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Sr. Art Director, Amazon Publishing

Amazon

Amazon

Seattle, WA, USA
Posted on May 31, 2025

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Are you passionate about books and book covers?

Amazon Publishing is looking for a creative, talented, and customer-obsessed Senior Art Director to join our team in Seattle/NYC to help build great experiences for authors, readers, and internal teams.

Key job responsibilities
• Provide art direction for book cover designs that are high-concept, commercial, and iconic with the ability to translate across multiple formats.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of digital and physical publishing, partnering with external book designers and illustrators to develop covers that deliver a versatile use of illustration, photography, and compositing with elevated typography.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills and be able to work effectively with internal stakeholders to navigate the multifaceted publisher requirements for successful cover assets.
• Understand the complexity of physical and online marketing, drive visual standards for different genres, and conduct data-driven design analysis.
• Implement process improvements to simplify creative workflows where possible. Drive innovation for authors and customers.
• Work collaboratively with internal teams such as the design, editorial, production and marketing teams.

About the team
Amazon Publishing is the full-service publishing arm of Amazon. We publish emerging, bestselling and critically-acclaimed authors in digital, print, and audio formats. Our mission is to invent new avenues for connecting authors and readers worldwide.