Senior UX Designer, GREF – Global Strategy & Planning

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking an experienced UX Designer within Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) to create and enhance space planning tools for Amazon's corporate offices. You will collaborate with UX, Product, Software, and Business partners to deliver customer-centric specifications across multiple regions.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, analytical skills, and the ability to design simple, effective tools across complex real estate processes while contributing to an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience.
• Have an available online portfolio.
• Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax.
• Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards.
• Knowledge of usability principles and techniques.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design leadership and cross-functional partners throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Work alongside designers, product managers, engineers, and other experts to drive concepts from ideation to implementation.
• Dive deep into space planning customers and use cases.
• Think big about creative and simplified solutions to current complex processes.

Skills

UX design

Portfolio

HTML/CSS/JS

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

HTML/CSS/JS

Job description

Description

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) organization is looking for an experienced UX Designer to design new space planning tech tools and improve upon existing systems. GREF is responsible for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio, creating the spaces that inspire Amazonians to make history. The globally diverse team manages Amazon’s corporate offices in more than 60 countries. GREF provides real estate transactions expertise, business partnering, space and occupancy planning, design and construction, capital investment program management, facility maintenance, and operations all contributing to the employee experience and leveraging places and programs to enable culture to thrive at Amazon. Within GREF, the UXD team designs all location-based visualization and space planning for internal GREF employees.

Description

The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) organization is looking for an experienced UX Designer to design new space planning tech tools and improve upon existing systems. GREF is responsible for Amazon’s corporate office portfolio, creating the spaces that inspire Amazonians to make history. The globally diverse team manages Amazon’s corporate offices in more than 60 countries. GREF provides real estate transactions expertise, business partnering, space and occupancy planning, design and construction, capital investment program management, facility maintenance, and operations all contributing to the employee experience and leveraging places and programs to enable culture to thrive at Amazon. Within GREF, the UXD team designs all location-based visualization and space planning for internal GREF employees. In this role, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the end-to-end UX design for a new space planning product and work on tools designed for the employee experience. You will collaborate cross-functionally with UX Research, Product, Software, and Business partners to deliver customer obsessed design specifications for products. This high visibility role will impact the success of the GREF organization and directly impact business partners across the company. The position requires strong customer centric strategic planning, analytical skills, problem solving, and excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate will lead with curiosity and work collaboratively to design new, simple tools that solve problems across complex systems and delight customers with ease of use. They will dive deep into the overall real estate planning process to understand customer needs. A track record of delivering results in a fast paced, dynamic environment is a must. Being self-driven, adaptable and able to manage multiple priorities is a key to success. This role is a great fit for someone who is sensitive to the diverse perspectives of stakeholders and works with them to resolve differences.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate with design leadership and cross-functional partners throughout the product development lifecycle
• Work alongside designers, product managers, engineers, and other experts to drive concepts from ideation to implementation
• Dive deep into space planning customers and use cases
• Think big about creative and simplified solutions to current complex processes

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of design experience
• Have an available online portfolio
• Experience with design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and prototyping in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Ajax
• Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
• Knowledge of usability principles and techniques
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
• Experience with UX design of complex workflows
• Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature

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, WA, Seattle - 137,800.00 - 186,400.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon.com Services LLC