Description
Amazon is seeking a talented, experienced, and retail-oriented Sr. Visual Designer to generate industry leading brand and design experiences for innovative and effective marketing to drive traffic, awareness, and engagement.
The ideal candidate has a strong graphic design background, in print and digital, with a passion for and knowledge of contemporary retail and editorial design. With the proven ability to motivate through vision and a desire to inspire and collaborate with a passionate team. As a designer, you have strong organizational skills, print expertise, intrinsic design ability, typographic skills, and acute attention to detail. You're driven to tell brand stories that connect with customers across a variety of industries. You will play a significant role in engaging customers and creating a best-in-class customer experience via print, social media, mobile, digital landing page design, email and digital marketing initiatives.
The ideal candidate has a strong graphic design background, in print and digital, with a passion for and knowledge of contemporary retail and editorial design. With the proven ability to motivate through vision and a desire to inspire and collaborate with a passionate team. As a designer, you have strong organizational skills, print expertise, intrinsic design ability, typographic skills, and acute attention to detail. You're driven to tell brand stories that connect with customers across a variety of industries. You will play a significant role in engaging customers and creating a best-in-class customer experience via print, social media, mobile, digital landing page design, email and digital marketing initiatives.
Key job responsibilities
• Work from creative briefs alongside creative directors to develop executions for print, web, digital, and offline marketing activities.
• Create best in class print collateral, digital landing pages, digital media drivers and visuals that support and reinforce business objectives while partnering with business/marketing teams to ensure that designs meet brand and business needs.
• Collaborate closely with internal creative, copy, merchandising and marketing leads, as well as external vendors, to oversee the production process, guaranteeing the quality and excellence of unique customer-focused content.
• Identify opportunities to incorporate emerging marketing/branding trends and design innovations into creative and marketing strategies.
• Present concepts and produced work to stakeholders and internal customers, including senior management, in person and via video/phone.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual communication, deep understanding of typography, color, digital executions, and great user-centered design solutions
5+ years of relevant experience with visual and front-end web design
2+ years of experience with fashion, fitness or brand-driven digital retail business
Motion and/or animation experience
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as visual communications, interaction or graphic design
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent concept and creative development skills
Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
Effective cross-team collaborator with the ability to work across multiple creative projects
Expert understanding of the web production process; familiarity with post-production retouching and working knowledge of the printing process
Experience designing motion graphics or video editing
Strong time management skills and ability to be self-directed as needed
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Highly proficient in Adobe Suite and Figma
Experience with print design
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 $96,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $185,000/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.