Minimum qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, or diploma program in Human-Computer Interaction, Product Design/Visual Communication/Interaction Design, Fine Arts or related field or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with design tools (e.g., Sketch, Figma, Framer Studio, etc.).
- A design portfolio that demonstrates design principles for web and/or mobile platforms.
- Experience in interaction and/or graphic design and/or motion design fundamentals.
- Familiarity with front-end engineering and/or working with engineers.
- Ability to apply brand visual assets in a user interface context and understanding of user-centered design principles.
- Ability to be an analytical, creative, and visual thinker.
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills.
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About the job
At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google's Interaction Designers take complex tasks and make them intuitive and easy-to-use for billions of people around the globe. Throughout the design process-from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes-you'll envision how people will experience our products, and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined, and even magical.
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 attitudes, emotions, and behaviors 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 an Interaction 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 UX Interaction Designer, you'll work on a collaborative team focusing on making things user friendly and transparent for all. You'll be part of a cross-functional team, building innovative products using your interaction and visual design skills.
User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users' needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products' unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google's philosophy: "Focus on the user and all else will follow."
Responsibilities
- Understand the genesis of business problems from researchers, product managers and other stakeholders
- Work with product managers, UX leads/managers and developers to nail down the key objectives of what problem to solve, at what time frame and what is the desired outcome.
- Gauge the usability of new and existing products and make constructive suggestions for change
- Demonstrate the ability to develop and communicate underlying concepts that inspire design implementation.
- Help to define the user model and user interface for new and existing Google products and features