
When Amazon Ads undertook its first major brand refresh since 2021, the challenge wasn't just visual, it was organizational. How do you evolve a global brand identity while keeping accessibility, consistency, and business strategy aligned across an external agency, multiple internal teams, and a year-long timeline? I served as Lead Designer and Accessibility SME throughout, partnering directly with Brand Strategy from kickoff to launch.
ROLE
Lead Designer
Accessibility SME
TEAM
Marcellus Neel
Vivian Gomara
Hannah Phillips
Kino Zhou
AGENCY
Saffron
My role spanned the full initiative. I audited external agency work against WCAG and ADA standards at every stage, catching gaps before they became launch problems. I built self-serve template systems that reduced the team's dependency on one-off design requests and increased execution efficiency across the org. I led art direction through cross-functional design reviews, balancing creative quality against input from brand strategy, marketing, legal, and engineering. And I developed an event template system that brought the new identity to life consistently across our entire event portfolio.

I drove design quality and accessibility compliance through audits of external agency work, built self-serve template systems that increased team efficiency, led art direction across cross-functional design reviews, and developed event templates that ensured brand consistency across our event portfolio.

