Senior UX Designer Amazon Games
Senior UX Designer Amazon Games
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15-03-2025
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Amazon Games is looking for a Senior UX Designer to partner with us as we build exciting new casual games with a multiplayer component. You will help establish an entirely new category for gaming and should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity thats higher than most projects. In this role youll work with teams in crafting engaging user experiences for our games across various platforms and interfaces. This includes standard UX elements like menus HUDs and icons but youll also be innovating new ways for users to interact with our games in a manner that is both visually appealing and userfriendly. Working with designers and other artists youll ensure the UX fits a games style and enhances player experience. You should have strong graphic design skills experience with design software and knowledge of game UI/UX principles.
The opportunity to delight millions of gamers is massive but its also an ambiguous challenge. You will leverage your UI/UX game design knowledge to help define and prioritize content for Amazon customers who play games. Youll work with worldclass thirdparty game developers to assess and design great content. You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and will collaborate with art design engineering and other stakeholders to resolve ambiguity and balance competing priorities.
Key job responsibilities
* Provide creative vision and guidance on UI/UX elements that shape how our players interact with our games
* Be part of a multidisciplinary brain trust that works primarily with external developers to guide Amazon thinking
* Translate stakeholder feedback into clear UX directions for external agencies and developing partners
* Help raise and set new standards for the highestquality of ingame UI/UX for our games at key moments of their development cycles
* Be able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep and execute great game interfaces to lead by example
* Evaluate challenges to effectively communicate and/or escalate UI/UX guidelines accountability and resolution progress to partners and leadership
* Leverage datadriven customer insights and deep knowledge of formats and placements to make creative decisions
* Quickly prototype interface ideas and iterate through playtesting and player feedback
* Work with developers to ensure their UI/UX content and features are delivered to high quality
* Work with engineers and artists to refine our workflows and improve our tooling
* Partner with accessibility certification and other internal teams to ensure our experiences are accessible to as many players as possible
* Remain up to date with products and services across the game industry and also within Amazon Twitch and Amazon Game Studios.
About the team
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create compete collaborate and connect through games and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay creativity marketing and technology while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.
6 years of design experience
Experience working with thirdparty developers to build great content
Experience creating and documenting highquality UI/UX guidelines and strategies
Shipped games across a variety of platforms on time and on budget
A portfolio demonstrating experience creating great endtoend usercentered design solutions and patterns across desktop and mobile devices
Experience communicating with customers technical teams and management to collect requirements describe products and technical designs
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience
Experience with Phaser Babylon JS or similar HTML5 development tools.
Experience designing customer facing retail products
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
Experience creating endtoend game experiences from the concept stage to shipping
Experience building games in a wide variety of genres for a variety of platforms from mobile to console
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age 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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
The opportunity to delight millions of gamers is massive but its also an ambiguous challenge. You will leverage your UI/UX game design knowledge to help define and prioritize content for Amazon customers who play games. Youll work with worldclass thirdparty game developers to assess and design great content. You thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and will collaborate with art design engineering and other stakeholders to resolve ambiguity and balance competing priorities.
Key job responsibilities
* Provide creative vision and guidance on UI/UX elements that shape how our players interact with our games
* Be part of a multidisciplinary brain trust that works primarily with external developers to guide Amazon thinking
* Translate stakeholder feedback into clear UX directions for external agencies and developing partners
* Help raise and set new standards for the highestquality of ingame UI/UX for our games at key moments of their development cycles
* Be able to take the high strategic view as well as dive deep and execute great game interfaces to lead by example
* Evaluate challenges to effectively communicate and/or escalate UI/UX guidelines accountability and resolution progress to partners and leadership
* Leverage datadriven customer insights and deep knowledge of formats and placements to make creative decisions
* Quickly prototype interface ideas and iterate through playtesting and player feedback
* Work with developers to ensure their UI/UX content and features are delivered to high quality
* Work with engineers and artists to refine our workflows and improve our tooling
* Partner with accessibility certification and other internal teams to ensure our experiences are accessible to as many players as possible
* Remain up to date with products and services across the game industry and also within Amazon Twitch and Amazon Game Studios.
About the team
Amazon Games applies the principles of Amazonian culture to the world of game design. We have a diverse team of talented creative people pairing their love of making games with the unique strengths that come with being part of Amazon. Across all of our teams and locations we are united by a common purpose: to share great gaming experiences with customers around the world. We believe in a future where everyone is a gamer and everyone can create compete collaborate and connect through games and we are looking for the right people to help us build that future. With the power of Twitch and AWS at your fingertips you will have the chance to innovate in gameplay creativity marketing and technology while working alongside some of the smartest and most creative minds in the industry.
6 years of design experience
Experience working with thirdparty developers to build great content
Experience creating and documenting highquality UI/UX guidelines and strategies
Shipped games across a variety of platforms on time and on budget
A portfolio demonstrating experience creating great endtoend usercentered design solutions and patterns across desktop and mobile devices
Experience communicating with customers technical teams and management to collect requirements describe products and technical designs
Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity
Bachelors degree in related field or equivalent experience
Experience with Phaser Babylon JS or similar HTML5 development tools.
Experience designing customer facing retail products
Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards
Experience creating endtoend game experiences from the concept stage to shipping
Experience building games in a wide variety of genres for a variety of platforms from mobile to console
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age 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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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