Senior Visual Designer, Design Systems, YouTube

Google•San Bruno, CA

16h•$151,000 - $222,000

About The Position

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s Visual Designers weave space, typography, color, iconography, and texture together to help people successfully navigate our products. We believe that all of our products should be beautiful and accessible. Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the behaviors and perceptions of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses. As a Visual Designer, you’ll rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences—from concept to execution. Like all of our UX jobs, you’ll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use. As a Senior Visual Designer on the Design Systems Team at YouTube you will help us evolve and modernize YouTube's visual design language. You will drive a high level of aesthetic sensibility and craft. You will define and implement a cohesive visual design system to delight our users across YouTube’s suite of products. You have an understanding in visual design, design systems, user experience, and prototyping, a keen eye for detail and a commitment to product excellence. 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. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
3 years of experience in building visual design systems that ensures platform-wide consistency and quality.
Experience working on Visual Design Systems for consumer-facing digital products.
Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
3 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization.
2 years of experience leading design projects.
Experience with high-fidelity prototyping.

Responsibilities

Mature and evolve the notion of framework by collaborating with other leads to form a cohesive offering across Google products.
Work across programs to define, maintain, and evolve the tools, processes, and communication around asset management.
Leverage principal contributors to explore concept development to influence product, a point-of-view around visual style, and product commitments.
Defend Google products, our brand promise, and its value prop amid an interlaced relationship with Google’s master brand.
Partner with visual programs within our organization to evolve and apply new design styles and aesthetics for our suite of products.