Senior AI Product Designer, Gemini Assistant

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Snapshot

The Bard UX team is instrumental in building the Gemini Assistant, the conversational AI that people around the world use to collaborate with generative AI to fuel their imagination, expand their curiosity, and enhance their productivity. We're building innovative ways for people to interact with information through the power of conversation. Our UX team is dedicated to developing the world's useful generative AI experiences. 

About Us

Google DeepMind is a leading artificial intelligence research company that has made significant breakthroughs in areas such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, and neuroscience-inspired AI. DeepMind's mission is to "solve intelligence" and use it to benefit the world.

By joining the Bard UX team, you'll work alongside some of the brightest minds in AI and contribute to the development of technology that has the potential to reshape our world.

The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced, self-starting, and innovative Senior AI Product Designer. As a key member of our team, you will work hand-in-hand with engineers, research scientists, and product managers to design and build intuitive solutions to help people around the world use  Google’s best AI models to get more done and enrich their lives.  You will play a crucial role in shaping the future of how people interact with AI. You will be involved in all aspects of the design process, from conceptualization and ideation to prototyping and implementation in a fast-moving and highly collaborative environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Architect Intuitive AI Experiences: Lead the design of user interfaces and experiences for Gemini across diverse platforms and modalities, ensuring natural and efficient interaction.
• Drive Product Strategy: Collaborate with Product and Engineering Leads to define product strategy and influence key cross-functional decisions.
• Innovate Through User-Centered Design: Translate user needs and business requirements into groundbreaking design solutions.
• Design with Systems-Thinking Approach: Apply a systems-thinking approach to design user interfaces, understanding the impact of individual components and features on the overall AI-powered user experience, considering AI's probabilistic nature and multimodal capabilities.
• Craft Visually Compelling Interfaces: Create high-fidelity visual designs, encompassing layouts, typography, color palettes, and iconography, that are both aesthetically pleasing and highly usable.
• Motion and Interaction Design: Design engaging interactions and fluid interfaces, utilizing tools like Origami Studio, Principle, and Protopie, and create motion designs that enhance user experience and effectively communicate complex information.
• Bridge Design and Technology: Leverage technical understanding to use system instructions and diverse prototyping methods, simulating model responses to inform design requirements and approaches.
• Champion Design Innovation: Stay current on the latest design trends and technologies, particularly in generative AI and natural language processing.
• Design for Ethical and Societal Impact: Consider the intricate interplay of AI models, user interface, ethical considerations, and societal impacts to develop innovative and responsible solutions.

About You

In order to set you up for success as a Software Engineer at Google DeepMind,  we look for the following skills and experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• 7 years of experience designing user interfaces for complex software applications, with specific experience designing for conversational AI / LLMs
• A robust portfolio showcasing fluency in visual, motion, and interaction design skills, with specific examples of work specific to AI-powered interfaces and interactions
• Proficiency in designing user-centric experiences across diverse platforms (web, desktop, mobile), with a strong understanding of how to adapt AI interactions to different device contexts.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing intuitive and engaging interactions for AI-driven products
• Demonstrated expertise in guiding cross-functional teams through ideation, validation, and iteration processes, transforming abstract ideas into shippable UX. 
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and Principle.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to listen, articulate positions, and challenge partners with new product design thinking
• Mastery in presentation and storytelling capabilities with the ability to communicate effectively to leadership and cross company teams
• A strong systems thinker with a passion for creating innovative and user-centered AI design solutions. Ability to understand the broader implications of AI technologies and design experiences that are ethical, accessible, and impactful.

In addition, the following would be an advantage: 

• Demonstrated ability to foster divergent design thinking and translate complex AI concepts into user-centered product visions. 
• Proven experience in shepherding radical ideas that leverage AI to create truly transformative product experiences.
• Experience prototyping interactive experiences using tools like Figma, ProtoPie, or Framer.
• Experience with front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Experience driving product impact through close collaboration with user research, including expertise in user research methodologies for AI product evaluation.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $224,000 - $300,000 bonus equity benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

Application deadline: 12pm GMT Friday the 14th of March