Visual Designer - Mountain View  

This position is based in Mountain View, CA.

The area: User Experience

We follow a simple but vital premise in the User Experience group: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." We're interested in our users and strive to learn everything we can about their behaviors, attitudes and emotions to help define the products and experiences we create. The User Experience team is a critical driving force behind gathering these insights and then using them to inspire and inform design. We are a multi-disciplinary team of interaction designers, visual designers, user researchers, copywriters and web developers who collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create innovative, usable, great-looking products that people love to use.

The role: Visual Designer

As a Visual Designer, you will design delightful, polished products that excite users. Your work will involve designing interfaces that solve complex interactions with elegance and simplicity. You’re ardent about technology and know how to work alongside engineers, researchers product managers and other designers throughout all stages of the product cycle. You can tell compelling stories about users and products to support your work.

Responsibilities:

• Design one or more of Google's consumer facing products.
• Create a look consistent with all of Google - while pleasing our users.
• Communicate effectively in a cross-functional product development team and present ideas and designs effectively.
• Present the user interface visually so information is easy to read, easy to understand and easy to find.
• Market and promote products and features so users understand what they're getting and what the benefits are.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Graphic Design or related field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).
• 2 years of relevant work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience designing outstanding web-based products for a consumer-oriented website.
• Fluent in HTML/CSS and solid knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and or Fireworks.
• Proven ability to act as a leader in communicating conceptual ideas and design rationale, all within a user-centered design process.
• Must be self-motivated to prioritize and manage work load and meet critical project milestones and deadlines.
• Must be an effective problem solver.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build good working relationships.