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UI Designer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or a related field. Many product companies and agencies sponsor H-1B workers for these roles, but cap-subject petitions require lottery selection each April for an October 1 start date.
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We are looking for a UX Designer to help us build the future of the Amazon Lists experience. The right candidate is at ease assisting in research, the creation of scenarios, sketches, story boards, wire-frames, and prototypes. You will assist the team in visualizing an experience in the abstract, gather relevant research data, break down complex use-cases, and ultimately help drive the vision into solid design deliverables. You think first from the customer’s perspective, set relentlessly high standards for yourself and deliver best-in-class design work. You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and embrace the idea that failure is a critical part of innovation. You balance your passion for inspired, compelling, elegant yet simple designs with a highly analytical nature, immaculately precise execution, and a relentless drive to learn, design, build and deliver.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, engineering, and research teams from early concept through launch, ensuring bar-raising quality to market.
- Create and communicate the vision for user experiences across a range of surfaces and interaction models, including mobile, voice, and conversational patterns.
- Use customer research, competitive analysis, behavioral signals, and quantitative data to identify opportunities, validate design direction, and continuously refine assumptions.
- Build scalable pattern libraries, templates, and component specs that support consistency and integrate with broader design systems.
- Think systemically, designing within and contributing to frameworks that create coherent experiences, while knowing when to create unique, product-defining moments.
- Tell compelling stories through the user experience and in reviews, driving alignment with partners and leadership through clear verbal and written communication.
- Inspire and elevate the craft of the UX team through collaboration, feedback, and a commitment to continuous learning.
A day in the life
As a designer on the Lists team, you will be a hands-on designer unafraid to take on the toughest challenges, scales their impact with proactive collaboration with other designers, and elevates the design quality of the entire team. You will develop strong relationships with fellow designers and partner closely with product, engineering, and business counterparts throughout the organization to launch bar-raising experiences for customers around the world. You have a passion for solving our customers' problems, always putting their needs first.
About the team
You'll join the Shopping Design team at Amazon—a group of designers, technologists, program and product managers who design the global Amazon shopping experience for customers. We own the end-to-end shopping experience, and design the features that make it easy for customers to discover, evaluate, and transact on Amazon. We enable 300+ shopping designers outside of our organization and thousands of tech resources with design patterns, systems, tools, customer insights, and best practices to design a cohesive and delightful shopping CX. Our mission is to design magical shopping experiences that customers use daily and love.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
- Knowledge of design process
- Experience in visual design demonstrated through design concepts, case studies, documentation, mockups and style guides
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in a highly agile environment
- Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 81,000.00 - 141,700.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a UX Designer to help us build the future of the Amazon Lists experience. The right candidate is at ease assisting in research, the creation of scenarios, sketches, story boards, wire-frames, and prototypes. You will assist the team in visualizing an experience in the abstract, gather relevant research data, break down complex use-cases, and ultimately help drive the vision into solid design deliverables. You think first from the customer’s perspective, set relentlessly high standards for yourself and deliver best-in-class design work. You thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment and embrace the idea that failure is a critical part of innovation. You balance your passion for inspired, compelling, elegant yet simple designs with a highly analytical nature, immaculately precise execution, and a relentless drive to learn, design, build and deliver.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, engineering, and research teams from early concept through launch, ensuring bar-raising quality to market.
- Create and communicate the vision for user experiences across a range of surfaces and interaction models, including mobile, voice, and conversational patterns.
- Use customer research, competitive analysis, behavioral signals, and quantitative data to identify opportunities, validate design direction, and continuously refine assumptions.
- Build scalable pattern libraries, templates, and component specs that support consistency and integrate with broader design systems.
- Think systemically, designing within and contributing to frameworks that create coherent experiences, while knowing when to create unique, product-defining moments.
- Tell compelling stories through the user experience and in reviews, driving alignment with partners and leadership through clear verbal and written communication.
- Inspire and elevate the craft of the UX team through collaboration, feedback, and a commitment to continuous learning.
