Senior UX Designer, Messages

Google Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 348,000 - 356,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive experiences for billions of users, from flows and wireframes to mockups and prototypes. You will join a multi-disciplinary UX team with design partners to evolve Google’s design language across Android and iOS contexts.

As a Senior UX Designer for Messages Monetization and Protection, you will focus on evolving RCS for Business, shaping consumer experiences that brands use across devices, and guiding the design from kickoff

Qualifications

• Must have a strong portfolio or work samples.
• 6 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Include a portfolio or link in resume.

Responsibilities

• Transform complex tasks into intuitive experiences for billions of users.
• Create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to visualize ideas.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary UX team including design, research, engineers and product managers.
• Mentor junior designers and influence high-level design direction.
• Support front-end engineers to faithfully implement design.

Skills

Mentoring

Problem solving

User-centered design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree in Design, HCI, CS, or related field

Job description

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 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:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams of designers, researchers, engineers, content strategists and product managers.
• Experience designing end-to-end features and shepherding that work through the full lifecycle of design from kickoff through implementation.
• Experience designing for native mobile consumer applications including across a variety of device types.

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.

As a Senior UX Designer for Messages Monetization and Protection, you will have a particular focus on our nascent RCS for Business team. This team is responsible for transforming the very idea of what texting a business can be; from a static one-way text, to a dynamic and rich two-way channel. In this role, you will form one of the anchor points of a growing presence of Android Business Communications (ABC) staff in Europe. Key areas of focus will be on the consumer experiences that brands leverage to communicate with customers across both Android and iOS devices.

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."

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Poland: zł348000 - zł356000 (PLN) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

• Develop a deep understanding of our users, relevant technologies, and our broader market.
• Work alongside a more junior designer to influence high-level design direction, organize stakeholder worksessions, and provide mentorship.
• Create storyboards, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes to guide design and development and present and explain the rationale behind your designs showing thoughtful attention to data, a clear approach to design storytelling, and an eagerness to receive feedback.
• Iterate on designs based on user feedback, peer feedback, tech constraints, and market dynamics.

Support and guide the front-end engineering team to faithfully implement design and direction, adhering to Google’s product excellence principles.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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