Our Books Team is seeking a talented, passionate UX Designer to work on cross customer projects that span reading, shopping, and publishing experiences.
This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated person interested in designing innovative web and native applications. The ideal candidate knows how to leverage customer research and data to inform their recommendations and measure their design solutions. An unfailing passion and capacity to advocate on behalf of our users is an absolute must; this role will significantly impact the user experience of thousands of authors, publishers, shoppers, and readers world-wide.
Responsibilities
* Quickly yet thoroughly create process flows, wireframes, and visual design mockups as needed to effectively conceptualize and communicate detailed interaction behaviors.
* Work closely with cross-functional teams to help define business and feature requirements via empirical online data, usability findings, market research, and proven UCD principles.
* Assess and optimize the performance of new and existing features by actively participating in usability testing and interpreting analytics data.
* Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and our .com executives for review and feedback
* Contribute to user interface design and development best practices and standards.
* Provide leadership in the area of ecommerce trends, web application design, and user interface innovations.
* 7+ years industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web and/or software applications.
* Bachelors or Masters degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
* Fluency in best practices for web-based and native OS information architecture and design practices
* Strong knowledge of usability principles and research techniques
* Expert in Figma and proficient in creating net-new components as well as using existing libraries
* A strong online portfolio demonstrating past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal and analytical skills including the ability to communicate complex, interactive design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organization.
* Self-starter who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player.
* Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in an agile, fast-paced environment.
* Strong judgement and able to recommend the right design process and project approach to deliver the best solution for customers