Visual Designer, Chrome Desktop

About the job

At 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.

As a Visual Designer, you will be defining the visual logic of Chrome on Desktop. You have a high bar for craft and the ability to build intuitive, scalable frameworks that turn complex technical constraints into elegant, user-centric interfaces. You will do this through designing new features, maintaining and evolving our design system, and using visual storytelling to communicate compelling ideas for the browser.

Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We’re focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way.Chrome is available across all major platforms — iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000-$185,000 + 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 components, patterns, and frameworks used across multiple features to ensure a unified user experience.
  
• Deliver high-fidelity designs and UI specifications that align with existing desktop patterns and development constraints.
• Maintain a high bar for visual excellence by iteratively refining designs based on stakeholder input and user needs. Bring a critical eye to your own work, ensuring that every component and framework you create is well-considered and contributes to a unified product identity.
• Partner with UX, Product Manager (PM), and engineering to elevate visual craft at the feature level. Communicate your design rationale clearly, ensuring that visual solutions are grounded in user needs and project requirements.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of the Chrome Desktop design system, ensuring all assets adhere to established principles of longevity, scalability, and accessibility.