Product Designer, Design Systems, Goodreads

Amazon; Seattle (WA); Sur place; USD 118 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Sign-on payments/RSUs

Health insurance (medical/dental/vison

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Résumé du poste

Goodreads, an Amazon company, is seeking a Product Designer to lead AI-ready design system work across web and mobile. You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, PMs and content teams to craft reader experiences and enable authors, publishers, and advertisers to engage with a large community of readers.

You will design across web, iOS and Android, mentor teammates, and help mature our tooling to raise quality and velocity in product delivery.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of design experience.
• Strong online portfolio with end-to-end UX work across web and mobile.
• Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar.

Responsabilités

• Own the design and enablement of our design system to deliver core reader experiences across web and mobile apps; driving adoption, evaluating system gaps, optimizing processes, utilizing AI and scaling to meet all product and surface needs.
• Manage the design libraries and tooling while educating the team on best practices and providing resources.
• Create customer-centered designs that incorporate customer feedback, user research, data, market trends and technical constraints.
• Create flows, wireframes, design mockups, rapid prototypes to effectively conceptualize, prove out, and deliver on exceptional product experiences.
• Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to define systems and AI enablement of design work.
• Partner with User Research and independently drive evaluative research to develop understanding for the customer and validate design choices before and after development.
• Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross-functionally, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale.
• Give and solicit feedback from other designers to continually raise our bar for quality.

Connaissances

Design experience

Portfolio

Figma

Adobe CC

UX design

Collaboration with developers

Outils

Figma

Adobe CC

Prototyping tools

Description du poste

Description

Want to change the lives of millions of readers by making it easy to discover books and get more out of reading?

As a Product Designer on the Goodreads Design team, you’ll work with engineers, data scientists, researchers, product managers, sales managers, customer experts, content creators, and designers to build products that help readers find books they'll love and get more out of them, and enables authors, publishers and advertisers to connect with our audience of engaged readers.

Goodreads is currently reimagining our products and brand. In this role, you will own, manage, and design for an AI‑ready design system that accelerates design velocity, consistency, and quality across mobile apps and web. You will help the team invent and simplify as we grow our business and continually identify new opportunities to deliver value to all of our customers - readers, authors, and publisher/advertiser partners. You will be responsible for maturing our design system and tooling while up‑leveling customer experiences across core product areas: Discovery, Reading, Tracking, and Community. You’ll design across all touch points including web, iOS and Android apps, and emails.

Key job responsibilities

• Own the design and enablement of our design system to deliver core reader experiences across web and mobile apps; driving adoption, evaluating system gaps, optimizing processes, utilizing AI and scaling to meet all product and surface needs.
• Manage the design libraries and tooling while educating the team on best practices and providing resources.
• Create customer‑centered designs that incorporate customer feedback, user research, data, market trends and technical constraints.
• Create flows, wireframes, design mockups, rapid prototypes to effectively conceptualize, prove out, and deliver on exceptional product experiences.
• Partner with design, product, and engineering teams to define systems and AI enablement of design work.
• Partner with User Research and independently drive evaluative research to develop understanding for the customer and validate design choices before and after development.
• Advocate for design by sharing your work and presenting cross‑functionally, while being able to precisely articulate design rationale.
• Give and solicit feedback from other designers to continually raise our bar for quality.

A day in the life

Product Design at Goodreads brings together the practices of human factors, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, UX research, and related disciplines into a single, customer‑centric design role. Our designers are generalists with specialties who translate customer insights and business needs into product experiences that delight, generate visual concepts that exceed expectations, and work with AI and developers to deliver those concepts with a high level of quality.

Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations, and we have over 100 million members. Our office is located in downtown San Francisco. Goodreads is an Amazon company, so you will have opportunities to partner with Kindle and Amazon teams to elevate the reading experience for millions of customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of design experience
• Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end‑to‑end, user‑centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices
• Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
• Experience in delivering design solutions as a UX designer or interaction designer
• Experience in visual design expertise demonstrated through mockups and style guides
• Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of best practices for information architecture and design
• Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
• Experience in written and verbal communication skills to communicate with technical and non‑technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Experience managing, contributing to, and adopting design systems
• A clear understanding of user‑centered design processes and how Ai can be integrated
• Experience designing for consumer‑facing and ad‑supported products

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Benefits

• Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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