Staff UX Designer, Google Ads

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 188,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Ads is seeking a Staff UX Designer to join the Google Ads UX team. You will transform complex advertising tasks into intuitive experiences, create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, and partner with Engineering and Product Management to advance the design language across products.

Responsibilities include owning outcomes, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and contributing to AI-powered ad solutions and design systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX Design.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in designing AI-powered solutions.
• Experience working with or extending design systems.
• Experience working within the advertising space.
• Experience defining and providing overall creative direction for larger projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions addressing durable advertiser needs by employing AI-forward methodologies.
• Develop user journeys, mockups, prototypes, storyboards, and presentations to effectively communicate design ideas.
• Work with cross-functional teams to strategize and build concise, user-centric goals and journeys, and iterate on designs based on feedback from users and stakeholders.
• Partner with other designers to refine design systems and integrate new features into products.
• Work with the engineering team to ensure designs are implemented to spec and collaborate with them to come up with creative design solutions when technical issues arise.

Skills

UX design

Portfolio

AI-powered solutions

Design systems

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Design/HCI/CS

Tools

Design systems

Job description

Staff UX Designer, Google Ads

Google | Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX Design.
• 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.
• Experience in designing AI-powered solutions.
• Experience working with or extending design systems.
• Experience working within the advertising space.
• Experience defining and providing overall creative direction for larger projects.

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.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

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

• Develop solutions addressing durable advertiser needs by employing AI-forward methodologies.
• Develop user journeys, mockups, prototypes, storyboards, and presentations to effectively communicate design ideas.
• Work with cross-functional teams to strategize and build concise, user-centric goals and journeys, and iterate on designs based on feedback from users and stakeholders.
• Partner with other designers to refine design systems and integrate new features into products.
• Work with the engineering team to ensure designs are implemented to spec and collaborate with them to come up with creative design solutions when technical issues arise.

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