Staff Visual Designer, YouTube

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

Job summary

Google’s Visual Designers craft typography, color, and iconography to create accessible, industry-leading products. You will join a multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management to leverage user insights and evolve the Google design language.

As a Visual Designer, you will use user-centered methods to take concepts to execution, partnering with design teams to deliver beautiful, accessible products that users love, including work across YouTube and other

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience is required.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience implementing visual design systems across platforms in an iterative software development environment; proficiency with design tools (Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch).
• Include a portfolio, website, or relevant link in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.
• Drive the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
• Drive design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.
• Provide direction to UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and/or user research/testing.

Skills

8 years of experience in product UX

Design systems across platforms

Portfolio link in resume

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Tools

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Sketch

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
  
• Experience implementing visual design systems across platforms in an iterative software development environment, applying design tools (e.g. Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch).
  
• 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.
  
• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.
  
• 4 years of experience leading design projects.
  
• 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
  

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.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

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 the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
  
• Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
  
• Drive design solutions based on user insights, business needs, and industry trends that further business outcomes.
  
• Provide direction to UX designers in creating design concepts for product ideation and/or user research/testing.