UX Designer, Inception, Terra Nova, DeepMind

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 189,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Visual Designer to lead the design direction for pioneering AI experiences across multi-modal projects. You will work with a multi-disciplinary UX team, turning user insights into industry-leading visuals that are beautiful, accessible, and expressive.

You will define design direction for frontier AI interactions, mentor cross-functional teams while also contributing high-fidelity visuals, prototypes, and proofs of concept for both digital and embodied AI contexts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communications, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience designing for novel devices/capabilities.
• Experience with modern AI/ML technology, tools, and visual workflows (e.g., GenAI prototyping tools, motion design).
• Experience in establishing brand identity and visual language for novel technology platforms from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction and visual design strategy across complex, multi-modal AI projects, setting a high bar for visual execution and craftsmanship.
• Think outside traditional UX patterns to envision and prototype entirely new interaction paradigms made possible by frontier AI models, physical computing, and synthetic characters.
• Act as a key individual contributor, rapidly creating visual designs, motion concepts, interactive prototypes, and experiential proof points.
• Guide and mentor multidisciplinary creative and technical teams, collaborating closely with research, software engineering, and hardware/robotics experts.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Brand identity

Visual design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Visual Communications or equivalent

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Visual Communications, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience designing for novel devices/capabilities.
• Experience with modern AI/ML technology, tools, and visual workflows (e.g., GenAI prototyping tools, motion design).
• Experience in establishing brand identity and visual language for novel technology platforms from scratch.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Visual Communications, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX, visual, or product design, including leadership experience across creative domains.
• Demonstrated experience leading design teams and cross-functional partners while remaining an active Individual Contributor (IC).
• Strong mastery of visual design principles, layout, typography, motion, and brand storytelling applied to novel technology interfaces.
• Proven track record of prototyping, vibe coding, and inventing out-of-the-box user experiences in highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Portfolio showcasing multidisciplinary design exploration, visual polish, breakthrough experiences, and AI-driven interactive concepts.

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.

You will define the design direction for pioneering AI experiences, shaping how users interact with next-generation technologies. Operating in a highly ambiguous and exploratory space, you will manage open-ended problems to chart a course for the future of interaction. As a multidisciplinary design leader with a deep foundation in visual design, you will guide creative teams through influence and mentorship. Simultaneously, you will be a direct contributor, crafting high-fidelity visual concepts, rapid prototypes, and proofs of concepts across digital, physical, and embodied AI contexts. Your role is to be a pathfinder, connecting emerging AI technologies with human value to create novel, breakthrough user experiences.

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity's most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $189,000 - $274,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Lead creative direction and visual design strategy across complex, multi-modal AI projects, setting a high bar for visual execution and craftsmanship.
• Think outside traditional UX patterns to envision and prototype entirely new interaction paradigms made possible by frontier AI models, physical computing, and synthetic characters.
• Act as a key individual contributor, rapidly creating visual designs, motion concepts, interactive prototypes, and experiential proof points.
• Guide and mentor multidisciplinary creative and technical teams, collaborating closely with research, software engineering, and hardware/robotics experts.

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 o