Head of Design and Brand Innovation Lab, Amazon Ads

Job Description

DESCRIPTION

At Amazon Ads, we sit at the intersection of advertising and eCommerce. With millions of customers visiting us every day to find, discover, and buy products, we believe that advertising, when done well, can enhance the value of the customer experience and generate a positive ROI for our advertising partners. We strive to make advertising relevant so that customers welcome it - across Amazon's ecosystem of mobile and desktop websites, proprietary devices, and the Amazon Advertising Platform. If you're interested in innovative advertising solutions with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place

We are looking for a strong entrepreneurial creative leader to lead our Creative Solutions team. In this role, you'll lead with a design-first approach, grounded in business strategy, working with some of India's most influential brands to deliver full-funnel, customer-obsessed campaigns that raise the creative bar and drive measurable impact. You'll serve as the strategic and creative leader for India, overseeing a multidisciplinary team of designers, engineers and program managers, while partnering closely with Sales, Account Management, Product, and Tech teams across geographies. This is a leadership role that demands deep creative thinking, operational excellence and strong business acumen, with the ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders.

Key job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
. Act as a trusted advisor to advertisers and agencies, helping them solve marketing challenges through breakthrough ideas and creative utilization of the Amazon canvas across both digital and offline channels.
. Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of designers and innovators to deliver bar-raising work that connects with customers and achieves business results.
. Lead the expansion of the Brand Innovation charter in India, creating unique, and scalable innovation frameworks that scale across verticals.
. Partner with Design and Business teams to shape compelling narratives and campaign proposals that are both innovative and feasible.
. Use data, insights, and Amazon's proprietary tools to define strong creative initiatives across our categories. Measure impact of campaigns, analyze results and continuously improve output quality.
. Partner with regional and global BIL counterparts, along with key Amazon businesses (e.g., Alexa, Livestream, Prime Video) to bring innovative ideas to life.
. Be the face of innovation for the India Ads org, leading thought leadership sessions, client education forums, and contributing to Amazon Ads broader creative agenda.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 7+ years of design experience
- 3+ years of leading design teams experience
- Experience with a variety of design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, Visio, Axure, and Dreamweaver
- Masters degree in Design, Marketing, Communications, or a related field.
- . Strong experience working with digital-first brands and building creatives across digital touchpoints (e.g., web, mobile, video, social, programmatic etc.).
- . Proven experience leading and scaling creative or cross-functional teams.
- . Demonstrated ability to work backwards from business objectives to deliver customer-obsessed, data-driven creative solutions.
- . Experience influencing senior stakeholders and managing executive-level relationships.
- . Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams and clients alike.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience working cross-team and synthesize feedback and input from product management, engineering, testing, and marketing
- . Experience launching 360 campaigns across digital and physical touchpoints.
- . Track record of managing multimillion-dollar campaign portfolios or innovation pipelines.
- . Comfortable working in ambiguous environments with a startup mindset.
- . Experience working across global teams or leading regional creative programs.

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