Amazon Devices is looking for a 2D Animator to join Brand Studio. Brand Studio helps bring new device offerings to market—products, services, brands, and categories by creating a variety of digital assets that are used to engage and attract customers on Amazon.com and in Retail Stores. In this role, you will be creating animated assets used to engage and attract customers on Amazon.com, working alongside a global team of designers, writers, and production teams. This role is responsible for delivering bar-raising 2D motion, that helps our customers better understand how our products look and function.
At Amazon, we strive to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. We work every day to surprise and delight our customers through smart and purposeful design. Your work should not only reflect that ideal, but raise the bar to create a world-class experience. Your work will be seen by millions of people each day across Amazon’s homepage, product detail pages, email, mobile and offline marketing channels.
The ideal candidate must have experience working in an iterative and collaborative process and professionally accept feedback and improve on it. In addition to strong 2D Animation skills, a candidate must have strong organizational skills and acute attention to detail.
You should be comfortable engaging entry-level through mid-level stakeholders and working with many different types of creative professionals and creative outputs. Because the work is so varied, fast-paced, and high pressure, the person in this role should possess excellent communication and collaboration skills. You will partner closely with a variety of peers and stakeholders such as customer research, brand strategy, content strategy, go-to-market, and site merchandising to achieve key strategic goals.
Key job responsibilities
Creation of high-fidelity 2D animations and motion graphics
Have a high degree of attention to detail when managing multiple projects, variations, and feedback from project owners
Work with producers and designers on design for concepts and execution
Adhere to Amazon and Amazon device brand attributes and style guides
Manage communication and gather design assets
Basic Qualifications
- Knowledge of Photoshop, video editing, and related tools
- Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices
- Experience completing complex tasks quickly with little to no guidance and react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround, or experience in a fast-paced, high-tech company
- Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
- 4-5 years of experience as a 2D Animator or similar role with interactive/ad agencies, design studios, production or Internet companies
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with motion design
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a Bachelor's degree in Design or related fields
- Ability to help with production design
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