DESCRIPTION

We're seeking an exceptional UX Motion Designer to join our North America Stores Design organization. You will help shape and support world-class shopping experiences within the wider Amazon North America Stores organization by conceptualizing and crafting unique and compelling motion and interaction design experiences across diverse product categories - from household basics to fashion, electronics, and beyond while collaborating with designers, researchers, engineers and product managers throughout the design and development lifecycle. As a tastemaker and storyteller, you will advocate for design excellence – contributing to product vision and customer experiences.

The ideal candidate for this role will have a keen eye for elegant, modern design, and UI patterns. You think holistically, and craft the "why" of all that we ship – advocating for the design solutions by putting them in context of business and customer goals. You are proficient in After Effects and other software for creating user interface animations and rapid mockups, motion studies and prototypes. You are at ease both visualizing an experience in the abstract and then driving that vision into concise motion design deliverables and hands-on building with engineering teams. You can drive the creative review cycle, craft delightful design solutions, and elevate the motion experience of millions of Amazon customers around the world.


Key job responsibilities
- Crafting motion UX behaviors, systems and animations that orient, guide and add delight for customers
- Produce motion studies for user flows, leadership presentations and quickly iterating on multiple design solutions
- Work strategically with peer and partner interaction and visual designers in an open and collaborative environment
- Lead the definition and communication of motion design guidelines, development best practices and standards
- Adapt core motion primitives to optimize experiences for both existing and emerging customer modalities
- Work with the product management team to develop a shared vision of a product/feature, close on requirements and deliver motion design to meet the product’s objectives
- Partner with software engineers to leverage the scale offered by our platform without compromising on core experiential principles and customer intent
- Present design work to multiple teams and senior leadership for review and feedback
- Partner with the broader design community to extend motion experiences across the array of offerings
- Inspire and mentor other designers in the North America Stores Design organization

About the team
We’re an eclectic creative team of design, research, writing and design technology professionals that share our experiences and help each other succeed. Our creative work impacts millions of customers, thousands of selling partners, and hundreds of coworkers every day. We hire people who are unafraid of bringing their authentic selves to work. Our inspiration and collaboration depend on the diversity of our teams and the inclusion of all voices in our process. We love a complex problem and moving fast in a growing and changing environment. We appreciate action and learning from mistakes. Championing our customers, placing their particular goals in the forefront, informing the collective design, and lifting customer empathy across the larger organization is our sweetspot. Our creative work impacts millions of customers, thousands of selling partners, and hundreds of coworkers every day and we are proud to be a part of it.