Staff Interaction Designer, Search Personalization

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

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

You will join the Search Personalization Experience team, applying user-centered methods to evolve the design language and deliver AI-powered features at scale across surfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience building and designing AI-powered consumer products or features.
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools and workflows for prototyping and interface exploration.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Deliver continuous launches to Search personalization that accrue significant impact to users and business over time through sustained product improvements.
• Deliver compelling insights and product solutions that provoke strategy and empower the organization with clear conviction and direction for a future AI-personalized Search.
• Deliver rapid ideation, influence, concept design, and evaluation.

Skills

UX design

AI product design

Generative AI

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree in Design

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience building and designing AI-powered consumer products or features.
• Experience leveraging generative AI tools and workflows for prototyping and interface exploration.
• 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.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
• Experience designing for consumer native mobile applications for iOS or Android.

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.

The Search Personalization Experience team drives sustained growth in users’ personal value by supporting consistent go-to-market launches of personalization features at scale. Our mission is to accelerate Search’s evolution into a personal knowledge companion through 10x innovation and the development of AI capabilities.

In Google Search, we’re 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: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Deliver continuous launches to Search personalization that accrue significant impact to users and business over time through sustained product improvements.
• Deliver compelling insights and product solutions that provoke strategy and empower the organization with clear conviction and direction for a future AI-personalized Search.
• Deliver rapid ideation, influence, concept design, and evaluation.