Senior Art Director, Amazon Music

At Amazon Music, we’re reimagining how audio and entertainment enriches people’s lives. Whether it’s discovering new music, watching live performances, streaming a favorite podcast, diving into a gripping audiobook, or getting the latest merch drop; we create immersive, innovative experiences that connect artists & creators to customers around the world as only Amazon can.

We're looking for a dynamic, optimistic and curious Senior Art Director with exceptional creative craft and strong strategic thinking. This is an opportunity to shape how Amazon Music shows up; while growing within a fast-paced and collaborative environment.

As a Senior Art Director, you'll operate at the intersection of brand, culture and entertainment. You'll lead the creative vision for global content campaigns, playlist artwork, artist activations and brand experiences - translating customer insights, business objectives and cultural trends into compelling visual storytelling and systems that scale.
You'll work independently in an environment where opportunities are often complex and ambiguous, and the best creative solutions have yet to be defined.

You'll partner with Marketing, Industry, Programming, Product, Strategy, Research, and Design teams to establish creative direction, influence decisions across the organisation and raise the creative bar for Amazon Music globally.

Key job responsibilities:
• Drive the creative direction for Amazon Music across music, podcasts, and audiobooks.
• Lead end-to-end creative strategy and execution for global content campaigns, playlists, cultural moments and artist activations across in-app, onsite, social, OOH, experiential and emerging channels.
• Collaborate with marketing, social, editorial, and production to maintain alignment throughout each phase of development, from concept to final delivery
• Define and implement creative specifications through visual guidelines, templates, and streamlined workflows
• Champion high design standards and consistency across every campaign and content asset
• Develop and maintain scalable content frameworks and visual systems that drive efficiency at scale
• Mentor junior-mid-level designers, providing constructive and actionable feedback; fostering an empathetic culture and growth mentality.

About the team:
Content Creative & Spoken Word sits within Amazon Music's global Brand Creative team and is responsible for shaping how millions of customers experience our content.

From playlist artwork and cultural campaigns, to podcasts, audiobooks and artist storytelling, we build the creative experiences that connect fans with the voices, stories and music they love. We partner across disciplines, countries and cultures to create work that is customer-obsessed, strategically grounded and creatively ambitious.

We're a global team of designers, art directors, motion creatives, strategists, copywriters and creative leaders who believe the best ideas come from curiosity, collaboration and diverse perspectives. We move quickly, challenge convention, continually raise the creative bar and never stop inventing better ways to bring the world's greatest audio experiences to life.

Basic Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in graphic design, interactive design, or equivalent
- Experience leading creative development of innovative creative from concept to delivery
- 8+ years of experience in art direction, brand design, editorial design or integrated creative within entertainment, media, technology or consumer brands.
- Bar-raising portfolio showcasing visually compelling and strategically sound creative.
- Experience developing creative strategies, design systems or visual frameworks that scale.
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate creative rationale to both creative and non-creative audiences.
- Expertise in Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud and Canva.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Motion design or video editing skills (After Effects, Premiere or similar).
- Experience mentoring designers and contributing to the growth of creative teams.
- Curiosity for emerging creative technologies, including AI-enabled workflows and evolving content formats.
- Experience with social-first content creation and platform-native design.

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