Strategic UX Designer, Ecosystem Growth

Google; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google in the United States is seeking an experienced Interaction Designer to transform complex tasks into intuitive experiences for billions of users. You will create user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, collaborating across engineering and product management to evolve Google’s design language.

As part of the Ecosystem Growth team, you will drive innovative design directions, develop scalable frameworks, and apply user-centered methods to deliver engaging products like Google

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product or UX design.
• Experience in visual design, prototyping, and creating presentations.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Responsibilities

• Identify high-value opportunities and explore net-new product innovations across platforms.
• Turn early-stage concepts into living, high-fidelity interactive prototypes.
• Articulate design positions and challenge partners with storytelling in product design.
• Facilitate workshops using design thinking to align cross-functional teams.
• Partner across UX, engineering and product management to drive launches.

Skills

Interaction Design

Visual Design

Prototyping

Presentations

Portfolio

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Figma

AI-assisted design tools

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA. Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience in visual design, prototyping, and creating presentations.
• 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, including facilitating workshops using design thinking methodologies.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects and creating scalable design frameworks.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted design workflows and tools to generate functional prototypes.
• Experience in motion design or working in an agency design environment.

About The JobAt 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 mission of the Ecosystem Growth team is to seamlessly connect people and products, so that more users can unlock the full value of Google. Our goal is to drive both broader and deeper engagement with Google products across platforms, by helping users discover, and experience everything Google has to offer. Our products include Google Contacts, PeopleGraph, ShareKit, AppSwitcher, Feature Drops, Google Guide, Google Notifications Platform, and other primitives and tools that enable better connections between people and products. As a part of Ecosystem Growth, you will drive zero-to-one innovation efforts across our portfolio, exploring opportunities through direct design and prototyping, and developing a guiding UX outlook narratives to inform product strategy and secure partner buy-in. User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." 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. ResponsibilitiesLearn more about benefits at Google .

• Identify high-value opportunities and explore net-new product innovations that drive ecosystem growth and seamlessness by addressing emerging user needs across platforms and products.
• Take ownership of early-stage, ambiguous concepts and rapidly turn them into living, high-fidelity, interactive prototypes.
• Articulate design positions and challenge partners with new product design thinking utilizing excellent storytelling skills.
• Facilitate the innovation process through creative workshops, utilizing design thinking methods to align cross-functional and cross-product area partners behind a shared outlook.
• Partner across UX teams to drive these strategic directions into concrete launches and landings.

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 .