Designer for Local, Mobile, and Social Apps Job in San Francisco, California US
Designer for Local, Mobile, and Social Apps
Designer for Local, Mobile, and Social Apps - San Francisco This position is based in San Francisco, CA. The area: Mobile Making the world's information universally accessible and useful doesn't stop at the desktop. The Mobile team builds tools to get you the information you need no matter where you are. Our open-source Android operating system has become the world's most popular mobile ecosystem, powering hundreds of devices from smartphones to tablets. Whether adding to the core Android experience, forging new markets for digital content, creating immersive and portable versions of our products or managing relationships with a global community of developers, the Mobile team is giving you Google on the go. The role: Designer for Local, Mobile, and Social Apps The mantra of the the User Interface (UI) team is: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UI Designer, you have a strong technical background and work closely with Engineers and Product Managers to design products that are simple but great for the user, focusing on interaction and visual design. Using your keen design aesthetic you design and conduct experiments with real users so that improvements to the user experience are based on real user behavior. Your job is to make sure that our products are intuitive, accessible and usable to our millions of users. You design and lead the UI construction for complex projects with a broad scope and evolving objectives. You contribute to the overall product strategy through concept generation, prototyping and collaboration with with UX team to promote feature integration, as well as working with researchers to design user experiments to test your designs. Responsibilities: Integrate mobile platforms, augmented reality mapping, geo-location, and real-time interaction. Design intuitive user interfaces/applications. Build highly interactive flow mock-ups and prototypes. Render 2D and/or 3D effects and other visual assets Minimum Qualifications: BA/BS degree in Graphic Design or related field (In lieu of degree, 4 years of relevant experience). 2 years relevant work experience. Preferred Qualifications: 3 years of experience designing outstanding web-based products for a consumer-oriented website individually or as a key member of a UI team. Ability to drive communication of conceptual ideas and design rationale. Strong experience with design tools (Adobe Photoshop and/or Fireworks, Illustrator, video production). Self-motivated to prioritize and manage work load and meet critical project milestones and deadlines. Ability to communicate effectively in a cross-functional product development team and present ideas and designs effectively.