Staff Visual Designer, Design Systems and Ecosystem Craft

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

Job summary

Google seeks a Visual Designer to join the Android and Pixel UX Design team in Mountain View. You will weave typography, color, and iconography to create beautiful, accessible products and collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to leverage user insights for industry-leading experiences.

As a Visual Designer, you will apply user-centered design methods from concept to execution, evolving the Google design language to build innovative products people love to use.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with design tools such as Figma and Adobe.
• Experience designing visual hierarchy, layout, typography, and color.
• A design portfolio showcasing graphic design work.

Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve the Material Design system across Android surfaces.
• Elevate visual solutions by adopting new technologies while aligning with engineering needs.
• Prepare and manage executive storytelling for design systems and strategy.
• Leverage AI technologies to expand capabilities and scale output.
• Create scalable design guidance for 1P and OEM partners.

Skills

Product design

UX

Visual design

Typography

Color theory

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Figma

Adobe

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with design tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe).
• Experience designing visual hierarchy, layout, typography, and color.
• A design portfolio showcasing graphic design work.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• Experience with design systems, storytelling and typography.

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.

The Android and Pixel UX Design team shapes the experience for billions of users, making the power of computing helpful for everyone. We are responsible for the visual and interactive quality across a global ecosystem of devices, creating a cohesive user journey that connects people to information, opportunity, and each other.

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

Responsibilities

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• Establish, advocate, and drive the multi-year evolution of the Material Design system and delivery efforts across all Android surfaces.
• Elevate practices, solutions, and visual/graphical effects by integrating new technologies and methodologies. Remain deeply versed in engineering needs and actively collaborate to bridge technical feasibility constraints with creative execution.
• Prepare, orchestrate, and manage executive-level storytelling and narratives for design systems, strategy, and creative direction.
• Demonstrate deep AI savviness by proactively leveraging emerging AI technologies, tools, and workflows to expand creative capabilities, streamline design execution, and scale output.
• Craft effective, scalable design guidance and principles that seamlessly support implementation, standardizations, and quality delivery across first-party (1P) and OEM partners.

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 .