Senior UX Designer, Amazon Ads

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 155,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Ads Creative Experiences Design team is seeking a Sr. UX Designer to own end-to-end advertiser experiences, translating complex workflows into intuitive designs and driving with research and AI-enabled tooling. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver best-in-class experiences.

You will prototype, communicate design concepts, and present to leadership, balancing creativity with data-driven decisions in a fast-paced, Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience.
• Experience with UX design of complex workflows.
• Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards.
• Experience delivering design for projects of large scope and complexity.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end UX design for advertiser experiences from concept to launch.
• Translate complex advertising workflows into intuitive, visual designs.
• Use business requirements and research to develop scenarios and requirements.
• Integrate AI capabilities into the design workflow to improve speed and quality.
• Present designs to senior leadership and defend advertiser experience decisions.

Skills

UX design

Complex workflows

Design patterns

Collaboration

Job description

The Amazon Ads Creative Experiences Design team is responsible for how advertisers create, manage, and optimize their campaigns across Amazon's advertising ecosystem. We are looking for a dynamic and innovative problem solver to join as a Sr. UX Designer who will work with a team of talented product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver best-in‑class advertiser experiences. We need a highly motivated, creative, and passionate UX Designer to drive customer‑focused advertising solutions that empower businesses of all sizes to reach their goals.

As a Sr. UX Designer on the Advertiser Experiences team, you should be comfortable prototyping and communicating design ideas at varying levels of fidelity. You have a solid understanding of how applications are built and use that knowledge to design solutions that are both desirable and feasible. You approach your craft with an AI‑native mindset, actively integrating AI tools and capabilities into your research, ideation, and delivery process to move faster and raise the quality of your output. The ideal candidate will be able to visualize an experience in the abstract, break down complex use cases, and drive the vision into solid design deliverables.

You think first from the advertiser's perspective, use research and data to influence your designs, set relentlessly high standards for yourself, and deliver best‑in‑class experiences. You thrive in a fast‑paced, agile environment and embrace the idea that failure is a critical part of innovation. You balance your passion for inspired, compelling, elegant yet simple designs with a highly analytical nature, precise execution, and a relentless drive to design, build, and deliver.

Key job responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end UX design for one or more advertiser experience product areas, from concept through launch
• Translate complex advertising workflows and ambiguous problem spaces into clear, intuitive, and visually compelling designs
• Leverage business requirements, usability findings, and market research to develop scenarios, use cases, and requirements
• Adopt emerging AI capabilities into your design workflow to increase speed and quality of output
• Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high‑fidelity mockups that communicate design intent
• Drive design decisions through user research, data analysis, usability testing, and industry best practices
• Build cross‑functional relationships to promote collaboration and efficiency
• Contribute to and evolve the Advertiser Experiences design system for platform consistency
• Present design work and rationale to senior leadership, advocating for the advertiser experience
• Proactively manage your work queue, timelines, and expectations; communicate tradeoffs when needed

About the team

The Amazon Ads Creative Experiences Design team designs the experiences advertisers use to create and manage ad creatives. Our work spans AI‑powered Creative Skills (image and video generation), agentic creative workflows, multi‑format campaign builders, creative preview and optimization experiences. We define the AX vision for what every creative experience must address — and ship patterns that teams adopt at scale.

We value designers who own ambiguous problems end to end, define patterns that scale without them in the room, exercise backbone to protect the advertiser experience, and tie their work to measurable business outcomes.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience
• Experience with UX design of complex workflows
• Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
• Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience acquiring user data (e.g., conducting usability studies, performing user research) and creating personas and journey maps
• Experience with and deep understanding of advertising technologies (i.e., ad server, DSP)
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment to deliver high‑quality design solutions

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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.

USA, NY, New York - 155,400.00 - 210,300.00 USD annually