Senior Visual Designer, Search Verticals and International

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Visual Designer to join the Search Verticals team. You will contribute to visual design across products, collaborate with cross-functional partners, and shape the Google design language to deliver industry-leading experiences.

Responsibilities include evolving design frameworks, asset management processes, and advocating for strong visual craft. This role emphasizes thought leadership, user-centered design, and brand alignment at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
• 5 years of experience designing in the consumer industry.
• 4 years of experience designing across multiple platforms.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Responsibilities

• Mature and evolve the notion of framework by collaborating with other leads to form a cohesive offering across Google products.
• Define, maintain, and evolve the tools, processes, and communication around asset management across programs.
• Leverage principal contributors to explore concept development to influence product, a point-of-view around visual style, and product commitments.
• Defend Google products, our brand promise, and its unique value prop amid an interlaced relationship with Google’s master brand.
• Partner with visual programs within our organization to evolve and apply new design styles and aesthetics for our suite of products.

Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

6 years visual design

5 years consumer industry

4 years multi-platform

Portfolio / links

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
• 5 years of experience designing in the consumer industry.
• 4 years of experience designing across multiple platforms.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
• 5 years of experience designing in the consumer industry.
• 4 years of experience designing across multiple platforms.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
  

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
• 5 years of experience designing in the consumer industry.
• 4 years of experience designing across multiple platforms.
• 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.
  

About The Job

At Google, we \"Focus on the user and all else will follow.\" Our Visual Designers weave space, typography, color, and iconography to help people successfully navigate our products, ensuring they are beautiful and accessible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to leverage user insights and create industry-leading products.

As a Visual Designer, you will rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution. You will collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use.

As a Senior Visual designer on the Search Verticals team, you will be an expert for all things visual design for verticals. You are experienced in user-centered product development, design systems, and collaborating with cross functional peers to drive alignment. You will bring thought-leadership and influence, shaping innovative solutions while mitigating unintended harm. You will have a strong design, business acumen, and a deep awareness of the latest design and technology trends. You will design experiences that can be more than just functional, delivering excellent design craft, delight and surprising moments unique to each product and project.

In Google Search, we'r reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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

• Mature and evolve the notion of framework by collaborating with other leads to form a cohesive offering across Google products.
• Define, maintain, and evolve the tools, processes, and communication around asset management across programs.
• Leverage principal contributors to explore concept development to influence product, a point-of-view around visual style, and product commitments.
• Defend Google products, our brand promise, and its unique value prop amid an interlaced relationship with Google’s master brand.
• Partner with visual programs within our organization to evolve and apply new design styles and aesthetics for our suite of products.
  

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 .