Interaction Designer, YouTube Brand Deals

Role

As an Interaction Designer on YouTube’s Brand Deals team you will design products that help creators manage brand partnerships from discovery to execution. You will apply user-centered methods to create user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups and prototypes, and work closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to turn insights into functional, accessible, and visually polished interfaces that integrate with Creator Studio and viewer-facing surfaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end product experiences that support creator brand partnerships and monetization workflows.
• Create user flows, wireframes, UI mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes to demonstrate motion, transitions, and logic.
• Use AI-assisted prototyping approaches (“vibe coding” / LLMs / generative UI) to accelerate the design-to-build process.
• Ensure feature integration across the YouTube ecosystem, including Creator Studio and viewer surfaces.
• Apply and contribute to the YouTube design system to maintain visual polish and accessibility standards.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and other design partners.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
• Include a portfolio, website, or other relevant work links in your resume.

Preferred qualifications

• ~1 year of experience leading design projects.
• Experience with “vibe coding” or modern tools (e.g., LLMs, generative UI) for prototyping and accelerating design-to-build.
• Ability to learn new technical domains quickly and adapt to changing product requirements.
• Ability to articulate how a single feature change impacts a global user base.
• Interest in the creator economy, business generation systems, or two-sided marketplaces.

Compensation

• US base salary range: $110,000 - $157,000 (base only). Role also includes bonus, equity, and benefits. Within-range pay varies by location, level, and experience.