UX Designer, Kindle, Kindle Reader Experience - Amazon

Description Look around the next time you're on a plane, a train, or out at a cafe - chances are you'll see more than one person using Kindle's apps for iOS, Android, and Fire tablet or one of our dedicated E-reader devices. With millions of active users, and top-rated apps on all major platforms, this is your opportunity to join a team shipping exciting new features and class-leading experiences at scale to a dedicated and passionate customer base. The Kindle Design Studio is seeking a talented, creative, and customer-obsessed User Experience designer to join our team. You are strategic and highly collaborative and will work closely with a team of passionate designers, user researchers, product managers, and software developers to create the interaction flows, visual style, and assets for new and existing applications and experiences. Key job responsibilities Deliver highly detailed designs, prototypes, and specifications that raise our customer experience bar. Connect with our customers to drive the creation of new reading experiences on Kindle devices. Work across product, engineering, research and other design teams to deliver new product experiences at scale. A day in the life Love creating high-bar, high-visibility UX and UI? Interested in the unique challenges and opportunities of designing for Kindle reading experiences? We offer a creative and ownership-centric work environment where you'll be driving a key part of the core Kindle experience as you help Kindle deliver on the promise of making every book in every language available on demand, everywhere customers want to read. About the team We are a diverse, collaborative group with a passion for crafting exceptional experiences. We aspire to help our customers find and read the content they are most passionate about and provide them with an opportunity for education, escape, and self-reflection in a complex world. We hope you'll join us. We work across software and hardware to create new reading experiences on all our Kindle devices. We obsess about the details, but recognize that iteration is the only path to success. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: New York City, NY, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of design experience - 3+ years of delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer experience - Have an available online portfolio - Experience prototyping (HTML, XHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash or Flash Catalyst, or Axure) Preferred Qualifications - 2+ years of mass-market consumer web / mobile products experience - Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs 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. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $94,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $184,000/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.