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Mobile User Interface Designer
Positions available in Zurich, Switzerland / Mountain View, CA / and New York, NY.
In this position, you will be responsible the user interface design of Google's
mobile applications. The goal of Google's wireless group is to make the
world's information universally accessible and useful - at any time and
in any place. If you're interested in shaping the experience of cell phone
users worldwide, this is the position for you.
Responsibilities will include:
- Working closely with Product Management and Engineering to define user
models, streamline experiences, and produce both high-level flows and detailed mobile UI mockups.
- Thinking of creative solutions to complex problems, and proactively proposing improvements to the existing product.
- Designing mobile interfaces that scale and extend elegantly.
- Juggling several projects at once in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment.
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience designing effective interfaces for mobile applications.
- Expert XHTML, WML, HTML, Javascript, and CSS skills, as well as WAP knowledge.
- Strong visual design sense.
- Ability to brainstorm well with other designers and give and take constructive feedback.
- Academic background in human-computer interaction, interaction design, or related field. Strong technical background a major plus.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include Mobile User Interface Designer and the location of interest. For
example, if you are interested in the Mountain View position, your subject line should be:
Mobile User Interface Designer - Mountain View.
Production Intranet Developer
This position is located in Mountain View, CA.
Do you love to make order out of chaos? Google is seeking a new member of
our intranet development team to help build and maintain Google's ever-growing
intranet, the ultimate resource for finding information within Google.
Your job will be to work with production and operations engineering teams on
Web-based internal tools and help individual departments with application
design and Web-based projects to support Google's global computing
infrastructure.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in information architecture, Web development, and Web design.
- UI design experience, particularly in organizing, presenting, and manipulating complex information and relationships.
Technical background:
- Extensive MySQL or other database experience.
- Strong scripting skills, including Python, Java, and/or Javascript.
- Good HTML and CSS skills.
- Comfort with version control systems.
- Must be well organized and good at working with others, with experience in communicating across groups.
- Demonstrated portfolio of work required.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include Production Intranet Developer - Mountain View.
User Interface Design Lead
This position is located in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Google is seeking a UI Design Lead to help design and/or prototype the next generation of innovative and user-friendly Google products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading a user- centered design process for a major web product or service. He or she will have a broad understanding of complex, consumer-oriented systems and the methods for their creation, including participatory design and rapid prototyping. Significant experience with leading or managing the design for one or more complex web-based systems is strongly desired, as is the ability to effectively negotiate interactions between designers and engineers. A strong technical background is also desired. This position offers a combination of hands-on design work and leadership opportunities.
Requirements:
- Demonstrated experience in designing extremely usable, consumer-oriented web-based interfaces.
- Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
- Expert HTML, Javascript, CSS skills.
- MS in human-computer interaction or related field preferred (BS or MS in Computer Science or related field a big plus).
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII)
or HTML version of your resume to jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include UI Design Lead and the
location of interest. For example, if you are interested in
the Mountain View position, your subject line should be: UI Design Lead - Mountain View.
User Interface Designer
Positions available in Mountain View, CA / Kirkland, WA / and New York, NY.
"Focus on the user, and all else will follow". That's one of the key philosophies behind everything that Google does, and we're
looking for UI Designers to help drive the design process for new Google products and features. As a UI Designer, you will work
closely with engineers and product managers throughout all stages of the product cycle. If you're a critical thinker with a good
design sense, a strong technical background, and an eye for making things better, and if you're looking for a job where your work
can have an impact on the web experience of millions of Google users, then this is the role for you.
Responsibilities will include:
- Helping to define the user model and user interface for new and existing Google products and features.
- Developing high level and/or detailed storyboards, mockups and prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
- Gauging the usability of new and existing products, and making constructive suggestions for change.
Requirements:
- Solid academic background in human-computer interaction or related field (BS or MS in Computer Science or related field a big plus).
- Demonstrated experience in designing usable web-based interfaces.
- Expert HTML skills.
- Excellent knowledge of JavaScript for rapid prototyping purposes.
- Strong visual design sense.
- Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills.
For the Mountain View location, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com with the subject line: User Interface Designer - Mountain View.
For the Kirkland location, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com with the subject line: User Interface Designer - Kirkland.
For the New York location, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com with the subject line: User Interface Designer - New York.
User Interface Designer, Adwords
Position available in Mountain View, CA.
Help improve Google's bottom line by designing excellent interfaces for Google AdWords and other web applications. AdWords is used daily by thousands of advertisers worldwide and many Google sales employees. In this position, you'll get the opportunity to become an expert in the online advertising domain, and you'll design interfaces that simplify complicated concepts and processes. You'll be an individual contributor on your own projects and work closely with other AdWords
designers for support, guidance, and cross-project consistency. Our ideal candidate will be excited about becoming an AdWords domain expert and shaping the future of this product.
Responsibilities will include:
- Working closely with Product Management and Engineering to map out user models, streamline experiences, and produce both high-level flows and detailed HTML mockups.
