Melissa Scott

About Melissa Scott

I\'m a design leader with 20+ years of hybrid experience in creative direction, UX, product development and brand expression. I focus on bringing ideas to life by guiding teams to deliver end-to-end with a design systems approach and close, strategic collaboration with product & engineering. I\'m passionate about supporting the Seattle creative community as a speaker, hiring manager, volunteer and mentor.

Experience

1. Managing Creative Director, Ux & Ai

   Amazon

   Sep 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Leading the Devices Design Group\'s \"Expressions\" team of visual, UX writing, motion, interaction and agency designers to craft loveable experiences for Echo, mobile, multimodal, web, FireTV, Tablet and design systems. Drives design and cross-functional delivery for the Alexa organization\'s LLM/generative AI innovation, emerging devices and Alexa+ service – reaching millions of customers worldwide. Directly hires and grows creative talent ranging from early stage, senior, principal levels and people managers.

Education

• School of Visual Arts

  BFA, Graphic Design

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Logo Design
• Advertising
• Web Applications
• Creative Strategy
• Corporate Identity
• Integrated Marketing
• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Visual Communication
• Interaction Design
• Mobile Applications
• Packaging
• User Experience
• Brand Development
• Experience Design
• Typography
• Creative Direction
• Print Production
• Copywriting
• Corporate Branding
• Concept Development
• Concept Design
• Art Direction