Design Technologist, Amazon Studio

ENGINEERINGUK; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Digital Technician at a leading visual innovation studio. In this dynamic role, you will leverage your technical expertise in digital asset management and coding to enhance the online shopping experience for millions. You will be responsible for ensuring the quality of digital assets, managing workflows, and collaborating with creative teams to set new standards in e-commerce photography and videography. If you are detail-oriented, organized, and passionate about innovation, this position offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment. Join a forward-thinking team that values creativity and excellence!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in digital asset management with enterprise-level systems.
• Strong background in coding and front-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality checks and provide feedback on digital assets.
• Act as the primary contact for post-production teams.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

AppleScript

Powershell

AWS S3

Digital Asset Management

Capture One

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Color Profile Management

Education

Experience as front-end technologist or engineer

Portfolio of coding samples

Experience with web/mobile app development

Tools

Capture One

Photoshop

Bridge

OBS

Windows

Mac

Git

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Visual Innovation Services builds the world's best online shopping experience through photography, video, and usability design enabling millions of customers to make more informed purchasing decisions. Visual Innovation at Amazon is a large and fast-growing network of teams located throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on fashion and product photography, retouching, graphic design, video, 3D, virtual production, automated image acquisition, and image support services. We are continually innovating and setting new industry standards for showcasing 10s of millions of products across multiple global marketplaces. We are obsessed with innovating on behalf of our customers, and continually push beyond the boundaries of traditional e-commerce photography and videography.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-skilled Digital Technician (Digitech) / Equipment Manager for our fast-paced Studio. Successful candidates will be self-starters, strong communicators, very detail-oriented, and highly organized. The Digitech will be responsible for performing quality checks and providing feedback on all digital assets created, archiving and maintenance of the assets, and acting as the primary point of contact for post-production teams. The candidate will need a strong background in computer hardware and software and be able to recommend new technologies that ensure our studios stay at the forefront of the industry.

Joining our team provides a unique opportunity to help represent the Amazon brand visually, set global video standards, and innovate with creative sensibility for our customers.

You will inspire confidence by your project management and tenacity in meeting deadlines, and show an unwavering attention to detail and an acute awareness that everything counts. You will provide clear ownership and accountability to anything you drive and see it through beyond completion. You will show a relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business priorities.

Please note this is a permanent role that will be based out of our Hoxton studio, five days a week.

Key job responsibilities

1. Experience writing scripted workflows (Python, JavaScript, AppleScript, Powershell, or similar). Familiar with AWS S3 client-side automation, metadata standards, and workflow automation.
2. 3+ years of digital asset management experience working with an enterprise-level DAM system.
3. In-depth experience with Capture One, Photoshop, Bridge, video software including Premiere Pro, OBS, Windows and Mac environments, and large-scale asset file management.
4. Strong understanding of color profile management policies and best practices, including the ability to color shift and manage multiple peripheral devices.
5. Proven ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.
6. Ability to learn and master proprietary internal tools.
7. Effective communication skills and the ability to handle multiple projects from beginning to end, under tight and evolving deadlines.
8. A motivated and professional attitude, with the ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience as a front-end technologist, engineer, or UX prototyper.
2. Have coding samples in front-end programming languages.
3. Have an available online portfolio.
4. Experience with web, mobile web, or mobile app front-end development.
5. Experience with UI design for complex workflows and for end users.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Knowledge of technologies such as JavaScript/NodeJS, HTML/CSS, Responsive/Adaptive Design.
2. Knowledge of Python, Javascript, and source control (Git).

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

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