Google is hiring: Art Director, YouTube Design Systems in San Bruno

Overview Art Director, YouTube Design Systems — Google Minimum qualifications Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent practical experience. 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design. Experience in creative and art direction, defining new and system-wide illustration style. Experience creating high-quality illustration, or animation work. 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 translating brand strategy into cohesive and scalable visual guidelines. 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 behaviors and perceptions to inspire and inform design. We collaborate 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 evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products that people love to use. In this role, you\'ll focus on illustration and animation production. You will define and implement a new illustration style for YouTube and shape the visual language. You will create original artwork and lead the team\'s production efforts. This role requires a systematic approach to creative output, ensuring brand consistency and operational efficiency across all products and platforms. At YouTube, we believe everyone deserves to be heard, and collaboration helps people share stories, explore passions, and connect. We work at the intersection of technology and creativity, moving at the speed of culture to show the world. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location; your recruiter can share the specific range for your location during hiring. Compensation details listed reflect base salary only; bonus, equity, and benefits are separate. Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities Mature and evolve the notion of framework by collaborating with other leads to form a cohesive offering across Google products. Work across programs to define, maintain, and evolve the tools, processes, and communication around asset management. Leverage principal contributors to explore concept development to influence product, a viewpoint around visual style, and product commitments. Defend Google products, the brand promise, and its unique value proposition amid the relationship with Google\'s master brand. Partner with visual programs within the organization to evolve and apply new design styles and aesthetics for the suite of products. EEO statement 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 Google\'s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you need accommodation, please let us know by completing the Accommodations for Applicants form. #J-18808-Ljbffr In Summary: The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits . The role requires a systematic approach to creative output, ensuring brand consistency and operational efficiency across all products and platforms . At YouTube, we believe everyone deserves to be heard and collaboration helps people share stories, explore passions, and connect . En Español: Directora de arte, YouTube Design Systems Calificaciones mínimas de Google Licenciatura o experiencia práctica equivalente. 6 años de experiencia en diseño visual en el diseño de productos o UX / UI. Experiencia en la dirección creativa y artística, definiendo un estilo de ilustración nuevo y a nivel del sistema. Experiencias en crear ilustraciones de alta calidad o trabajo de animación. Incluye una cartera, sitio web u otro vínculo relevante con su trabajo en su currículum (que proporciona un enlace visible o instrucciones de acceso). Qualificaciones preferidas Grado de maestría en Diseño, Interacción Humana-Computador, Ciencias Informáticas, un campo relacionado o experiencia práctica equivalente. Colaboramos con ingeniería y administración de productos para crear productos líderes en la industria que brinden valor a los usuarios y las empresas de Google. Como diseñador visual, dependerá de métodos de diseño centrados en el usuario para elaborar experiencias del usuario líder en la sectordesde el concepto hasta la ejecución. Colaborará con socios del diseño para evolucionar el lenguaje de diseños de Google para construir productos hermosos e innovadores que a la gente le encantan usar. En este papel, se centrará en la producción de ilustraciones y animación. Definirá e implementará un nuevo estilo de ilustración para YouTube y dará forma al idioma visual. Creará obras originales de arte y liderará los esfuerzos productivos del equipo. Este rol requiere un enfoque sistemático de salida, garantizando consistencia de marca y eficiencia operativa en todos los productos y plataformas. Las responsabilidades maduran y evolucionan la noción de marco colaborando con otros conducen a formar una oferta cohesiva en todos los productos de Google. Trabajar entre programas para definir, mantener y evolucionar las herramientas, procesos y comunicación alrededor de la gestión de activos. Aprovechar contribuyentes principales para explorar el desarrollo del concepto para influir en el producto, un punto de vista sobre el estilo visual y los compromisos del producto. Defender los productos Google, la promesa de marca y su propuesta de valor única en medio de la relación con la marca maestra de Google .