About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products. As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products. Our team designs experiences with the goal of helping users feel confident about navigating the digital and AI world, knowing they’re protected and in control of their information. In this role, you will define frameworks, envision UX ecosystems, and design end-to-end user journeys that set new standards for how users perceive, manage, and make use of their personal data with AI experiences.
Responsibilities
Partner with research and Product Management (PM) to define goals and success metrics and frequently evaluate designs.
Align the UX and cross-functional team on a long-term project goal through workshops, sprints, customer meetings, etc.
Manage UX projects from initial concept through execution and launch.
Collaborate with product, engineering, and research partners to explore and evaluate concepts, support implementation, and separately move projects forward.
Communicate progress and design rationale to align on design choices with stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Preferred
Experience in storytelling to bring customer values to life and designing presentations and share-outs.
Experience with conceptual work, early phases of the design process, workshop facilitation, and managing UX for user-facing products.
Experience mapping user journeys and product features, and segmenting journeys into product launches to balance customer and business needs.
Experience managing projects with researchers to evaluate designs, and partnering with mobile engineers to implement designs.
Experience collaborating with and aligning cross-functional or cross-team stakeholders to scope work and define timelines.
Experience applying design and technology toward expanding product capabilities and protecting user privacy.