Senior Hybrid Visual and Motion Designer, Google Photos - job 2 of 2

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.Minimum qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.• 6 years of consumer product design experience with a focus on visual and motion design.• Experience managing projects involving cross-functional and cross-team stakeholder groups.• Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: illustration, animation, motion graphics, creative direction, prototyping.• 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.• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.• 2 years of experience leading design projects.• Demonstrated ability to design, create, and implement animations using After Effects, including optimization for web and mobile using Lottie.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.Google Photos has emerged as one of the fastest growing and beloved products at Google. Our mission is to be the home for the world’s memories, automatically organized, and easily shareable. While we’ve made great progress toward fulfilling our mission to our users, we still have many hard problems and challenges left to solve. Come be a part of one of the most dynamic and quality-focused UX teams at Google and help further our mission.Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $142,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. 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• Leverage principal contributors to explore concept development to influence product, a point-of-view around visual style, and product commitments.• Create aesthetically excellent work that is true to the Google brand spirit.• Design at scale through a strong systems approach.• Elevate the visual and motion design of Photos while accounting for the design details of building a product.• Partner with User Experience Designers, Product Managers and Engineers to define, challenge, and solve complex problems to enhance interactivity and delight users.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 .