Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

The role:
We are looking for a talented and driven Creative Asset Producer to lead the management of our on-packaging image development and production within the Device Packaging Experience (DPX) team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing the workflows and development of: digital assets, rendering, image retouching, and QC. The ideal candidate will demonstrate ownership, bias for action, have a collaborative spirit, the highest standards, and have backbone.

Key job responsibilities
As a Creative Asset Producer, you will manage the day-to-day imagery, rendering and asset work streams across all programs to ensure production remain on schedule and budget for our Creative Ops team. You will also assist with Digital Asset Management (DAM) responsibilities. You will be the main point of contact between the DPX Creative Ops and VX Design teams and Device Brand Studio. You will establish relationships with stakeholders and collaborate closely with designers, rendering teams, Industrial Designers (ID), product managers, creative program managers, and other managers to support the launch of new and sustaining devices. You will also identify and optimize operational excellence procedures and processes, recommending improvements to packaging assets, workflows, and the systems that support our work; while demonstrating an in-depth understanding of creative post-production workflows.

A day in the life
In this role, you will:
* Manage, scope, and oversee the creative asset production lifecycle and schedules.
* Collaborate with designers, stakeholders and cross functional teams (Program Management, Design, Product, Industrial Design and Marketing), as well as 3rd party vendors to produce device imagery and assets for packaging.
* Maintain asset trackers and sync regularly with cross functional teams and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on asset production statuses and timing.
* Manage product samples and color matching targets.
* Manage review and approval workflows for product imagery and remove roadblocks/mitigate risks to production.
* Ensure all assets are received, QC’d, and uploaded into asset management system.
* Perform file management and maintain naming conventions and media standards within a DAM system.
* Assist in the administration the day-to-day operations of a DAM system.
* Manage other creative or internal projects as assigned.
* Develop and/or support initiatives to optimize cross team mechanisms, procedures, and best practices.