Sr. Designer, Device Brand Studio

Amazon; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Designer in Santa Monica to lead creative work across our device lineup and brand initiatives. You will drive conceptual development and execution for product launches, presenting to senior leaders and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

This role blends strategic art direction with hands-on design, guiding teams in digital, motion, photography, and integrated campaigns while ensuring brand consistency and meeting deadlines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design and art direction experience across multiple media.
• Strong skills in graphic design, branding, photography, CGI, video and art direction.
• Ability to lead and critique creative development and guide teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to articulate ideas.
• Experience leading junior staff, vendors, freelancers, and photographers.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative efforts and campaigns for major product launches and brand initiatives.
• Present work to senior leaders, product marketing managers, and executives.
• Collaborate with teams across brand, digital, broadcast, audio, social, and emerging channels.
• Guide creative teams in visual solutions for digital, motion, photography, and integrated campaigns.
• Establish timelines and lead breakthrough concepts and development.
• Translate complex concepts into memorable customer experiences.
• Mentor junior creatives and external partners as needed.

Skills

Design leadership

Art direction

Graphic design

Branding

Photography

CGI

Video

Adobe CS

Figma

Presentation skills

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

As a Sr. Designer at Device Brand Studio, you will lead creative efforts and campaigns across our device lineup, driving conceptual development and creative execution for major product launches and brand initiatives. You'll present work to senior leaders, product marketing managers, and executives, collaborating with creative teams to develop high-impact campaigns that span brand, digital, broadcast, audio, social media, and emerging channels.

This role combines strategic art direction with hands-on design. You'll guide creative teams in crafting compelling visual solutions across digital, motion, photography, and integrated campaigns, while ensuring brand consistency and meeting critical deadlines. Working closely with project managers and creative directors, you'll help establish timelines and lead the creation of breakthrough concepts, translating the complex and technical into memorable experiences for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

• You have at least 8+ years of design and art direction experience with an expert ability to develop innovative creative work across a broad range of media.
• You are well-versed in graphic design, branding, photography, CGI, video and art direction as it pertains to print, digital, and motion.
• You possess excellent design and conceptual skills accompanied by the ability to guide and evaluate, and if necessary, redirect creative development.
• You are naturally curious and passionate about design-with a keen awareness of the evolving landscape of available tools, technologies, resources, and trends.
• You are a self-starting art director that collaborates well with a team to find simple solutions to complex problems.
• You're a strong communicator with great presentation skills that is able to articulate ideas clearly, lead healthy debate, and accept directional feedback. Must be able to communicate effectively both up and down a creative organization.
• You have in depth knowledge of the creative development process, providing timely and helpful feedback to improve creative solutions, and producing work on schedule. Must be able to effectively lead junior creative staff members, vendors, freelancers, and photographers as needed.
• Solid organizational skills to file work in a manner that can be shared with the team.
• Excellent skills with design software, primarily the Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

About the team

The creative organization thrives on a singular, bold purpose: to craft work that isn’t just exceptional, but world-class—a benchmark for excellence. We are relentless in this pursuit, especially when the odds are stacked against us. Our foundation is a commitment to craft and a dedication to ensuring every piece of creative work embodies a consistent, breathtaking aesthetic quality. We don’t meet expectations, we exist to define them. Details aren't just details—they're the difference between good and great. We obsess over these nuances with passion and precision.

While this pursuit is challenging at Amazon, we remain relentless alongside our partners and collaborators in bringing an elevated sense of taste to every detail. We do this because we know that excellence demands courage, resilience, and an unrelenting commitment to vision.

Our mission is clear: to inspire our customers by revealing the magic, love, and thoughtful invention infused into every product signed, Amazon Devices and Services.