Mountain View or San Francisco

Google DeepMind is hiring a Staff AI Product Designer

Design intuitive, multimodal interfaces for an AI-powered consumer application, leading user experience innovation across platforms. Collaborate closely with engineers, researchers, and product managers in a fast-paced environment to define the future of AI-driven interaction.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation of user interfaces and consumer experiences for an AI platform across multiple platforms and interaction types, ensuring interactions feel natural and efficient.
  • Work with Product and Engineering teams to shape product strategy and guide cross-functional decisions that improve user outcomes.
  • Turn user needs, technical constraints, and business goals into innovative design solutions that enhance human capabilities and improve daily life.
  • Apply systems thinking to design interfaces, considering how individual components affect the overall AI experience, especially in the context of probabilistic AI and multimodal inputs.
  • Develop high-fidelity visual designs including layouts, typography, color schemes, and icons that are both visually appealing and highly functional.
  • Design engaging interactions and seamless interface flows using tools such as Origami Studio, Principle, and Protopie, incorporating motion design to improve comprehension and experience.
  • Use technical knowledge to simulate model behaviors through system instructions and prototyping methods, helping define design requirements.
  • Stay informed about advancements in consumer tech, generative AI, and natural language processing to drive innovation in design.
  • Evaluate the interplay between AI models, interface design, ethics, and societal effects to build responsible and thoughtful solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
  • 7 or more years of experience designing user interfaces for complex software, including direct experience with conversational AI or large language models.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating skill in visual, motion, and interaction design, with examples of AI-powered interfaces and leading consumer applications.
  • Proficiency in designing user-centered experiences across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, with an understanding of adapting AI interactions to different devices.
  • Proven ability to design intuitive and engaging interactions for AI-driven products.
  • Experience guiding cross-functional teams through ideation, validation, and iteration to turn abstract concepts into shipped products.
  • Familiarity with behavioral data and the ability to design using data, as well as the ability to progress without it when necessary.
  • Skilled in design tools including Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and Principle.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to listen, advocate for design, and challenge assumptions with new perspectives.
  • Excellent presentation and storytelling abilities, capable of communicating clearly to leadership and cross-company teams.
  • A systems thinker passionate about creating innovative, user-centered AI experiences, with awareness of ethical, accessible, and societal implications.
  • Proven ability to succeed in fast-moving, ambiguous environments with rapid iteration and limited resources.

Nice to Have

  • Ability to encourage creative, divergent thinking and translate complex AI concepts into clear, user-centered product visions.
  • Track record of advancing bold ideas that use AI to create transformative user experiences.
  • Experience prototyping interactive experiences using Figma, ProtoPie, or Framer.
  • Knowledge of front-end development technologies including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
  • Experience driving product impact through close partnership with user research, including applying research methods to evaluate AI products.

Tech Stack

Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Principle, Origami Studio, ProtoPie, Framer, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Benefits

  • Base salary range: $178,000 - $265,000 USD
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits (health, PTO, etc.)
  • Relocation assistance (implied by global hiring context)

Compensation

Base salary range: $178,000 - $265,000 USD, bonus, equity, benefits (health, PTO, etc.), relocation assistance available

Work Arrangement

Not specified

Team

Collaborative team environment with engineers, research scientists, and product managers

Not specified

Required Skills
FigmaSketchAdobe Creative SuitePrincipleFramerHTMLCSSJavaScript
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Job Details
Department Design
Category design
Posted 3 months ago