Senior Interaction Designer, Search Ads

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.

As a Senior Designer in Ads UI at Google, you will have the opportunity to do work that shapes the future of some of the most visible elements of users' interactions with Google, and to drive significant impact for the business. This work requires taste, attention to detail, and a desire to inform design not just with instinct but with data.

The Ads UI and Formats team focuses on making useful, beautiful and impactful commercial experiences for search, and helping to build the evolution of a surface that’s seen by billions of times a day. Within the User Experience organization the Google Ads team has become recognized for the innovation it propels. As the team driving core ads on Search, we are deeply involved in that surface's AI evolution as well as pioneering the development and adoption of AI-enabled workflows for the broader UX group.

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 $159,000-$231,000 + 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

• Develop user journeys, mockups, prototypes, storyboards, and presentations to effectively communicate design ideas and rapidly iterate on designs based on feedback from users and stakeholders.
  
• Work with PM partners to strategize and build concise user centric goals and journeys.
  
• Prototype and evolve experiences using and AI-enabled workflow
  
  
• Partner with other designers to refine design systems and integrate new features into the evolving products.
  
• Work with the Engineering team to ensure designs are implemented to spec and collaborate with them to come up with creative design solutions when technical challenges arise.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX 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, 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 developing vibecoded prototypes and using AI-enabled workflows throughout the design process.
  
  

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.