Design Technologist, Amazon Studio

Amazon India; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Digital Technician to enhance the visual representation of their brand. This role involves managing digital assets, ensuring quality, and innovating workflows in a dynamic studio environment. You will collaborate with creative teams to set global standards and drive projects forward with precision and attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and a relentless drive for innovation. Join a team where your contributions will shape the future of online shopping experiences and make a significant impact in a fast-paced, creative setting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of digital asset management experience with enterprise-level systems.
• Strong background in computer hardware and software.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality checks and provide feedback on digital assets.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines.

Skills

Digital Asset Management

Project Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Scripting (Python, JavaScript, AppleScript, Powershell)

Color Profile Management

Education

Experience as a front-end technologist or engineer

Portfolio of coding samples

Tools

Capture One

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

OBS

AWS S3

Git

Job description

Job ID: 2718552 | Amazon UK Services Ltd. - A10

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 act as the primary point of contact for post-productions 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 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

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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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