UX Designer, Inception, Terra Nova
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
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
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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.
Qualifications
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.