Description

Amazon is looking for an enthusiastic Production Artist to join the Workplace Health and Safety Team. We’re not an average company and this is definitely not your average position. We’ll give you the opportunity to make a difference to our safety engagement experience across the globe. At Amazon, we obsess about the safety of our people and partners — they are our customer. Our people trust us because we provide a safe work environment. Our unwavering commitment to deliver the best technologies and practices meets and exceeds expectations. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. If you'd like to help us educate and empower the people who care for and deliver on our customer promise - we need you.

We are seeking a Production Artist who will be responsible for operating visual design software and tools in order to produce visual displays and collateral. You will produce graphic artwork that is used in publications, signs, charts, posters, training, video productions and other mediums.

Key job responsibilities

• You are a team player who works collaboratively with the creative director, visual designers, and other team members to understand the brief and target audience, identify the most effective solutions, and deliver results on time.

• You understand the value of a brand and carefully follow standards and guidelines to ensure your work stays true to the brand identity.

• You are proficient with design softwares, and stay up-to-date on the latest creative tools and trends.

• You look at design with a systematic eye: you use the right grid system to inform your layouts. You design with accessibility and usability in mind. You are an expert at scale and responsive design, type ramp formula, stroke weight, and designing for various displays.

• You drive efficiency in your process by using keyboard shortcuts, plugins, and automation solutions that get the work done faster while insisting on the highest standards.

• You are a design perfectionist. Your visual elements are always aligned, your margins are set, your color values are accurate, and your font style is consistent.

• You have adequate knowledge in production specs and how to correctly set and export creative files for print and digital output.

• You have excellent time-management skills and are able to prioritize your tasks to remain on track and deliver on time.

About the team

Amazon’s Workplace Health and Safety team leads cross-functional projects that require collaboration and partnership with Amazon businesses, geographical units and technical subject matter experts (SMEs). We partner with teams to inspire bold thinking, iterate on ideas, and deliver the solutions that will make Amazon the safest workplace on earth. Through our work, we engage with operations, tech, engineering and other potential partners as a means to create pathways for future partnerships to incubate tomorrow’s solutions today. We do this through strategic communication using ‘pull’ marketing methodology based on the stories we need to be sharing.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of design experience

• Have an available online portfolio

• Experience working with a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

• Knowledge of user-centered design methodologies, usability principles, web-based information architecture and design

• Experience managing multiple projects and meeting aggressive deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across teams and synthesizing feedback from multiple teams/owners

• Experience working in a collaborative team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs

• Experience in prototyping