UX Designer II, Community

Amazon•Culver City, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Twitch UX Community team is responsible for streamer creation and viewer engagement experiences across our product ecosystem, building and maintaining a cross-platform live streaming service that supports the growth and development of streamer based communities. A Community UX Designer is expected to lead design work at the project level, work with senior XFN partners, represent work to executive leadership, guide and mentor junior designers and will report directly to a Director of Design. Designers at Twitch are involved in development from project conception all the way through execution and iteration. You will have the opportunity to do hands-on research and collaborate closely with engineers. If you are a champion for designing for humans and create playful and caring software for your customers, you will flourish on this team. You can work from Twitch’s headquarters in San Francisco, CA; or from one of our hub locations in Seattle, WA; Irvine, CA; or New York City, NY.

Requirements

3+ years of design experience
3+ years of practical experience in UX design with an emphasis on content discovery and/or content engagement experiences.
Demonstrated interaction design and visual craft skills including experience with prototyping mobile experiences
Demonstrated skills collaborating closely with other designers, researchers, product managers and engineers
An aesthetic sense and the ability to make confident decisions
Demonstrated empathy for the people using your software or products
Expertise with Figma

Nice To Haves

Experience working on a consumer hardware or software product
Executed research plans talking to real customers
Knowledge of design systems
Formal education in Design, Interaction/UX Design or HCI

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a cross functional development team of product managers, engineers, and designers
Learn from streamers and viewers about the ways they use our services and their desires to accomplish more
Think creatively about how to solve problems that will sustain streamers’ communities
Give back to the design community at Twitch by using and improving existing patterns and approaches
Combine qualitative and quantitative information to develop hypotheses about customer motivations and use that to improve your designs
Present your work to others by participating in design reviews and feedback sessions

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
401(k)
Maternity & Parental Leave
Flexible PTO
Amazon Employee Discount
sign-on payments
restricted stock units (RSUs)
health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
paid time off
parental leave