A day in the life
As a designer on the Lists team, you will be a hands-on designer unafraid to take on the toughest challenges, scales their impact with proactive collaboration with other designers, and elevates the design quality of the entire team. You will develop strong relationships with fellow designers and partner closely with product, engineering, and business counterparts throughout the organization to launch bar-raising experiences for customers around the world. You have a passion for solving our customers' problems, always putting their needs first.
About the team
You'll join the Shopping Design team at Amazon—a group of designers, technologists, program and product managers who design the global Amazon shopping experience for customers. We own the end-to-end shopping experience, and design the features that make it easy for customers to discover, evaluate, and transact on Amazon. We enable 300+ shopping designers outside of our organization and thousands of tech resources with design patterns, systems, tools, customer insights, and best practices to design a cohesive and delightful shopping CX. Our mission is to design magical shopping experiences that customers use daily and love.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 2+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, or similar
- Knowledge of design process
- Experience in visual design demonstrated through design concepts, case studies, documentation, mockups and style guides
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in a highly agile environment
- Experience working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with developers for implementation of designs
- Knowledge of mobile and web design patterns and accessibility standards
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 81,000.00 - 141,700.00 USD annually
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an UI Designer
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS scrutinizes UI Designer petitions when the applicant's degree is in an unrelated field like business or communications. Document how your coursework directly maps to user interface work before your employer files.
Pull LCA filings for target employers
Search the OFLC Wage Search by occupation code 15-1255 to see which companies have filed Labor Condition Applications for UI Designer roles. This filters out employers who have never sponsored the position you're applying for.
Use Migrate Mate to find verified sponsors
Search UI Designer roles on Migrate Mate to see employers with confirmed H-1B filing history for this exact occupation. That data comes from DOL LCA disclosures, so you're not guessing about sponsorship willingness.
Check the O*NET profile before your interview
The O*NET profile for UI Designers lists the specialized knowledge and skills USCIS expects for specialty occupation approval. Align your resume and portfolio descriptions to those exact competencies so your employer's petition holds up.
Negotiate your start date around cap timelines
Cap-subject H-1B employment can't begin before October 1. If you're hired before a lottery win, your employer needs to structure your offer around that date or consider whether a cap-exempt entity can bridge the gap.
Request premium processing if your start date is tight
Standard H-1B adjudication can run several months. If your visa or OPT cap-gap window is close to expiring, ask your employer to file Form I-907 for premium processing so USCIS responds within 15 business days.
H-1B Visa UI Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a UI Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, if the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as interaction design, human-computer interaction, or visual communication. USCIS will review the job duties and the employer's own requirements. Roles that list a degree as preferred rather than required can face requests for evidence, so the job description wording matters.
How do I find employers who have actually sponsored H-1B visas for UI Designers?
DOL publishes Labor Condition Application data for every H-1B petition filed. You can search that data by occupation code on the OFLC Wage Search, or browse verified H-1B sponsors for UI Designer roles directly on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employer filing history by job title so you can target companies with a real track record.
Can a design agency or staffing firm sponsor my H-1B as a UI Designer?
Staffing and consulting arrangements face heightened USCIS scrutiny for H-1B specialty occupation petitions. The employer must demonstrate that the worksite requirements consistently demand a specialized degree. A direct hire at a product company or an in-house design team generally produces a cleaner petition than a third-party placement, though agency sponsorships do get approved when documented correctly.
What documentation should I prepare to support my employer's H-1B petition for a UI Designer role?
Your employer's attorney will need your official transcripts, a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., and evidence that your degree field aligns with the specific duties in the job description. A strong portfolio that maps to the O*NET competencies for UI Designers can also help support the specialty occupation argument if USCIS issues a request for evidence.
What happens to my H-1B status if I change employers or move to a new UI Designer role?
H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once they file a new petition, as long as your prior petition was approved and you've been in valid H-1B status. The new employer must file before your current authorized period ends. Any change in job duties, location, or employment level requires a new or amended petition filed with USCIS.