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Natalie Russell

Seattle, Washington

Interests: design, food, fashion, health, tech, Seattle, rescue dogs, flying trapeze, reading, sarcasm

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Amazon’s Accessibility Awareness Month

Amazon is known to be customer-obsessed. Part of that obsession is ensuring that we optimize our work for accessibility. Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Amazon and our local community

Amazon is donating 47,000 square feet of space to Mary's Place, which will have a permanent home on our corporate campus. Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Day One for plants in the Amazon Spheres

Amazon's spheres are coming together: we planted our first plant, an Australian Tree Fern. Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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May the 4th be with you.

If you thought our dog-friendly culture was a little peculiar; we raise you one astromech droid. Continue reading

Posted May 4, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Understanding Amazon’s flywheel

The Amazon flywheel says a lot about how we think about investment opportunities and why we are growing so quickly. Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Reducing and Re-using your Amazon packaging

A couple of Amazon’s innovations that are helping by reducing and re-using packaging. Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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What does Day 2 look like?

On Day 2, people start to identify limitations, focus shifts from creativity to implementation. You start to lose some of your Day 1 zeal. Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Choosing (or taking) the right photo for your LinkedIn profile

I find the LinkedIn profile photo causes the most angst for anyone looking to manage their brand on social media. Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Ayesha Harper leads the organization developing your favorite AmazonBasics

In this interview with Ayesha Harper, leader of AmazonBasics, we talk about the Product Manager role, her path at Amazon and career mobility. Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Be Right. Rinse and Repeat.

Amazon's leadership principle “are right, a lot”, once you get past the peculiar phrasing, is pretty core to how we operate around here. Continue reading

Posted Mar 17, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Amazon on The Muse

Amazon recently launched a page on The Muse, providing a behind-the-scenes look at working on our urban campus. Continue reading

Posted Mar 7, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] Preparing for the interview: the values and principles you need to display

I believe the most important part of selecting your next company, team, manager and job should be evaluating how well *their* values match *yours*. Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] Preparing for the interview: using free research to understand potential experience gaps

Linkedin is a great research tool for understanding the types of skills and experiences companies look for when hiring into specific roles. Continue reading

Posted Mar 2, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] Preparing for the interview: understanding what you are actually interviewed for

Thinking through the questions you were asked in the interview you;ll get a good idea of what each interviewer was evaluating for. Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] Preparing for the interview: understanding interviewer cues

Understanding cues you were given during an interview can help you improve your performance in future interviews. Continue reading

Posted Feb 28, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] So you didn’t get the job: your mental interview post-mortem

Evaluating your interview performance shortly after one takes place can be helpful in preparing for future interviews, Continue reading

Posted Feb 27, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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[Blog series] So you didn’t get the job: asking for interview feedback the “right” way

How to get interview feedback from a recruiter who is hesitant to offer it. Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Amazon is Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company of 2017

There are some cultural elements that are pretty unique to Amazon that I think make this a particularly great place to innovate. Continue reading

Posted Feb 14, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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At Amazon, you can innovate faster than you’ve ever innovated before

When it comes to innovating, we focus on getting our work into the hands of consumers as quickly as possible. Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Dave Lefkow: from Bacon Salt to Wickedly Prime

Dave Lefkow is responsible for bringing deliciousness to customers' Amazon shopping experience. Continue reading

Posted Jan 19, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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One million bananas worth of peculiar

You might say it's a little peculiar to hand out bananas on the streets of Seattle. Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2017 at amazonian_blog

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Using Amazon’s career site (blog series): when you know what you’re looking for

How to use Amazon.jobs when you know which group in Amazon you want to work in and the type of role that best matches your skills. Continue reading

Posted Dec 26, 2016 at amazonian_blog

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The gift of friendship

This Amazon Prime ad really gets me. Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2016 at amazonian_blog

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Prime Air's first delivery

Amazon recently released video of Prime Air's very first, fully autonomous customer delivery. Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2016 at amazonian_blog

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Seattle for newcomers (and people who want to be)

Stories and resources from the Seattle Times aimed at helping transplants (and people thinking of moving here). Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2016 at amazonian_blog

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