Visual Designer, YouTube Discovery

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.

In this role, you will define new video-forward browsing experiences. You will collaborate closely with our "Effortless Entertainment" design to make YouTube more immersive and bring the app to life. Your work will take you from the Home page to every one of our evaluation feeds, reshaping the core YouTube discovery journey for the biggest video platform in the world.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we 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 $132,000-$189,000 + 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

• Lead the creation of high-quality designs from initial concept to final execution across mobile, tablet, and web platforms.
• Partner seamlessly with Product, User Experience, and Engineering teams to define user-centric features and ensure technical feasibility.
• Translate conceptual goals into interactive designs while clearly articulating and justifying the design goals to stakeholders and peers.
  
• Collaborate closely with User Experience researchers to rationalize design decisions through data and user insights for continuous product improvement.
• Work alongside fellow designers and engineers to ensure detailed, high-fidelity implementation within platform constraints and brand standards.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design.
  
• Experience with interaction design within product 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.
  
• 2 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization.
• Experience in designing across multiple platforms (e.g., Mobile, Web, TV, etc.).
• Experience in the video, media, or entertainment industry.
• Experience with AI tools.