About the job

At 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.

We help users around the world discover and connect with local businesses through richer, more intuitive ads on Search. We leverage deep, industry-specific insights to create unique ad formats that are tailored to specialized use-cases and business categories.

Through bold, continuous experimentation, we help define the future of search by expanding the boundaries of what users and advertisers can accomplish with Google ads.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $159,000-$231,000 + 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.

Responsibilities

• Design and create high quality proposals throughout the design process including wireframes and high fidelity mocks that illustrate key UIs in the Local Ads experiences.

• Execute in detail on typography, color, composition, and interaction to create engaging product designs.

• Collaborate across UX to define frameworks and UI components that create consistency and scale across Ad’s surfaces.

• Support the design of effective presentations that inspire and sell ideas at all levels and across organizations.

• Work closely with engineering and product management partners to ensure components and patterns are well-documented.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.

• 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.

• 2 years of experience leading design projects.

• Experience working within and contributing to design systems, as well as building accessible products.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to keep teams up-to-date, tell compelling stories and clearly articulate design rationale. Excellent public communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.

• Portfolio of thoughtfully designed products, demonstrating advanced design skills, including strategic thinking, high quality deliverables and process.