UX Designer, Amazon

• At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us build the place where people can find and buy anything online, this is your chance to make history
• This individual should have a passion for empathizing with the needs and behaviors of people, the business, and how to solve for them through design
• This UX designer should thrive in ambiguity, working directly with stakeholders, across engineering, operations, research science and product management to identify strategic, undefined opportunity areas to improve our experiences
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills are essential, as this UX designer will need to clearly communicate the design strategy, outcomes, and deliverables to diverse stakeholders and senior leadership
• The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced work environment that requires strong problem solving skills and independent self-direction, coupled with an aptitude for team collaboration and open communication
• 5+ years of design experience
• 3+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
• Have an available online portfolio
• Experience prototyping (HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst, or Axure)

Desirable

• Come help us create innovative capabilities for Amazon's Associates, managers, and leaders to support the evolution of People eXperience and Technology (PXT)
• The Workforce Solutions team builds and delivers world-class products/services for Amazon’s hourly and corporate employees worldwide
• We believe that happy Amazon customers start with happy Amazon employees!
• This design role will define future experiences that will have the greatest impact on users thorough the joining and onboarding journey
• Partners with engineering and product management team members in the execution and delivery of successful products and services, using a customer-focused, iterative design process
• Leads UX efforts by setting design direction, driving discussion and activities, while participating in delivery, planning, and coordination efforts
• Determines best UX solutions based on customer feedback and business goals, identifying challenges and adapting as needed based on the context of the solution and customer
• Utilize storytelling and presentation skills to clearly communicate the design strategy, outcomes, and deliverables to diverse stakeholders
• Creates high quality deliverables and executes based on UX goals and priorities while driving the success of overall UX team delivery by seeking opportunities to make improvements to team efficiency and process
• Leverages, fosters and extends the use of established UX techniques, templates, presentations, and assets in the creation of UX analysis, solutions, and materials; proposes new solutions or optimizes existing ones, and fosters UX artifact reuse and consistency across team members and/or projects
• Drawing from customer insights, business requirements, and research data, you will be responsible for ideating on innovative solutions