UX Designer, YouTube Effects
About the role
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." In this role, you will focus on enabling third-party effect creators to build new and exciting effects within YouTube's web-based Effect Maker tool. You will design, validate, and refine experiences with Effects in Shorts and Creation within the YouTube Main app. This position requires strong end-to-end user experience skills to manage user experience and bring effects directly into the YouTube app experience, such as the camera, effect picker, and swipe functionality. You will collaborate closely with adjacent Shorts and creation teams, and partner with product managers to unlock new opportunities such as monetization and custom branded effects.
Responsibilities
- Design, validate, and refine feature experiences for YouTube’s web-based Effect Maker, and experiences with Effects in Shorts and Creation within the YouTube Main app.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.
- Independently own and execute the design process end-to-end.
- Produce deliverables such as mocks, wireframes, user flows, interactive prototypes, and carefully crafted visual specs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 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.
- 2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
- Experience designing tools for others to create with (web and mobile).
- Experience creating effects for video platforms.
- A strong foundation in design systems thinking.
Pay
$132,000 - $190,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits