Location: Multiple U.S. Locations
Discipline: UX / Product Design
Experience: TBD
Compensation: TBD
Google is seeking a Creative Prototyper to work across visual and experiential mediums. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA. This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.
To view this job and apply,click here.Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, Interactive Design or equivalent practical experience
4 years of industry experience in developing public-facing interactive applications/exhibits both digital and physical
Experience in creative technology, interactive design, and leading creative technology initiatives
Preferred qualifications:
Experience in testing and prototyping new technologies while working with production engineering teams and working with other creatives
Familiarity with all aspects of physical installation and design (e.g., scenic design fabrication, AV design and integration, software and/or hardware development)
Creative problem solver, who is able to balance multiple projects at once
About The JobgTech’s Business and Outsourcing Strategy and Services team (gBOSS) provides consultative services to gTech, the Global Business Organization (GBO), and Google at large, enabling each part of our business by developing innovative, scalable, and compliant solutions that allow gTech to run efficient operations with the best vendor partners at optimal cost while minimizing risk. We're a team of designers, producers, engineers, and thinkers whose mission is to inspire Google’s customers through the creation of interactive spaces and exhibits. Our job is to design and deliver engaging physical experiences that tell Google’s story and communicates Google’s unique ability to grow customers’ businesses into the digital age and guide their brands into the future. As a Creative Prototyper on the Experience Studio Interactives team, you will be a hybrid technologist and designer. You’ll work with a team lead to understand the creative brief scope (e.g., needs, goals, requirements, etc). Team leads and Creative Prototypers partner together to develop fully formed concepts and detailed designs that address creative briefs. Your designs are developed by user testing and past experience with user-facing experiences. You will work on multiple projects at once of various sizes and complexities. You must be comfortable working with internal teams, external vendors, and collaborating with partners. You are self-organized and able to regularly update project teams on the progress, hurdles, and urgent topics. Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products. To learn more about gTech, check out our video .Responsibilities
Manage concept and platform/technology research and experimentation to output new concepts and prototypes
Develop concept, design, and documentation for visual and experience design.
Stay current on Google technologies and products, build relationships with Google teams to identify opportunities to collaborate and develop new exhibits, installations, and content.
Create product roadmaps to generate technical design documents for execution requirements.
Partner with engineering colleagues to incorporate needed capabilities by engineering teams.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .
