Visual Designer, YouTube Shorts Ads

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:San Bruno, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.Minimum qualifications: • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. • 4 years of visual design experience in product design or User Experience (UX) or User Interface (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, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 2 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization. • 1 year of experience leading design projects. • Experience working on consumer facing products. • Knowledge of systems design, visual and motion design, with excellent execution capabilities. • A portfolio demonstrating excellence in visual and motion design. About the jobAt 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 plays an integral part in gathering insights about the behaviors and perceptions of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for 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. Like all of our UX jobs, you’ll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use. As a Visual Designer for YouTube Shorts Ads, you will help to shape the future of short form video by transforming the way viewers experience and engage with advertiser content on Shorts.Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$185,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities • Partner with User Experiences (UX), Program Managers (PM) and Engineers to develop engaging Ad experiences expressed through high-quality visual designs. • Contribute to an elevated Shorts concept that defines a visual design and motion language and scale these elements across Ads. • Innovate by pushing creativity and established thinking to develop modern approaches that tell brand stories and drive engagement. • Develop detailed visual assets, mock-ups and motion prototypes to effectively communicate concepts. • Gauge the usability of new and existing products, work closely with UX design and research and make constructive suggestions for change.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.