Amazon · 2 hours ago
User Experience Designer V (Contingent)
Seattle, WA
Contract
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$83/hr - $90/hr
10+ years expAmazon is a leading company in audio entertainment, and they are seeking a Principal UX Designer to create and own experiences for Amazon Music. The role involves leading design initiatives, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and advocating for a human-centered design culture.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Lead and define design vision for complex experiences across Amazon Music
Create process flows, conceptual diagrams, wireframes, and mockups to effectively communicate high-level design strategies and detailed interaction behaviors
Facilitate work sessions with executive leaders to align on product vision and design direction
Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define requirements, user scenarios and use cases
Champion human-centered design culture and advocate for customer needs across the organization
Develop and nurture relationships across teams and disciplines to promote collaboration and efficiency
Lead usability testing and create final design and detailed interaction behavior specifications for handoff to engineering teams
Define, evolve, and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, processes, and tools
Qualification
Required
10+ years of design experience
An available online portfolio that demonstrates delivering end-to-end experiences for digital services across multiple platforms and devices
8+ years of experience in UX design for consumer facing products
Bachelor's degree or above in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or Associate's degree or above
Preferred
A master's degree in Design, Information Science, Computer Science/HCI, or a design-related discipline such as cognitive psychology
Proven ability to present strategic rationale for design decisions to executive stakeholders
Lead product designer for large, complex projects that present multidisciplinary challenges
Experience leveraging AI tools in the product design process
Experience designing for AI-enabled features
Experience mentoring and elevating senior-level design talent
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
Experience in integrating qualitative and quantitative data into design work and iterations
Experience designing for voice and multimodal experiences
Able to take ambiguous design problems and work with stakeholders and user research insights to craft design solutions grounded in customer needs and business goals
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Hospital plans
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Company paid short and long-term disability
Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave(PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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