Amazon is hiring: Principal UX Designer, Prime Video in Seattle

Job ID: 2609668 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video is re-inventing how customers connect with their favorite shows, teams, and products by combining high-quality live streaming, immersive interactive features, and exclusive access to some of the world's most loved movies, TV series, and live sports. All from a single service available on the web, mobile, and TV in 240+ countries and territories around the world. And we're just getting started.

The Prime Video UX team is seeking a customer-obsessed Principal UX Designer to join our Growth Design team. This role will be responsible for defining, articulating, and championing the future vision for how our customers rent, buy, and subscribe to the best local content in their country. The right candidate leads with clarity and empathy, inspires others, and has a passion for solving problems at massive scale. You excel through innovation, creativity, and attention to detail. You are a proven strategic thinker and collaborator who flourishes in a large organization. You sincerely believe that design is more than how something looks, but also how it feels and functions. You enjoy great design debates and thrive on iterating based on customer feedback.

This role is for a hands-on leader who establishes a vision and strategy, scales their impact by empowering designers, and elevates the design quality of the entire team. You will develop strong relationships with fellow Design Leaders and partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Business counterparts throughout the organization to launch bar-raising experiences for customers around the world. As a creative lead, you have a passion for solving our customers' problems, always putting their needs first.

Key job responsibilities

1. Define the overall design vision for innovative signup, engagement, and retention experiences across Prime Video's premium marketplace.
2. Mentor other designers and be a bar-raiser for quality of work.
3. Work across design verticals to standardize and educate others on design systems and visual languages.
4. Analyze customer problems and oversee the design of delightful solutions that meet measurable business goals.
5. Work closely with product and business partners to develop a shared vision and lead a process to define and design experiences that deliver on those shared objectives.
6. Partner with technology teams to ensure we leverage the scale offered by our platform without compromising on core experience principles.
7. Present design work to partners and executive leadership for review, feedback, and sign-off.
8. Measure the success and effectiveness of UX innovations.

A day in the life
The Principal UX Designer for Prime Video Growth Design will elevate the entire team. You will inspire and mentor UX practitioners and partners, leading projects throughout the planning, design, and development cycle. You are expected to think like an owner, always raise the quality of the CX, and be a relentless advocate for customers. You will use your organization and communication skills to bring clarity to chaos, working strategically with other team leaders and team members across the organization.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 10+ years of design experience
2. Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution
3. Knowledge of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data
2. Have an available online portfolio
3. 12+ years of design experience

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.

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