Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Design or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing user interface of virtual reality (VR) and other immersive experiences, from concept exploration through implementation.
• Experience conveying designs in stories, wireframes, 2D/3D mockups, and prototypes.
• Experience collaborating with teams of Designers, Researchers, Engineers, Content Strategists, and Product Managers throughout the design process.

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience with game engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot) or 3D modeling software.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and familiarity with technical constraints and limitations of virtual reality, augmented reality, and 3D interfaces.
• Ability to perform for systems-level design thinking and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent analytical, influencing, presentation, project management, and communication skills.
• Passion for rapid prototyping, hack-a-thons, game jams, and a general love of making new things.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow. " Google's Interaction Designers take complex tasks and make them intuitive and easy-to-use for billions of people around the globe. Throughout the design process-from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes-you'll envision how people will experience our products, and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined, and even magical.

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 plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and across teams to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google's businesses.

As an Interaction Designer, you'll rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences-from concept to execution. You'll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, and inspired products that people love to use.
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."

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and maintain the shared design system by identifying common components and patterns, developing specs, and communicating with partner teams.
• Partner with research to inform designs based on creator needs and goals as well as partner team needs and goals.
• Collaborate effectively across UX, Product, and Engineering, and drive the design process.
• Work closely with other designers to drive design and product excellence.