Experience Designer, Demos and Creative Strategy

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC in San Jose is seeking a Marketing Creative in METS to shape customer-facing spaces and digital demos worldwide. You will translate AI integrations into human-centered narratives and author briefs in-house—partnering with external agencies when needed.

This role blends strategic design, rapid prototyping, and close collaboration with engineers, designers, and program managers to scale experiences across Google’s global network of spaces and demos.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience working in a creative discipline designing interactive experiences, spatial installations, museum exhibits, or flagship brand environments.
• A portfolio of creative work displaying experience in (Brand, Interactive, Conceptual, Experiential, or Technology) design.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex Google technologies, AI platforms, and roadmaps into inspiring narratives for guest journeys.
• Author comprehensive briefs in collaboration with brand leads, facilitating design sprints and workshops.
• Sketch, storyboard, and prototype ideas with cross-functional partners to accelerate decisions.
• Oversee internal and external teams to ensure spaces reflect the creative intent and are technically viable.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and architects to align with business strategy and accessibility.

Skills

Creative discipline experience

Portfolio of creative work

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.


• 5 years of experience working in a creative discipline designing interactive experiences, spatial installations, museum exhibits, or flagship brand environments.


• A portfolio of creative work displaying experience in (Brand, Interactive, Conceptual, Experiential, or Technology) design.

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to design live – creating and iterating upon experiential concepts with an audience of collaborators, including live sketching, to progress concepts quickly.


• Ability to translate complex emerging AI technologies into intuitive, human-centered narratives.


• Ability to advocate passionately for creative excellence while maintaining the capacity to disagree and commit when business, operational, or technical requirements override initial design intent.


• Ability to travel regularly, including domestically and internationally.

About The Job

As an Marketing Creative in Managed Experience Technology Solutions (METS), you will be a business-focused strategic design visionary for Google’s customer-facing spaces and digital product demonstrations worldwide. In this consultative creative role, you will bring creative strategy, narrative development, and brief authoring in-house—partnering strategically with external agencies when needed. You will elevate the quality, narrative cohesion, and speed-to-refresh of the spaces, content, and demos.

What sets this role apart is the dual mandate of groundbreaking innovation and global scale. You will translate complex business stories, AI integrations, and early-stage prototypes into standardized patterns, modular fixtures, processes, and best practices that scale across the global network of over 100 active customer-facing spaces. By partnering closely with the team of program managers, designers, engineers, and operational experts, you will help design some of the most ambitious, high-impact experiential environments in the industry.

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

US: $141000 - $205000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Translate complex Google technologies, AI platforms, and commercial roadmaps into inspiring interactive narratives and multi-sensory guest journeys for C-level executives and enterprise clients.


• Author comprehensive creative briefs in collaboration with the brand experience lead by facilitating high-impact design sprints, discovery workshops, and collaborative sessions with cross-functional stakeholders to align project goal before design begins.


• Rapidly sketch, storyboard, and prototype experiential ideas in real-time alongside cross-functional partners and leadership to build consensus and accelerate decision-making.


• Provide direction and oversight to internal engineering squads, external fabrication shops, and digital agencies during design and production, ensuring built spaces faithfully reflect the creative intent.


• Collaborate in lockstep with the brand experience lead, business partner, designers, software/hardware engineers, and architects to ensure designs are technically viable, secure, accessible, maintainable, and aligned to the business strategy.

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 also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.