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Art Director
Amazon
Seattle, WA, United States
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DESCRIPTION
Do you want to be part of creating the world’s most engaging online store? The Amazon Home Marketing team is seeking a highly creative and entrepreneurial individual to join our unique and dynamic retail marketing organization. As an art director, you will you will play a significant role in inspiring customers through images and graphics that create best-in-class brand content and shopping experiences. In this new position, you will have the opportunity to serve as a creative lead and stakeholder, helping to design, art direct, and guide production of assets for a range of brand marketing needs across the Amazon retail marketing organization.
Primary responsibilities include:
• Designing on-site graphics, including storefront billboards and traffic drivers
• Concepting and art directing photo and/or video production projects
• Leading branding projects including the creation and maintenance of style guides per business team and marketing program
• Creating layouts and templates for merchandised pages and email marketing campaigns
• Curating and designing assets for use across digital advertising programs
• Recommending creative resourcing solutions and overseeing outsourced design and production
• Supporting retail merchandising and marketing teams with design of presentations and trade collateral as needed
The ideal candidate will have strong tactical web design skills along with general art direction and graphic design and capabilities to help drive the overall branding of multiple consumer retail categories. Keys to success in this role are the abilities to partner with multiple business teams to understand customer needs and the talent to deliver relevant, inspiring, and engaging visual content for each marketing program.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• 5+ years of experience in graphic design, art direction, web/UX design, or similar creative production roles
• Excellent concepting, creative development, and design skills
• Highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign, Keynote/PowerPoint and related design and production software
• Deep understanding of typography and image standards for the web
• Experience managing multiple projects and the ability to meet aggressive deadlines
• Effective cross-team collaborator with the ability to work across multiple creative projects
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated ability to use hard data and metrics to back up strategic recommendations
• Capability to meet technical requirements and learn proprietary tools
• Online portfolio required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Design and art direction experience for a consumer brand, digital agency, or lifestyle publication
• Understanding of web design and UX principles with experience designing for an e-commerce or media website
• Photo or video production concepting, planning, and on-set art direction
• Advanced photo retouching skills
• Basic illustration and motion graphics experience
• Working knowledge of home furnishings trends and competitive landscape