Strategic UX Designer, Ecosystem Growth

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.

The mission of the Ecosystem Growth team is to seamlessly connect people and products, so that more users can unlock the full value of Google. Our goal is to drive both broader and deeper engagement with Google products across platforms, by helping users discover, and experience everything Google has to offer. Our products include Google Contacts, PeopleGraph, ShareKit, AppSwitcher, Feature Drops, Google Guide, Google Notifications Platform, and other primitives and tools that enable better connections between people and products.

As a part of Ecosystem Growth, you will drive zero-to-one innovation efforts across our portfolio, exploring opportunities through direct design and prototyping, and developing a guiding UX outlook narratives to inform product strategy and secure partner buy-in.

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.”

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits, * Identify high-value opportunities and explore net-new product innovations that drive ecosystem growth and seamlessness by addressing emerging user needs across platforms and products.

• Take ownership of early-stage, ambiguous concepts and rapidly turn them into living, high-fidelity, interactive prototypes.
• Articulate design positions and challenge partners with new product design thinking utilizing excellent storytelling skills.
• Facilitate the innovation process through creative workshops, utilizing design thinking methods to align cross-functional and cross-product area partners behind a shared outlook.
• Partner across UX teams to drive these strategic directions into concrete launches and landings.

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area., * Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Experience in visual design, prototyping, and creating presentations.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions)., * 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, including facilitating workshops using design thinking methodologies.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects and creating scalable design frameworks.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted design workflows and tools to generate functional prototypes.
• Experience in motion design or working in an agency design environment.

XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year