Strategic Design Lead

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited Full time
About This Role

We are seeking a charismatic design leader to join our team at Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited. As a Design Strategist - Futures, you will be responsible for identifying, defining, and planning opportunities that have a demonstrable and meaningful impact on customers' lives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Identify opportunities based on customer insights, business strategy, and emergent cultural/tech trends.
  • Present compelling narratives to design leadership and key stakeholders to develop and obtain buy-in.
  • Work with ambiguity and generate divergent concepts, exploring broad themes while finding compelling nuggets to go deeper.
  • Bring concepts to life through various mediums, including prototypes, motion, video, high-fidelity visuals, and physical form factors.
  • Create, track, and communicate project information with teams and stakeholders.
  • Plan large-scale design efforts, including defining outcomes, deliverables, schedules, resourcing, and budget.
  • Digest a lot of information, make sense of it, and turn it into meaningful experiences for our customers and business.
  • Develop and maintain a deep understanding of industry trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape to inform design strategy.
About You
  • You have the drive to solve big questions that have no obvious answers today.
  • You're passionate about being at the forefront of digital experiences, interested in artificial intelligence, and skilled in innovation tools/methods.
  • You excel at crafting new product and service concept development strategies by immersing yourself in customer needs, market landscape, and business capabilities.
  • You're able to think about high-level product strategy and translate it into design principles and frameworks, maturing the team's ability to turn ambiguity into tangible experiences that customers will love.
Basic Qualifications
  • Have an available online portfolio.
  • Experience working on greenfield projects or identifying net new product ideas and solutions.
  • Experience creating go-to-market artefacts, including defining audience, positioning, value proposition, and success metrics.
  • Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity.
  • Experience designing for interactive digital platforms.
  • Professional experience as a UX Designer, Product Designer, or Design Strategist role.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience creating new and inspiring North Star concepts that inform the vision of Futures Design.
  • Have your finger on the pulse of emergent design trends.
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity to drive the design process.
  • Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
  • Experience collaborating with UX, Product, and technical partners.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

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