- Thinking of creative solutions to complex problems, and proactively propose improvements to the existing product.
- Designing interfaces that scale and extend elegantly.
- Getting to know real salespeople and advertisers, and help them to do their work more efficiently by giving them the best interface possible.
- Juggling several projects at once in a fast-paced, rapidly growing environment.
Desired Skills:
- Demonstrated experience designing complex web applications; advertising, financial, or e-commerce application experience a plus.
- Expert HTML, Javascript, CSS skills.
- Strong visual design sense.
- Ability to brainstorm well with other designers and give and take constructive feedback.
- Academic background in human-computer interaction, interaction design, or related field. Strong technical background a major plus.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII)
or HTML version of your resume to jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include User Interface Designer, Adwords - Mountain View.
User Interface Engineer, Blogger
This position is located in Mountain View, CA.
Do you want to help shape one of the fastest-growing and most innovative areas of the web? As a user-interface engineer, on the Blogger team, you will help define how people create, find, and share personal content online. Be a part of the Google team that pioneered the blogging phenomenon.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of web-application development experience.
- Expertise in user-interface development and user-centered design.
- Expert HTML, CSS, and Javascript skills.
- Expertise in building browser-based applications, with an emphasis on cross-browser capability.
- Strong visual design skills.
- Java knowledge a plus.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII)
or HTML version of your resume to jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include User Interface Engineer,
Blogger - Mountain View.
Usability Analyst
Positions available in Mountain View, CA and New York, NY.
Help us find out about our users! Google is looking for Usability Analysts at all levels, to design and conduct user
research studies throughout the product cycle. You will use a range of methods, working closely with UI designers and product
teams to define new products, assess the usability of prototypes, and influence the future direction of existing products.
You will have the opportunity to work on products of all types: web sites like Google search and AdWords, web applications like
Gmail and Google Maps, client applications like Picasa and Keyhole, and mobile services like Google SMS.
Qualifications:
- BS or MS (PhD a plus) in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Demonstrated experience of designing and conducting different types of user research studies, including lab-based usability studies, field studies, and usability inspections (heuristic evaluations or cognitive walkthroughs).
- Excellent analytical ability, especially with regard to observation of user behavior.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; can present findings concisely and effectively.
- Can work independently, and effectively prioritize time between multiple projects.
- Flexible: can adapt to changing schedules and different types of products, and develop new user research methods where needed.
- Can work well in cross-functional teams, including engineers, product managers, and UI designers.
- Solid background in statistics and data analysis.
- Knowledge of or experience with any of the following is a big plus:
- Early-stage user research methods such as contextual inquiry, paper prototyping, card sorting, personas.
- Working with product teams to ensure that user research findings are tracked and acted on.
- Design and analysis of experiments or surveys.
- International user research or remote user studies.
- Accessibility and universal design.
- Analysis of web server log data.
- Web design / HTML.
- Programming / scripting.
- Eye-tracking.
For the Mountain View location, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com with the subject line: Usability Analyst - Mountain View.
For the New York location, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to
jobs@google.com with the subject line: Usability Analyst - New York.
Usability Lab Coordinator
This position is located in Mountain View, CA.
Provide support for the Usability Analyst group by managing the usability lab, recruiting test participants, maintaining the group calendar,
organizing support documents, and assisting with data entry.
Qualifications include being able to:
- Work in a fast-paced environment.
- Take direction and then work independently.
- Work on multiple assignments simultaneously.
- Follow through on projects to meet tight deadlines.
- Work proficiently with email, web browsers, spreadsheets, and word processing.
- Communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing.
- Display good customer service skills.
- Be dependable and punctual.
- Extremely well-organized.
- Attention to detail is a must.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII) or HTML version of your resume to jobs@google.com.
Important: The subject field of your email must include Usability Lab Coordinator - Mountain View.
Intranet Web Developer
This position is located in Mountain View, CA.
Do you love to make order out of chaos? Google is seeking a new member
of our intranet development team to help build and maintain Google's
ever-growing intranet, the ultimate resource for finding information
within Google.
Your job will be to design and build central intranet resources and templates,
improve the intranet's organization, and communicate with people across
Google who contribute content to the intranet. You will also work with
engineering teams on Web-based internal tools and help individual departments
with site design and Web-based projects as needed.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in information architecture, Web development,
and/or Web design.
- UI design interest/experience, particularly in organizing information.
- Technical background:
- Expert HTML and CSS skills.
- Cross-browser and cross-platform design and testing experience.
- Strong scripting skills, including Perl/CGI, PHP, and/or Javascript.
- Experience with developing/implementing page templates.
- MySQL or other database experience.
- LDAP/log-in systems experience a plus.
- Comfort with version control systems.
- Must be well organized and good at working with others, with experience
in communicating across groups.
- Demonstrated portfolio of work required.
For immediate consideration, please send a text (ASCII)
or HTML version of your resume to jobs@google.com. Important: The
subject field of your email must include Intranet Web Developer
- Mountain View.
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