Amazon
Amazon is hiring: UX Designer, GS S&O - Operations Products in Dallas
Amazon, Dallas, TX, United States
Description
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. Global Services is uniquely equipped to accelerate customer success through their cloud adoption lifecycle, leveraging Professional Services to realize desired business outcomes, providing world-class Security solutions, sustaining and scaling workloads through Support and Amazon Managed Services (AMS), and cultivating a skilled workforce through industry-leading Training & Certification programs.
Global Services Strategy & Operations is looking for an innovative and passionate User Experience designer who will obsess over delivering the best experience for customers and thrives on the challenge of designing something new that will operate at worldwide scale. The ideal candidate is comfortable with complexity and solving hard problems. As a successful candidate, you will have a deep understanding of design thinking methodology, and interaction design, along with top-notch communications skills. As a storyteller, you will influence the business strategy by depicting experiences that demonstrate empathy for users and an innate understanding of their ‘day-to-day’. You will be able to distill customer needs from many diverse inputs and provide the clarity needed to solve complex business problems. You will work autonomously, build relationships outside of your immediate team, and demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills. You will be seen as an expert in your discipline and play a significant role in leading the creative process and advocating for design excellence.
Key job responsibilities
• Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings.
• Quickly and iteratively create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups and detailed UI and visual design specifications
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders.
• Utilize and adhere to design guidelines and standardization across all of the team's products.
• Incorporate customer feedback, technical constraints, and usability findings into design.
• Develop and maintain detailed information architecture and design specifications.
• Be resourceful and creative to overcome obstacles and turn challenges into opportunities.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI)
Professional proficiency in high-fidelity mockup and prototyping tools such as Figma or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong communication and presentation skills; experience presenting complex ideas to customers and stakeholders in compelling and actionable ways.
Strong problem solving aptitude, business acumen and a natural curiosity for how experiences come together.
The ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment that requires independent self-direction, excellent time management, strong attention to detail and an aptitude for team collaboration.
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.
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.
AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers including public sector. Global Services is uniquely equipped to accelerate customer success through their cloud adoption lifecycle, leveraging Professional Services to realize desired business outcomes, providing world-class Security solutions, sustaining and scaling workloads through Support and Amazon Managed Services (AMS), and cultivating a skilled workforce through industry-leading Training & Certification programs.
Global Services Strategy & Operations is looking for an innovative and passionate User Experience designer who will obsess over delivering the best experience for customers and thrives on the challenge of designing something new that will operate at worldwide scale. The ideal candidate is comfortable with complexity and solving hard problems. As a successful candidate, you will have a deep understanding of design thinking methodology, and interaction design, along with top-notch communications skills. As a storyteller, you will influence the business strategy by depicting experiences that demonstrate empathy for users and an innate understanding of their ‘day-to-day’. You will be able to distill customer needs from many diverse inputs and provide the clarity needed to solve complex business problems. You will work autonomously, build relationships outside of your immediate team, and demonstrate excellent stakeholder management skills. You will be seen as an expert in your discipline and play a significant role in leading the creative process and advocating for design excellence.
Key job responsibilities
• Create user-centered designs by understanding business requirements, voice of the customer, user journeys, customer feedback, and usability findings.
• Quickly and iteratively create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high fidelity mockups and detailed UI and visual design specifications
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders.
• Utilize and adhere to design guidelines and standardization across all of the team's products.
• Incorporate customer feedback, technical constraints, and usability findings into design.
• Develop and maintain detailed information architecture and design specifications.
• Be resourceful and creative to overcome obstacles and turn challenges into opportunities.
About the team
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI)
Professional proficiency in high-fidelity mockup and prototyping tools such as Figma or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong communication and presentation skills; experience presenting complex ideas to customers and stakeholders in compelling and actionable ways.
Strong problem solving aptitude, business acumen and a natural curiosity for how experiences come together.
The ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment that requires independent self-direction, excellent time management, strong attention to detail and an aptitude for team collaboration.
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.
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.