User Experience Designer, Early Career

Google

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and products.

Mountain View, CA, USA

Job Description

Note:This application is intended for candidates with 1-4 years of experience. If you have less than 1 year of experience, please check the student careers site for internships and university graduate opportunities. If you have more than 4 years of experience, please check our industry openings.

Please include URLs for an online portfolio in addition to resume. Submissions without a portfolio included will not be considered.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following:

Mountain View, CA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; San Bruno, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Madison, WI, USA

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Design (e.g., Interaction, Graphic, Visual Communications, etc.), Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
1 year of interaction design experience.
Experience collaborating with Designers, Researchers, Engineers, Content Strategists and Product Managers throughout the design process; creating user flows, wireframes, and building user interface mockups and prototypes.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience designing across multiple platforms (Android, iOS, and the Web).
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
Ability to start in 2021.
About the job

Design and user experience (UX) are at the forefront of everything we do. The job of an Interaction Designer is to envision how people experience our products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined and even magical. In an Interaction Designer role, you’ll take on complex tasks and transform them into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use designs for billions of people around the world—from the first-time user to the sophisticated expert. Achieving this goal requires collaboration with teams of Designers, Researchers, Engineers and Product Managers throughout the design process—from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes. At each stage, you will anticipate what our users need, advocate for them and ensure that the final product surprises and delights them.

User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.”

Additional Information(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $106,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired into our offices in Colorado.

Responsibilities
Help to define the user model and user interface for Google products and features.
Develop high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, writers and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.
Evaluate the usability of new and existing products and making constructive suggestions for change.
Locations

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 alsoGoogle's EEO PolicyandEEO is the Law.If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completingthis form.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Qualifications

1 year of interaction design experience.
excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
ability to start in 2021.
user experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love.

Responsibilities

at each stage, you will anticipate what our users need, advocate for them and ensure that the final product surprises and delights them.
“focus on the user and all else will follow.”
help to define the user model and user interface for google products and features.
develop high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups, and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
evaluate the usability of new and existing products and making constructive suggestions for change.
collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, writers and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.

Description

the job of an interaction designer is to envision how people experience our products and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined and even magical.
achieving this goal requires collaboration with teams of designers, researchers, engineers and product managers throughout the design process—from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes.
we work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities.

Application

please include urls for an online portfolio in addition to resume.
submissions without a portfolio included will not be considered.
note: by applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location for this position from the following:
to all recruitment agencies: google does not accept agency resumes.
if you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form .
please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, google employees or any other organization location.