Senior Visual Designer, Design Systems, Search

$142,000 - $211,000/Yr

Google - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services

About the position

As a Senior Visual Designer at Google, you will play a crucial role in creating user-centered designs that enhance the user experience across various products. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop and implement design systems, ensuring that all products are not only functional but also beautiful and accessible. Your work will directly impact billions of users globally, as you contribute to the evolution of Google's design language and advocate for user needs in the design process.

Responsibilities

• Create and extend interaction patterns, reconcile design divergences, and craft design frameworks that support user experiences.
• Define the style and provide direction for the visual artifacts.
• Partner with product areas to advocate for the team, promote standards, and integrate changes into guidelines.
• Collaborate across functional teams.
• Identify emerging needs, develop interaction design best practices, and contribute to interaction pattern documentation.
• Lead or contribute to key projects, ensuring a holistic systems-thinking approach and advocating for user needs across platforms and applications.
• Partner strategically with engineering, product, and Search Foundations to define the future of design systems at Search and Google.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
• Experience designing for mobile applications for iOS and Android.
• Experience as a feature or product designer working with design systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience developing and implementing new communication strategies that meet the changing needs of our users.
• Experience designing and implementing design systems for multi-platform products.
• Experience in contributing to design processes that promote a consistent and scalable design language.
• Ability to use app patterns and design best practices to create user-friendly mobile experiences.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Employee stock purchase plan