User Experience / Visual Designer Job at Horizontal Talent in New York

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Amazon Services is seeking a talented, passionate User Experience Designer for our WebStore business. We are leveraging Amazon's ecommerce and merchandising technology to build a best-in-class product that enables retailers and manufacturers to easily sell their products through their own branded website, over the phone, and / or in their retail stores, backed by the support, selection, and expertise that only Amazon can provide.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated person interested in designing innovative, intuitive web applications used by sellers to manage their inventory, orders, and customer-facing website. The ideal candidate knows how to leverage visitor 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 retailers and manufacturers by optimizing their ability to manage their multichannel ecommerce business.

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 using Omniture SiteCatalyst.
• Present design work to the user experience team, product team, and Amazon.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.
• Require 7+ years of industry experience providing interaction design solutions for web and / or software applications.
• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
• Be fluent in best practices for web-based information architecture and design, with strong knowledge of usability principles and techniques.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, and Dreamweaver is required.
• A strong online portfolio demonstrating past work experience and relevant, user-centered design solutions is required.

Preferred Qualifications

Required Skills

Preferred Skills

Experience running user testing is a bonus.

The pay range for this role is $37 - $72 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on experience and location.

Additional Information

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Contract

Job function : Design, Art / Creative, and IT

Industries : Staffing and Recruiting

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