Senior Staff Visual Designer, Google Labs - Google

San Francisco, CA

About the Job

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in product design or UX.
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

Experience launching consumer interactive products.
Experience with motion graphics software (e.g., Rive, After Effects).
Experience working on, or designing for AI-powered products.
Experience with tools and methods related to Generative AI.
Understanding of animation principles.
Excellent storytelling skills.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s Visual Designers weave space, typography, color, iconography, and texture together to help people successfully navigate our products. We believe that all of our products should be beautiful and accessible.Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the behaviors and perceptions of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.As a Visual Designer, you’ll rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences—from concept to execution. Like all of our UX jobs, you’ll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use.

As the Visual Design Lead on the Google Labs Characters team, you will be a driving force in defining the visual design of a novel, zero-to-one interactive experience. Your work will significantly influence how people interact with and learn from Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered characters, playing a key role in making expert knowledge more accessible and engaging for everyone. This will require collaboration with cross-functional partners to ensure Google ships high-quality, impactful experiences.

Labs is a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our core products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We work to build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users interact with Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google products and capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer timeframes.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $214,000-$305,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Lead the complete visual design process for innovative interactive products, from initial concept to final handoff, ensuring a cohesive and engaging user experience.
Develop and implement novel User Experience (UX) patterns specifically tailored for AI-powered products and interactive characters, pushing the boundaries of human-computer interaction.
Partner with Product Managers, UX Researchers, and Engineers to advocate user-centered design, actively participating in product strategy discussions and advocate for user needs.
Create and maintain a robust and scalable design system that promotes streamlined development, ensure brand consistency, and enable efficient design iteration.
Integrate core design principles with cutting-edge technologies like AI to drive product innovation, enhance functionality, and deliver exceptional user experiences.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Source : Google