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Form of workOur mission is to inspire readers by making it easy to read more and get more out of reading. In pursuit of this, our 50+ person global Design Studio provides the user research, UX, and brand design for Kindle E-readers, Kindle apps for phones & tablets, Author & Publisher tools, and book shopping experiences used by millions of readers and thousands of authors around the world. We are looking for a passionate, design-focused, and customer-obsessed UX designer to join our team.
As a UX Designer working within the Books Design Author Experience team. you will be trusted to operate with a high degree of ownership, including areas where the program strategy is still being defined. Informing your judgement is deep knowledge and practical experience in UX best practices & processes, product design, UI design. In this role you will own driving the customer experience for KDP's reporting and self-service marketing experiences. The ideal candidate will be a proven design leader with a track record for delivering seamless user experiences that are aesthetically beautiful, engaging, effective, and useful. To succeed in this role, you must be organized, a self-starter, and can balance tactical and strategic objectives effectively.
Key job responsibilities
* Create user-centered designs, interaction and reporting centric workflows by considering customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings
* Use business requirements and customer research to assist in developing scenarios, use cases, and high-level requirements
* Design the visual style, interface, and interaction flow of applications and experiences
* Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, visual mockups, click-throughs and prototypes
* Develop and maintain detailed user-interface specifications and design patterns
* Develop streamlined prioritization and work processes in collaboration with product and engineering partners
About the team
We are a diverse, collaborative group with a passion for crafting exceptional experiences to help our authors and publishers reach readers. We hope you'll join us.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Charleston, SC, USA | New York City, NY, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | San Luis Obispo, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | Washington Dc, DC, USA
