Amazon Global Production Services (GPS) is a global, internal creative
agency. Our expertise ranges from brand development to high-volume
content production, with studio capabilities in design, UX, video and
photography. We partner with Amazon businesses to delight customers and
drive engagement.
Amazon China is looking for a talented,
customer-focused visual designer to join our team. Your primary focus
will be to create elegant, on-brand designs that provide a superior
retail experience working in close collaboration with art directors, UX
designers, site merchandizers, product management, business teams and
designers across international locations.
What are we looking for in you? The
ideal candidate would be highly motivated, self-directed, enthusiastic
person who works well under pressure and can thrive in a deadline
driven atmosphere. They must have a strong individual sense of
aesthetics and be able to conceptualize stylish, elevated ideas. In
addition, they should have the ability to deliver clean, web-ready
designs based on existing style guides and brand guidelines in a
fast-paced production environment for Amazon.in. This position requires
strong organizational skills, digital expertise, intrinsic design
abilities, typographic skills, and acute attention to detail. The
ability to manage multiple projects and communicate with key
stakeholders is essential.
An online portfolio of work is REQUIRED. RESPONSIBILITIES - Create customer-centric designs by integrating marketing objectives, target audience and creative assets
- Optimizing digital images for web
- Designing branded promotional graphics and pages
- Developing clean and effective graphic templates and style guides
- Fulfilling multiple project requests while simultaneously meeting tight deadlines
- Acting as design liaison between design and retail category business team
- Work with the Art Directors to develop campaign concepts for new products and services
- Present design work to site merchandizing team, the user experience team and executives for review and feedback
- Manage communication and upload of final graphic assets to Amazon image server
Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in graphic design or equivalent professional experience required
- Fluency
in best practices for web-based information architecture and
design, as well as strong knowledge of usability principles and
techniques
- Familiarity with the technical considerations needed when designing for the web and web based devices
- A portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great user-centered design solutions
- Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills
- Demonstrated compositional and typographical skills
- Strong communication skills in English
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently
Preferred Qualifications - Excellent
communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills and the
ability to gracefully defend your design decisions
- Illustration experience
- Experience in e-commerce
- Copywriting skills a plus