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User Experience Designer roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in human-computer interaction, psychology, design, or a related field. Employers filing H-1B petitions for UX roles must certify prevailing wages through a DOL Labor Condition Application before USCIS adjudicates the petition.
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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 User Experience Designer
Document your degree's specialty occupation alignment
USCIS scrutinizes UX roles because the field draws from multiple disciplines. Pull your transcripts and map coursework in human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, or information architecture directly to your job duties before any employer files your petition.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter UX Designer roles by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for design occupations. This confirms the company has sponsored H-1B workers before and understands the DOL certification process.
Verify your role's prevailing wage tier early
UX Designer wages span four DOL wage levels depending on seniority and complexity. Run your job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before negotiations so you know which tier applies and whether the offered salary meets the LCA requirement.
Flag portfolio work that proves specialty occupation
Consular officers and USCIS adjudicators sometimes challenge UX as a non-specialty field. Include project briefs, usability study documentation, or design system specifications in your employer's RFE response file to demonstrate the role demands theoretical and technical expertise.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting an offer
If you're on OPT STEM extension and transitioning to H-1B, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled throughout your cap-gap period. Ask the recruiter to confirm enrollment status before you sign, since losing that status mid-cap-gap can interrupt your work authorization.
Use O*NET to strengthen your specialty occupation argument
The O*NET profile for User Experience Designers lists the specific knowledge domains and education requirements USCIS references when evaluating specialty occupation. Reference this profile in your employer's petition support letter to anchor the role in the regulatory standard.
H-1B Visa User Experience Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a User Experience Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, UX Designer roles generally qualify as specialty occupations when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, information science, or graphic design. USCIS looks at whether the role normally requires that theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge. Roles that accept any degree regardless of field can draw RFEs, so the job description must tie duties to a specific discipline.
Which degree fields support an H-1B petition for a UX Designer position?
USCIS accepts degrees in human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, information architecture, computer science with a UX focus, graphic design, and closely related fields. A degree in a different discipline can still work if your coursework aligns with the specific UX duties in the petition. Employers often include an expert opinion letter mapping your degree to the job when the connection isn't immediately obvious from the transcript alone.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for UX Designer roles?
Search Migrate Mate to browse User Experience Designer positions filtered by employers with verified H-1B filing history for design and research occupations. Many companies hire UX talent but haven't built internal processes for H-1B sponsorship, so targeting those with prior LCA filings for similar roles reduces the risk of an employer backing out during the petition stage.
What happens to my H-1B status if I'm redesignated from a UX Designer to a Product Designer role mid-employment?
A significant change in job duties, title, or work location can constitute a material change requiring an amended H-1B petition. If your employer redesignates your role and the core responsibilities shift substantially, USCIS expects an amended petition filed before the change takes effect. Minor title updates without duty changes typically don't trigger this requirement, but your employer's immigration counsel should assess whether an amendment is needed.
Can UX Designer roles at startups or smaller employers qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, employer size doesn't determine H-1B eligibility. Startups and small companies can sponsor H-1B workers as long as they can demonstrate a legitimate employer-employee relationship and the financial ability to pay the prevailing wage. Smaller employers sometimes face additional USCIS scrutiny around ability to pay, so they may need to provide audited financials or bank statements alongside the petition. The DOL prevailing wage obligation applies equally regardless of company size.