Global Keynote Visual Director

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Sr. Keynote Creative Strategist to own the creative direction and visual craft of AWS keynotes. You will transform complex technical narratives into original art, slides and visual systems for high-profile events.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on creation, mentoring internal designers and guiding external partners to deliver cohesive shows across re:Invent and AWS Summits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of driving compelling creative strategy and execution at an agency or in-house creative team experience
• Experience developing cross-functional relationships with product, consumer research and marketing teams to develop strategy and consumer insights that drive compelling creative executions
• Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
• Experience managing creative (internal team of designers, copywriters, external agencies and freelancers)
• Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines

Responsibilities

• Set the creative direction for each keynote: develop visual concepts and creative territories from the narrative, script and audience, and align them with executives and content leads
• Create original art, illustrations and presentation slides for executive keynotes at the highest craft bar
• Build and maintain keynote visual systems (templates, style guides, motion and graphic standards) that keep the work consistent across re:Invent, 31 global Summits and third-party events
• Direct and mentor internal designers and external agencies and vendors: give clear creative feedback, review work in progress, and help choose partners for each project
• Make creative and brand trade-off decisions across executives, product teams, content creators and production partners, and argue for creative integrity when feedback conflicts
• Present creative direction and work in progress to senior leaders and VPs, explaining the strategic reasoning behind each visual decision
• Direct AI-augmented creative production: decide when generative AI tools (image, video, layout) speed up the work and when the job needs human-led craft, and set the quality bar for AI-assisted output
• Partner with keynote leads, demo builders and video teams so that animation, interactive demos and live elements all feel like one show
• Available to work across time zones with a globally distributed team, and travel to events as needed

Skills

Creative strategy

Executive presentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Creative direction

Tools

InDesign

Photoshop

Illustrator

Keynote

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Sr. Keynote Creative Strategist to own the creative direction and visual craft of AWS keynotes. You will transform complex technical narratives into original art, slides and visual systems for high-profile events.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on creation, mentoring internal designers and guiding external partners to deliver cohesive shows across re:Invent and AWS Summits.