Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Transportation collectively represents some of the most critical components of Amazon’s first-class transportation network. This organization oversees all global middle and last mile products, spanning B2B and B2C, critical partners, enterprise and SMB customers across numerous teams. This includes – but is not limited to – Amazon Shipping, Amazon Freight, Amazon Relay, Amazon Freight Partners, Amazon Flex, Amazon Hub, Amazon Hub Delivery and delivery service partner. Everything we do is aimed at further delighting our customers, partners and employees with faster, cheaper and more efficient means of shipping and receiving packages.
Creative Garage (CG) is the central creative team supporting the portfolio of global transportation products across Amazon Transportation. The team focuses on building brand awareness, recognition, acquisition and engagement with global transportation brands through the human stories behind logistics. The team builds and owns the global brands and the creative expression of these brands throughout the customer journey. We work closely with global marketing and customer insights partners to test and learn creative, ensuring our design solutions resonate with the target audience. We have high standards and strive to continuously raise the bar across all creative elements.
The Art Director will have a passion for creative development and execution, with proven expertise in building scalable design systems. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented, highly collaborative, and versatile creative who transforms business goals into world-class designs. They will develop deep knowledge of Amazon Transportation products, brand guidelines, and design tenets. This research-driven designer excels at collaborating with stakeholders to understand customer pain points and create exceptional omni-channel content - from marketing campaigns and sales collateral to in-person experiences and video storytelling. They have a proven ability to synthesize complex concepts into simple storytelling that resonates with customers. The ideal candidate approaches projects with a holistic, systems-thinking mindset, demonstrates high ownership and integrity, thinks critically as a problem solver, and stays current with industry trends.
Key job responsibilities
• Develop and execute creative briefs, translating marketing strategies and data insights into compelling creative solutions
• Drive excellence through critical thinking and solution-oriented problem solving
• Identify emerging culture/design trends and digital innovations
• Skilled at art direction, brand development, image curation, visual storytelling, layout, form and color
• Manage campaign art direction end-to-end (from concept to production) across mediums including digital, social, OOH, on-platform ads, direct mail, collateral, external partnerships, experiential, and more
• Develop and strengthen brand assets, including style and usage guides, across multiple and diverse categories
• Develop and maintain scalable design systems and brand standards across all customer-facing touchpoints
• Present concepts and work to stakeholders and cross-functional partners, including senior management up to VP level
• Build trust and credibility with stakeholders through active listening and diverse perspective gathering
• Works collaboratively with the creative operations team to deliver projects on time and on budget
• Comfortable taking ownership in an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrates a command of creative methods, tools, communication, and presentation skills
• Works with a global marketing team across NA, UK and EU, localizing creative where necessary
About the team
We call ourselves the Creative Garage. We are an internal creative studio, built to centrally support the global transportation org. We believe creatives working with other creatives on a central team provides a stronger, more collaborative and inclusive work environment; more career growth opportunities; and results in stronger creative solutions for our customers. We make logistics human and love telling the stories of those that make the supply chain work. Most importantly, we make awesome creative and have fun doing it.
Come join our team. We look forward to meeting you.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Knowledge of branding guidelines and corporate identity, visual design, print and digital layout design
- Experience in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite applications, with high proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Acrobat using macOS
Job Tags
Full time, Flexible hours,