Sr. UX Designer, IMDb

Full Job Description

IMDb is the world’s most popular source for movie, TV, and celebrity content, reaching an audience of more than 250 million unique visitors per month. We're looking for a Senior UX Designer to join IMDb's Design and Research team. You'll own end-to-end design for customer-facing experiences that help hundreds of millions of entertainment fans discover, decide, and engage with content they love. You'll work across web, iOS, and Android platforms, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, Research, and Marketing to ship experiences at scale. This role requires a designer who can operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and drive design decisions with data and customer insights. You'll influence product strategy, raise the bar on craft, and deliver measurable impact for our customers. The most successful candidate in this role will be able to think big; envisioning design solutions across multiple platforms, and diving deep to explore all possible paths in order to deliver engaging customer experiences.

Key job responsibilities Own the UX design for one or more product areas, delivering high-quality, end-to-end experiences from concept through launch

Translate complex product requirements and ambiguous problem spaces into clear, intuitive, and visually compelling designs

Create user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that effectively communicate design intent

Drive design decisions through user research insights, data analysis, usability testing, and industry best practices

Collaborate with iOS, Android, and web engineering teams to ensure design intent is maintained through implementation

Contribute to and evolve IMDb's design system and brand guidelines to ensure consistency across platforms

Present design work and rationale to senior leadership, advocating for the customer experience

Mentor junior designers and contribute to a culture of design excellence within the team

Identify opportunities to improve existing experiences through UX audits and competitive analysis

Partner with UX Research to define research plans and incorporate findings into design iterations

A day in the life At IMDb, we leverage the power of our database, creating experiences that allow customers to interact with our content in new and engaging ways.

Come join a high-performing team of design and research leaders working in a fun space (movies and TV). Build your career! Work with smart people that insist on the highest standards and will work to help you grow and develop. Be part of a small org with top notch designers and a leadership team that values and understands the importance of design.

IMDb is a lot like working for a smaller company with all of the big company benefits. We know each other, we like each other, we collaborate well, we share a passion for movies and TV, and every quarter we celebrate that with movies and dinners with our Founder.

If you're interested, please contact krisa@imdb.com!

About the team Impact hundreds of millions of users worldwide with your design work

Work at the intersection of entertainment and technology

Collaborate with world-class designers, researchers, engineers, and product leaders

Access to Amazon's resources, tools, and career development opportunities

Be part of a team that is passionate about movies, TV, and the fan experience

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience
• Have an available online portfolio
• 5+ years of creating user flows, wire frames, mockups, generating assets and specifications for integration into digital products experience
• 5+ years of experience in UX design for consumer facing products
• Strong prototyping skills with the ability to create high-fidelity interactive prototypes that communicate design intent beyond static deliverables (using tools such as Figma prototyping, Claude Code, Kiro, Rive, or equivalent)
• Degree in UX Design, Fine Arts, Cognitive Psychology, HCI, or related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes
• Experience with UX design of complex workflows
• Experience designing for entertainment, media, or content-rich consumer products across multiple platforms (iOS, Android web)
• Experience leading complex, multi-platform design projects that span multiple disciplines and departments, navigating ambiguity while managing your own work, timelines, and tradeoffs independently
• Experience directly contributing to design system frameworks and defining visual, IA, and interaction patterns that scale across a product suite
• Experience designing for LLM-enabled, AI-driven, or multimodal customer experiences, with proficiency in industry-standard design tools (e.g., Figma) and AI-assisted prototyping methods
• Experience integrating qualitative and quantitative data into design decisions and iterations, including conducting usability studies, user research, and journey mapping

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Santa Monica - 137,800.00 - 186,400.00 USD annually USA, WA, SEATTLE - 137,800.00 - 186,400.00 USD annually

8+ years of design experience Have an available online portfolio 5+ years of creating user flows, wire frames, mockups, generating assets and specifications for integration into digital products experience 5+ years of experience in UX design for consumer facing products Strong prototyping skills with the ability to create high-fidelity interactive prototypes that communicate design intent beyond static deliverables (using tools such as Figma prototyping, Claude Code, Kiro, Rive, or equivalent) Degree in UX Design, Fine Arts, Cognitive Psychology, HCI, or related field