Staff Visual Designer, Design Systems and Ecosystem Craft

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.

US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

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.