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Head of Retail and Brand Experience, Devices Brand Studio

Amazon.com Inc
  • Santa Monica, CA
    7 days ago

    Job Description

    Device Brand Studio, an internal agency within the Devices group at Amazon, is seeking an experienced Head of Retail and Brand Experience to lead how our brands show up in the physical world, in stores, at events, and across brand activations, for Amazon Devices. This role owns creative direction for retail experience and brand experience across large programs and initiatives, including new-to-world and new-to-Amazon launches.

    The ideal candidate has deep experience translating brand strategy into physical and experiential environments, from retail fixtures and packaging to live events and activations, and knows how to make a brand feel coherent whether a customer encounters it on a shelf, at a launch event, or walking into a store. You will guide and manage a creative team of designers, environmental designers, and brand designers in developing holistic experiences, then iterate as you factor in customer, business, and operational requirements. You will pitch experience strategies, not singular executions, to stakeholders, and set the broader team up to execute against a clear point of view. You should have deep knowledge of brand guidelines, retail merchandising standards, and experiential design at a top consumer-facing brand like Amazon, and be comfortable engaging entry-level through executive stakeholders.

    Because the work spans physical retail, live experience, and spatial design, you should have excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. You will partner closely with retail operations, site merchandising, events, GTM, brand strategy to deliver experiences that hold together across every physical touchpoint a customer encounters, from a retail end cap to a launch stage.

    This role is for a highly capable experience lead with extensive retail and brand experience design background, who can direct internal and external creative resources and present with composure to senior executives.

    Key job responsibilities

    • Own creative direction for retail experience and brand experience across large Amazon Devices programs, from concept through in-market execution
    • Set the strategy for how brand shows up physically, across retail fixtures, packaging, end caps, events, and activations
    • Partner with retail operations and site merchandising to intake business and operational requirements and translate them into creative that performs
    • Build trust, respect, and credibility with stakeholders, management peers, direct reports, and executives
    • Advocate for the customer"s physical and in-person experience and integrate research into the creative process
    • Shape a world-class internal team of retail and environmental designers, developing the team through reviews, coaching, and skills growth
    • Mentor an effective team of retail, environmental, and brand designers
    • Extend the reach of the team by working with other internal and external creative and production teams as a stakeholder and approver

    About the team

    The creative organization thrives on a singular, bold

    purpose: to craft work that isn't just exceptional,

    but world-class-a benchmark for excellence.

    We are relentless in this pursuit, especially when the odds are stacked against us.

    Our foundation is an relentless commitment to craft and a dedication to ensuring every piece of creative work embodies a consistent, breathtaking aesthetic quality.

    We don't meet expectations, we exist to define them. Details aren"t just details-they"re the difference between good and great. We obsess over these nuances with passion and precision. While this pursuit is challenging at Amazon, we remain relentless alongside our partners and collaborators in bringing an elevated sense of taste to every detail. We do this because we know that

    excellence demands courage, resilience, and an

    unrelenting commitment to vision.

    Our mission is clear: to inspire our customers by

    revealing the magic, love, and thoughtful invention

    infused into every product signed, Amazon Devices

    and Services.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSanta Monica, CA
    IndustryRetail
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1994
    Websitehttp://Amazon.com/militaryroles

    About Company

    At Amazon, we don’t wait for the next big idea to present itself. We envision the shape of impossible things and then we boldly make them reality. So far, this mindset has helped us achieve some incredible things. Let’s build new systems, challenge the status quo, and design the world we want to live in. We believe the work you do here will be the best work of your life.

    Wherever you are in your career exploration, Amazon likely has an opportunity for you. Our research scientists and engineers shape the future of natural language understanding with Alexa. Fulfillment center associates around the globe send customer orders from our warehouses to doorsteps. Product managers set feature requirements, strategy, and marketing messages for brand new customer experiences. And as we grow, we’ll add jobs that haven’t been invented yet.

    It’s Always Day 1
    At Amazon, it’s always “Day 1.” Now, what does this mean and why does it matter? It means that our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon’s very first day – to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and stay focused on delighting our customers. In our 2016 shareholder letter, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shared his thoughts on how to keep up a Day 1 company mindset. “Staying in Day 1 requires you to experiment patiently, accept failures, plant seeds, protect saplings, and double down when you see customer delight,” he wrote. “A customer-obsessed culture best creates the conditions where all of that can happen.” You can read the full letter here

    Our Leadership Principles
    Our Leadership Principles help us keep a Day 1 mentality. They aren’t just a pretty inspirational wall hanging. Amazonians use them, every day, whether they’re discussing ideas for new projects, deciding on the best solution for a customer’s problem, or interviewing candidates. To read through our Leadership Principles from Customer Obsession to Bias for Action, visit https://www.amazon.jobs/principles

    Skills

    • Benchmarkingunmatched
    • Brand Strategyunmatched
    • Business Operationsunmatched
    • Coachingunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Consumer Brandingunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Environmental Designunmatched
    • Experiment Designunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Merchandisingunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Product Packagingunmatched
    • Retailunmatched
    • Retail Merchandisingunmatched
    • Retail Operationsunmatched
    • Strategic Planningunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched

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