Senior Proposal Graphics Designer

Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
Location: Arlington
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

Would you like to be part of a team focused on increasing awareness and adoption of Amazon Web Services ("AWS") by engaging with worldwide public sector customers that are reinventing their IT strategy with AWS cloud computing? Do you have the creativity, business savvy, and the technical background necessary to help our customers understand complex ideas visually?

As a Senior Proposal Graphics Designer for the Worldwide Public Sector ("WWPS") Big Deals Team at AWS, you lead our effort to deliver impactful proposal graphics and visual deliverables to public sector customers worldwide. Your responsibilities will involve working with members of AWS Public Sector's capture, technical, proposal, and account teams to develop effective, compelling proposal graphics and visuals on a variety of government RFIs/RFQs/RFPs ("RFx") and other critical documents.

The ideal candidate possesses demonstrated public sector proposal graphics development experience necessary to effectively support a dynamic and rapidly growing business. The candidate should be self-directed and have a desire to enhance the quality of our proposal graphics and other visuals within the guardrails of AWS Brand guidelines and for the consumption of a mostly public sector audience. The candidate should expect to work closely with members of extended teams to understand processes, approaches, discriminators, and other benefits of our proposal that could benefit from imagery. Candidates must also have a demonstrated ability to think strategically about AWS's mission, products, and technical challenges, with the ability to build and convey compelling value propositions visually. Finally, candidates should be willing to support aggressive proposal timelines and commitments when needed.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Serve as the single-threaded owner for graphics related to major RFx response efforts and other non-proposal related graphics projects.
• Consult and collaborate with Technical Writers, Proposal Managers, Capture Managers, and other proposal contributors to design, develop, and fine-tune professional graphic concepts for proposals and presentations.
• Conceptualize and render visuals based on input from stakeholders and requirements dictated by AWS Brand guidelines and customer-defined compliance requirements.
• Participate in proposal quality reviews to ensure graphics included in the proposal are effective, consistent, and high-quality.
• Lead the development of templates and frameworks that drive the overall look and feel of deliverables as well as project-specific content and graphics concepts.
• Continuously curate, grow, and update our graphics library, including templates and core graphical assets to maximize reuse effectiveness and utility.
• Educate team members on effective visual techniques and design concepts for conveying messages.
• Be a thought leader with respect to proposal responses and the visual nature of team documents.

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

• 8+ years of professional work experience, including 6+ years of graphics development experience in conveying complex ideas with simple and effective design elements.
• Demonstrated experience in being both technical and analytical, including expertise developing complex yet easy-to-grasp graphic deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience with graphic design capabilities using standard desktop programs.
• Proficiency in working with MS Office tools like Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio.
• Experience with Adobe Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/Indesign).
• Degree required.
• Strong time management skills and the ability to deal with ambiguity, self-prioritize, multi-task and meet tight deadlines
• Candidate will have exceptional communication skills. Must be comfortable communicating with-and gaining consensus from-internal leadership teams.
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us

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