
UX Designer, YouTube Ads Living Room
New York, NYJob$132–189K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The UX Designer will shape ad experiences for YouTube’s Connected TV and Living Room surfaces, balancing monetization with the long-term viewer experience. The role addresses interaction design across entertainment, interactivity, and commerce, including how viewers discover brands and interact with ads using remote controls or companion devices. The designer will collaborate with UX teammates, product managers, engineers, and other partners to develop and refine product experiences.
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XNote: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Bruno, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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4 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.
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Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
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1 year of experience leading design projects.
About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Interaction Designers transform complex tasks into intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for billions of people. From creating user flows and wireframes to building mockups and prototypes, you will envision and bring product experiences to life with an inspired, refined, and magical feel. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, leveraging user insights to create industry-leading products.
As an Interaction Designer, you'll apply user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution, working with design partners to evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative products.
The YouTube Living Room surface is experiencing explosive growth and represents YouTube's fastest-growing watch time domain. The YouTube Ads CTV and Live UX team is dedicated to pioneering innovative, seamless, and viewer-centric ad experiences on the TV screen. Our charter is to scale monetization—spanning high-growth Direct Response interactive formats, premium brand sponsorships, and YT Live ad facilitate agreements—while protecting and elevating the long-term viewer experience in a lean-back, ten-foot environment.
As a UX Designer on this team, you will address unique interaction design issues at the intersection of entertainment, interactivity, and commerce on Connected TVs. You will collaborate closely with fellow UX teammates, PMs, Engineering, and Organic partners to shape how billions of viewers discover brands, interact with ads using remote controls or companion devices, and experience live broadcasts.
Users come first at Google. Nowhere is this more important than on our Advertising and Commerce team: we believe that ads and commercial information can be highly useful to our users if that information is relevant to what our users wish to find or do. Advertisers worldwide use Google Ads to promote their products; publishers use AdSense to serve relevant ads on their website; and business around the world use our products (like Google Shopping, and Google Wallet) to support their online businesses and bring users into their offline stores. We are constantly innovating to deliver the most effective advertising and commerce opportunities of tomorrow.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $132000 - $189000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.
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Communicate the user experience at various stages of the design process with wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, or high fidelity prototypes.
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Integrate user feedback and business requirements into ongoing product experience updates.
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Advocate for the prioritization of design centered changes, refinements, and improvements.
Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .
Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.
To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.
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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.
How this job compares
Set against the 683 open UX Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$132–189K/yr
- New York median$152–205K/yr79 salary ranges
- US median$139–199K/yr467 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $161K, is 8% below the New York median midpoint ($175K) — in the middle half of UX Designer salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 97 open UX Designer jobs in New York and 683 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; UX Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (604 postings).
- Education
- 112 of the 683 open UX Designer jobs (16%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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