Google is hiring: Visual Designer, Google Workspace in Sunnyvale

Overview

Join to apply for the Visual Designer, Google Workspace role at Google. The application window will be open until at least September 8, 2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Boulder, CO, USA; New York, NY, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI 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 complex, cross-functional organization.
• 1 year of experience leading design projects.
• Experience with consumer, AI-aware, or productivity-focused applications.
• Experience animating work in Figma, Principle, or similar.

About The Job

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 gathers insights about the behaviors and perceptions of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for users and 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. You’ll collaborate with design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products that people love to use. We prioritize a long-term product outlook and holistic thinking, value collaboration, and work across teams to create seamless user experiences at scale.

AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products—Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet—are at the forefront. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together. You can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future and have the opportunity to impact billions of users.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Compensation details listed reflect base salary and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design process, from initial exploration of ambitious ideas to the creation of detailed, user-centered solutions and final specifications.
• Produce a range of design deliverables, including storyboards, wireframes, user flows, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity visual specifications.
• Build strong partnerships with Product Management and Engineering teams to define a user-centered product outlook and align on a clear, iterative roadmap.
• Use a combination of user research, analytics, subject matter expertise, and design intuition to inform and guide your design decisions.
• Play an active role in fostering a creative and supportive UX culture, regularly providing and receiving critical feedback to drive design excellence.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Art/Creative, Design, and Engineering
• Industries
• Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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