Staff Interaction Designer, Google Vids
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
- 3 years of experience partnering directly with senior Product and Engineering leadership to define multi-year roadmaps.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience designing for professional-grade creativity, productivity, or creator suites.
- Experience designing systems that automate high-complexity tasks to maximize user output with minimal effort.
- Experience in technical prototyping methods (e.g., "vibe coding," scripting) to explore and stress-test product concepts.
- Experience in designing cross-product integrations or "bridge" experiences that leverage an existing ecosystem.
- Expertise in video creation and editing workflows, from conception to post-production.
- Understanding of generative video models (e.g. Veo) and their practical application in consumer or enterprise interfaces.
About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.
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.
Google Vids is Workspace's AI-powered video tool for work, education and consumers. It's built on Google's video models and harnesses the power of Workspace’s entire product suite and integrations. Vids aims to empower everyone, regardless of their proficiency or experience, to become an exceptional video storyteller.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $188000 - $275000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Accelerate your designs with AI-first methodologies (e.g. vibe coding functional prototypes), allowing leadership and cross-functional partners to stress-test concepts and evaluate non-deterministic interactions in real-time.
- Lead design strategy and critical projects for Vids, defining how generative video and recording journeys integrate into a cohesive tool that users adopt as a habit.
- Translate open-ended, ambiguous problems, such as "video-native collaboration" or "narrative-driven AI generation" into tractable roadmaps for engineering and product teams.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leads to define core features, ensuring that technical capabilities (e.g. video models) are consistently productized for user-centered needs.
- Set and maintain a high bar for design and product excellence by eliminating "UX papercuts" and driving systemic improvements to our user experience.
