Amazon Alexa is one of the world's most used and beloved assistants. At Alexa, we are focused on building the world's best personal assistant, leveraging the latest advancements in AI technologies. You will have the opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, and implementation of innovative products and features. We’re looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of ownership, and want to have fun and make history.
On the Alexa Smart Home team, you will have an enormous opportunity to impact the customer experience, design, and ship leading edge Alexa+ products and experiences that will be used every day by people you know. You will be hands on and have a strong understanding of design systems and best practices. As a storyteller, you will advocate for design excellence and help create meaningful value for our customers with our products.
Key job responsibilities
As a Sr. UX Designer for Alexa Smart Home, you will:
- Create world-class, user-centered designs through consideration of market research, business requirements, customer feedback, and usability study findings
- Translate business requirements into use cases and high-level customer experience requirements
- Design the information architecture, interface, and interaction flow of new voice, web, multi-modal, and mobile applications
- Develop conceptual diagrams, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes for voice and visual experiences
- Develop and maintain detailed user experience specifications
- Present design work to the user experience team, product team, executives, and external partners for review and feedback
- Work with our usability and business intelligence teams to assess and optimize new and existing features and frameworks
- Partner with engineering and science teams to ensure innovative voice and visual technologies provide a delightful customer experience
- Collaborate with other design team members on Alexa smart home experiences, frameworks, process, and best practices.
A day in the life
Each day, you'll connect and collaborate with designers across the Alexa and Smart Home teams. You’ll work directly with product managers to understand requirements, and develop design concepts that will be reviewed with leadership. You’ll also work with research, software, and science teams to deliver detailed visual, voice, and interaction specifications. While the environment will be fast-paced, you’ll always be embedded in a supportive community of team members who are ready to provide feedback and support. Because we see time as a scarce resource that must be respected, we'll help you defend your work/life balance and will actively support your professional growth.
About the team
The Alexa Smart Home team works on foundational and innovative Alexa experiences that customers use to control their homes on Echo devices, via the Alexa app, Fire TV, and other modalities.
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