Visual Designer

Amazon /Slovakia/ s.r.o.

Place of work
Bratislava, Slovakia
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
Base pay for this position starts from EUR 1500 gross per month and salary depends on the skills and requirements, there will be further pay components such as a sign on bonus and the eligibility to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA. Company benefits apply subject to further terms, including annual membership in medical clinic, life insurance, retirement pension, meal voucher card, career development.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

DESCRIPTION
Visual Designer

The Amazon Design Scaled Services (DSS) team is looking for a talented, customer-focused Visual/Graphic Designer to join our creative service team based in Bratislava to create pixel perfect e-commerce advertising experiences across Amazon.com, Kindle and Mobile.

Your primary focus will be to design visually compelling and effective advertising creative for internal and external stakeholders. You will work closely with product, sales and marketing teams to create and bring ideas to life to help drive new business. Prior experience in an agency or media environment creating advertisements for global brands is required.
As a Visual Designer you have to be passionate about visual customer experience, and delivering world-class graphic solutions. You have to have demonstrated success in to translating business goals to an inspiring creative direction. You will start with the customer in your thinking, understanding that what you do is critical to creating a successful, consistent shopping experience.

If you have all the above we want to talk to you.

Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Campaign & Creative managers, peers and leadership to deliver high-quality, scalable, on-brand graphic solutions to build a superior vendor, as well as customer, experience.
- Produce, graphics, templates, layouts, vendor proofs and visual standards for customer facing physical assets.
- Provide and manage design documentation and specifications.
- Proactively manage time and deadlines.
- Report daily and weekly metrics on completed projects.
- Work closely with fellow international Designers to ensure high standards of graphic design, brand consistency and customer experience.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must have
- Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communications/Graphic Design or commensurate design experience.
- A minimum of 2-3 years of Agency environment experience producing design.
- A remarkable portfolio that demonstrates excellence in composition.(Please include its link on your resume).
- To approve the required assessment, evaluated by Hiring Manager's discretion.
- Mastery of the principals of design, color theory, typography and graphics file creation optimized for digital media.
- Knowledge of marketing fundamentals and ability to implement them to create dynamic advertising solutions
- Demonstrated ability to multitask and self-prioritize
- Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Able to deal with ambiguity
- Strong time management skills and team-oriented with the ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines
- Self-starter with Bias for action who is a customer-obsessed, detail-oriented, and enthusiastic team player
- Ability to work with highly technical teams and handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Fluent English language skills - written and verbal




PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Good to have

· Experience defining or maintaining design style guide
· Knowledge of web architecture, usability, UX and UI Design beneficial.
· Expert understanding of graphics creation and manipulation optimized for palette, size, and speed of download.
· A proven ability to work for multiple teams across a broad range of product ranges and synthesize feedback and input from product teams, copywriters, marketers.
· Strong written/verbal communication and collaborative skills.
· Unwavering attention to detail and an acute awareness that everything counts.
· Relentless desire for innovation, balanced with business and user interaction priorities.
· Demonstrated business acumen and customer-centricity.
· Experience with post-production techniques and at least a working knowledge of the printing process.
· Desire and ability to work in a fast-paced online environment.
· Proven ability to manage multiple projects at one time to meet aggressive deadlines.
· Vector-based illustration skills and motion graphic knowledge beneficial.
· Language skills beyond English are beneficial to the role (French, German, Italian, Spanish)

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Brief description of the company

At Amazon.com, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on the Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and result driven people.

All open positions together with a job description and contact details can be found on www.amazon.jobs.

Number of employees

1000 and more employees
ID: 3618403  Datum zveřejnění: 12.4.2019  Základní složka mzdy (brutto) a další odměny: Base pay for this position starts from EUR 1500 gross per month and salary depends on the skills and requirements, there will be further pay components such as a sign on bonus and the eligibility to participate in a restricted stock unit scheme operated independently by Amazon.com Inc. in USA. Company benefits apply subject to further terms, including annual membership in medical clinic, life insurance, retirement pension, meal voucher card, career development.