Visual Designer, Brand Innovation Lab

Amazon; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in the UK is searching for a skilled Visual Designer to create brand-focused digital experiences. This role requires 5-6 years of graphic design experience, proficiency in design tools like Adobe Creative Cloud, and a strong online portfolio. The candidate will work in a fast-paced environment, collaborate with various teams, and lead creative campaigns. The position offers a chance to contribute to high-impact brand initiatives and push creative boundaries.

Qualifications

• 5-6+ years of graphic design experience, preferably at advertising agencies or as an in-house creative.
• An online creative portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and visual design excellence.
• In-depth understanding of design tools and basic understanding of UX design.
• Excellent presentation skills and interactive storytelling ability.
• Strong organizational and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design creative executions, maintaining high standards and meeting deadlines.
• Create innovative UI designs and advertising experiences.
• Lead campaign executions in collaboration with design teams.
• Optimize digital assets for various devices.
• Coordinate with marketing and quality assurance teams.

Skills

Graphic design expertise

Presentation skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Education

5-6+ years of graphic design experience

Online creative portfolio

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Figma

InVision

Webflow

Job description

Amazon's Brand Innovation Lab team is seeking a skillful, customer-obsessed Visual Designer to create brand-focused digital and visual experiences that are displayed across Amazon sites, Amazon devices and external sites. As a Visual Designer, you are passionate about delivering world-class graphic solutions and customer experiences to worldwide top advertisers. You are both imaginative and pragmatic, feeling comfortable delivering exceptional creatives in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate with internal and external partners and stakeholders to integrate top standard craft and customer experience into sponsorships offering. You are proactive and solution oriented with proven experience in moving projects from concept into successful execution. Through careful observation and determination, you can identify process gaps and use your strategic mindset to drive process improvements, always aiming to set your team for long-term success. You've proven you start with the customer and work backwards, understanding that what you do is critical to creating a successful, consistent shopping experience. You make sure the creative and craft bar is always high in every detail of the project, for both you and your team, and looking around corners to take every opportunity you get to raise the bar even higher. As a candidate, you will have a deep understanding of graphic design processes and software. An online portfolio and solid design experience are required.

Key job responsibilities

• Design creative executions including but not limited to Amazon-owned devices brand and ad placements, maintaining high productivity, quality standards and meeting turnaround time targets.
• Create innovative UI designs and advertising experiences for global brands.
• Design customer-centered campaigns across Amazon's platforms.
• Lead campaign executions in collaboration with EU/US design teams.
• Optimize digital assets for web, mobile, big screen and other devices.
• Help ensure quality control, while working closely with marketing stakeholders, design peers and quality specialist.
• Exhibit an ability to follow creative lead as expected, and also contribute to push the creative envelope in a constructive, memorable way with the customer in mind.
• Act as an expert for one or more design categories, helping resolve customer queries, troubleshooting when needed, as well as training and mentoring new employees.
• Be able to incorporate an analytical and strategical thinking.
• Experience working with multiple partners and stakeholders and communicate efficiently to solve challenges and pushing projects and campaigns forward.

A day in the life

• Creating engaging pitch decks, mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Sync with internal and external partners to present and discuss your work.
• Independently lead campaign executions and collaborate with EU creative team.
• Work with Art and Creative Directors to understand new brand opportunities to apply your top design skills.

About the team

The Brand Innovation Lab team is the internal group within Amazon that creates one-of-a-kind campaigns and activations for global advertisers, like Pepsi, Microsoft, Adidas, Samsung, and Unilever. Using all of the different platforms within the Amazon canvas (Custom landing pages, Alexa, Twitch, Prime Video, etc.), we create campaigns that reach millions of Amazon customers across our digital channels and out in the real-world. The Endemic pod specifically deals with brands that sell directly on Amazon - sneakers, laptops, detergent, soda, etc. If it arrives in a bag or a box, that's a brand you could work on.

Basic Qualifications

• 5-6+ years of graphic design experience, preferably at advertising agencies and/or as an in-house creative.
• An online creative portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and visual design excellence.
• In-depth understanding of industry design tools (Ex. Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, InVision), and a basic understanding of UX design.
• Data-driven and obsessed with measurable impact of a campaign.
• Excellent presentation skills and interactive storytelling ability.
• Strong organisation and collaboration skills.
• Exceptional at your craft and a critical project owner.
• A fascination with innovation and technology.
• Self-starter. Ability to manage ambiguity, work autonomously, and multi-task.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Webflow.
• Experience with GenAI.
• Motion design skills.
• Proven track record of executing projects successfully with teammates in different time zones.

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