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Amazon Experience Design Manager, Brand Innovation Lab in New York, New York
Description
Amazon Advertising's Brand Innovation Lab is looking for a talented and passionate Experience Design Manager to lead a group of talented UX Visual and Interactive Experience Designer to create customer obsessed digital experiences. Our team is focused on helping advertisers promote their brands in new ways on Amazon through creative and innovative solutions.
Key job responsibilities
Mentor, coach, and grow an international team of UX Visual and Interactive Experience Designers to deliver exceptional customer experiences with the highest level of visual polish, establishing mechanisms like design critiques to ensure quality.
Balance the pursuit of a high creative standard with the need for a seamless and frictionless user experience.
Own objectives to reduce development hours required for creating bespoke digital experiences.
Champion accessibility in all team projects and influence peers to prioritize inclusive design practices.
Partner with evergreen ad product owners to develop long-term strategic design roadmaps, implementing systems and validating patterns through testing.
Manage Brand Innovation Lab's global Figma organization, distributing templates, maintaining design libraries, and establishing best practices for file organization and team structure.
Resource and schedule your team's design work for the Brand Innovation Lab's advertising campaigns.
Adopt a product-minded approach by identifying repetitive manual tasks and proposing streamlined solutions through components or innovative methods.
A day in the life
Partner with Solutions Managers to schedule or scope campaign deliverables, such as a FireTV or Amazon.com shopping experience.
Meet with product owners to identify and consult new features in Ads solutions such as Hyundai's showroom or GEICO's Quote on Amazon
Foster an inclusive and sustainable culture through 1:1s and team activities
Define and continuously measure your team's KPIs through Weekly Business Reviews and yearly operational planning
Stay in sync with your peers, including Design Technology Managers, to facilitate smooth handoffs from project design to development
About the team
Brand Innovation Lab pushes boundaries on advertising products and creates flagship experiences that help the world’s largest advertisers deliver value to customers, and impact the long-term growth strategy of Amazon Advertising. The team works strategically to develop unique, ad product-agnostic campaign ideas that bring customer insights to life across Amazon, and uncover new ideas that will grant clients access to new parts of the Amazon canvas through integrated brand partnerships and product betas. This role specifically sits within the Brand Innovation Lab Endemic team, working across brands.
Basic Qualifications
2+ years of experience managing a team of designers to create immersive digital content.
Strong understanding of design thinking, design research, and user-centered design principles.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
6+ years of design experience as an individual contributor.
Proven experience delivering accessible solutions meeting WCAG 3.1 AA standards.
Basic knowledge of web development, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated experience in creating and leading a team to develop seamless UX patterns for immersive digital experiences, including AR/VR.
Experience managing and scaling Figma DesignOps to improve design efficiency.
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $225,500/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.
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