Staff Interaction Designer, Labs UX, Games

Role

Google Labs is seeking a Staff Interaction Designer to envision and build intuitive, AI-first multimodal experiences for early-stage products. You will craft user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity visual designs, and rapid prototypes that communicate key ideas and validate concepts before engineering investment.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate in a changing, exploratory environment and drive high-quality design from concept through iteration and execution.
• Build early-stage products, gather user insights, and continuously explore, pivot, learn, and iterate.
• Develop wireframes, high-fidelity visual designs, and rapid/functional prototypes to communicate user journeys and decision points.
• Explore AI-first interactions and multimodal capabilities to showcase novel user experiences and drive adoption of Google AI.
• Collaborate closely with UX researchers, product managers, engineers, and other design partners to evolve Google’s design language and inform product direction.

Requirements (Minimum Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with prompting generative AI models and creating generative media with images and video.
• Portfolio, website, or relevant work links included with resume or application.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience in product design or UX.
• 4 years of experience leading design projects and 3 years working with executive leaders.
• Functional prototyping skills, explicitly including vibe coding, to test functional ideas before committing engineering resources.
• Hybrid visual and interaction design skills to design end-to-end experiences.

Compensation & Location

• US base salary range: $178,000 - $265,000 (base only) plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Specific pay depends on role, level, and location.
• Preferred work locations to indicate when applying: Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; Seattle, WA.

Benefits (selection)

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid vacation: 20 days per year (accrual details specified)
• Sick time: 40 hours/year (statutory where applicable); discretionary 5 days/event
• Maternity leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28–30 weeks
• Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks
• 13 paid holidays per year