Amazon
Senior UX Designer, Alexa Smart Home
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Description
On the Alexa Smart Home team, you will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, and ship cutting edge products and experiences that will be used every day by people you know. We’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history.
As a Sr. UX Designer for Alexa Smart Home you would:
Create world-class, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings
Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experience requirements
Design the information architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new voice, web, multimodal, and mobile applications
Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for voice and visual experiences
Develop and maintain detailed user experience specifications
Present design work to the user experience team, product team, executives, and external partners for review and feedback
Work with our usability and business intelligence teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and frameworks
Partner with engineering and science teams to ensure cutting edge voice and visual technologies provide a delightful customer experience
Collaborate with other design team members on Alexa smart home experiences, frameworks, process, and best practices.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of design experience
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
Have an available online portfolio
Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, VoiceFlow, or similar
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with UX design of complex workflows
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
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 $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.
On the Alexa Smart Home team, you will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, and ship cutting edge products and experiences that will be used every day by people you know. We’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history.
As a Sr. UX Designer for Alexa Smart Home you would:
Create world-class, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings
Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experience requirements
Design the information architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new voice, web, multimodal, and mobile applications
Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for voice and visual experiences
Develop and maintain detailed user experience specifications
Present design work to the user experience team, product team, executives, and external partners for review and feedback
Work with our usability and business intelligence teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and frameworks
Partner with engineering and science teams to ensure cutting edge voice and visual technologies provide a delightful customer experience
Collaborate with other design team members on Alexa smart home experiences, frameworks, process, and best practices.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious and earn trust.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of design experience
Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
Have an available online portfolio
Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, VoiceFlow, or similar
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with UX design of complex workflows
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
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 $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.