Visual Designer, Early Career

$102,000 - $150,000/Yr

Google - San Francisco, CA

posted 7 months ago

Full-time - Entry Level
San Francisco, CA
10,001+ employees
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About the position

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a Visual Designer, you will play a crucial role in weaving together space, typography, color, iconography, and texture to help users successfully navigate our products. We believe that all of our products should be beautiful and accessible, and as part of the User Experience (UX) team, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers. This collaboration is essential as we care deeply about the people who use our products and strive to create industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution. Your work will involve relying on user-centered design methods to craft innovative and inspired products that people love to use. You will collaborate closely with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language, ensuring that our products are not only functional but also visually appealing. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about user behaviors and perceptions, which will inform your design decisions. You will be expected to think holistically about the visual style of Google products and act as a driving motivator to unify its application across multiple surfaces and platforms. In this role, you will be responsible for designing one or more of Google's consumer-facing products, effectively communicating and presenting your ideas and designs to a cross-functional product development team. You will present the user interface visually to ensure that the information is easy to find, read, and understand. Your ability to prioritize and manage your workload will be crucial as you meet critical project deadlines and collaborate with peers and stakeholders across UX, Product Management, and Engineering to understand, challenge, and design features for users. User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that resonate with our users' needs, behaviors, and emotions.

Responsibilities

  • Design one or more of Google's consumer-facing products.
  • Communicate and present ideas and designs to a cross-functional product development team effectively.
  • Present the user interface visually to ensure that the information is easy to find, read, and understand.
  • Partner with peers and stakeholders across UX, Product Management, and Engineering to understand, challenge, and design features for users.
  • Think holistically about the visual style of Google products and be a driving motivator to unify its application across multiple surfaces and platforms.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Design (e.g., Interaction, Graphic, Visual Communications, etc.), Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary UX or Product teams (e.g., Motion, Interaction, UX Research, Engineering, UX writer) on technical implementation.
  • Portfolio highlighting experience in visual design.

Nice-to-haves

  • 1 year of visual design experience.
  • Proficient with industry-standard design tools (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch).
  • Ability to act as a leader in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process.
  • Ability to prioritize and manage workload and meet critical project deadlines.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with company matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Wellness programs
  • Professional development opportunities
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