Senior UX Designer, Google Sheets

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days/year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days/year

Job summary

Google is seeking an Interaction Designer to transform complex tasks into intuitive experiences for billions of users. You will craft flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management to bring product experiences to life with a refined, magical feel.

You will apply user-centered design methods to evolve the Google design language, focusing on AI-empowered experiences and tackling complex problems within Google Sheets and related Workspace apps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience in prototyping at various fidelity levels using Figma, Antigravity, or code.
• Experience working with spreadsheet tools.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional Google Sheets teams to manage complex, technical features and challenges.
• Drive design thinking and product innovation across time horizons to set the direction and land near-term solutions for meeting user needs.
• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
• Drive design direction and refine solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.
• Pioneer AI-driven designs.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

6 years interaction design

Prototyping with Figma/Antigravity

Spreadsheet tools

Portfolio/link to work

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Figma

Antigravity

Code

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience in prototyping at various fidelity levels using Figma, Antigravity, or code.
• Experience working with spreadsheet tools.
• 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.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects.
• Experience partnering with User Experience Research (UXR) to inform research studies and integrate insights into products.
• Experience using product design, concept development, and storytelling to influence product strategy and decision making.

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.

Hundreds of millions of users rely on Google Sheets to track, organize, and analyze their data. As a cornerstone product in Google Workspace, enterprises and consumers around the world use Sheets every day. The Google Sheets UX Design team empowers its users to make sense of their information, arrive at new insights, make better decisions, and scale their organizations. In this role, you will focus on designing for AI-empowered experiences and working on complex, technical problems.

AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products— Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet are at the forefront. From pre-computed summaries for email threads, summaries for meetings, and videos created from a document using lifelike AI avatars, our AI opportunity is huge. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together and as part of the team you can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future. You will work with model builders (DeepMind), work with exceptional leaders, and have the ability to impact billions of users across the world. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Collaborate with cross-functional Google Sheets teams to manage complex, technical features and challenges.
• Drive design thinking and product innovation across time horizons to set the direction and land near-term solutions for meeting user needs.
• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
• Drive design direction and refine solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.
• Pioneer AI-driven designs.

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.