Description

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　　Japan Consumer Payments team is looking for a highly motivated, customer-obsessed Senior UX designer to lead the effort in making Amazon the most loved place to use our partner's point programs in Japan.

　　You are a senior designer with 8+ years of experience working on real products that people use every day. You are an organized self-starter that can deal with ambiguity and are always on the lookout for ways to improve the customer experience. You are an excellent collaborator and have no problem presenting–and defending–your ideas to other designers, product managers, and company leaders. You understand the value of user testing and prototyping, and thrive in a fast-paced, startup-like environment. Above all you are passionate about solving real problems for real people through research, design, and iteration.

　　We expect ideal candidate to be a self-starter, marrying together proven experience in UX and visual design. We are looking for someone with a roll-up-your-sleeves, entrepreneurial approach to solving complex problems. The role will involve working collaboratively with engineering, product management and executive leadership, while leading design throughout the development lifecycle.

　　Key job responsibilities

　　UX Design for third-party point programs for Amazon Japan

　　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 to Product and Engineering teams, as well as business stakeholders and executive leadership.

　　Create branding guidelines and design 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.

　　Performing metrics analysis post-launch to inform design/UX optimization efforts.

　　A day in the life

　　You will work with other members of the design and product teams to create interfaces that are attractive, useful, and usable. You will use market analysis, feedback, site metrics, and usability findings to tailor your designs to the customer in order to best solve their problems. You will be responsible for developing your ideas from concept to completion, presenting them to stakeholders for approval, and working directly with developers to bring them to life.

　　About the team

　　Visit Business Introduction and Employee Interviews (https://www.amazon.co.jp/b?ie=UTF8&node=6909368051)

　　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, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request for support, visit Disability Accommodations ( https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/jp/)

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　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Tokyo, 13, JPN

　　Basic Qualifications

　　8+ years of design experience

　　Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax

　　Advanced English ability (able to negotiate externally, able to make presentations to management team)

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes

　　Experience with UX design of complex workflows

　　Japanese capability

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