruptors in an antiquated, fragmented access control landscape, Amazon Key is laying the foundation for a new standard in access management.
Our team is looking for a highly motivated and curious Sr. UX Designer with a passion for solving complex problems for an array of user personas.
In particular, we are looking for a candidate who can think big, and is skilled at communicating concepts through compelling storytelling. This candidate should also have advanced knowledge of scalable design systems and common navigation patterns in both mobile and desktop platforms. The candidate will work collaboratively with designers, engineers and product managers to understand both customer and business problems, and contribute to elegant design solutions that solve them.
Key job responsibilities
As a creative problem solver on the team, you will take time to empathize with customer needs across a varied landscape. As a Sr. UX Designer at Amazon Key, you will help craft delightful experiences that reimagine existing processes and bring to life new ideas that drive business goals and customer adoption. You will provide and incorporate meaningful feedback to improve your design solutions and perspectives. You will produce documentation to ensure your designs are well understood by stakeholders and detailed enough for efficient development. You will strive to meet a high bar of design excellence in the work you deliver, and seek feedback from peers and stakeholders frequently by participating in frequent peer and stakeholder critiques.
A day in the life
At Amazon Key, you will balance fast-paced execution work with forward-looking design solutions that scale elegantly as the business grows. You will deliver best-in-class design solutions across multiple proprietary mobile apps including the Ring App, Amazon Flex, internal tools, and third-party apps. You, along with your partner stakeholders, will strive to be a voice for the customer by developing and maintaining customer personas that help the organization empathize with our users.
About the team
Amazon Key is a globally dispersed team driving catered access solutions in both a B2B and B2C landscape. Our organizational makeup is comprised of hardware and software engineers, product management, customer success, sales, marketing, and BI. Our team dynamic is true to the Day One Culture of Amazon, and every day is an opportunity for innovation.
Basic Qualifications
6+ years of design experience
Have an available online portfolio
Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
Preferred Qualifications
Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
Experience with UX design of complex workflows
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/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 . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.