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Senior Interaction Designer, YouTube OTT Movies and TV

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Compensation
$159–230K/yr
Location
San Bruno, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Senior Interaction Designer will lead consumer-facing UX programs for entertainment experiences across YouTube on TV, mobile, and web. The role applies user-centered design methods from concept through execution, collaborating with UX, engineering, product management, and product teams. It focuses on evolving YouTube experiences for movies, shows, and live sports while shaping long-term strategy and delivering refined, scalable solutions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Interaction DesignProduct DesignUX DesignProduct LaunchVisual DesignInteractive TV DesignMedia Product DesignStreaming Product DesignUser FlowsHigh-Fidelity MockupsInteractive PrototypingFigmaGenerative AI DesignLLM DesignMotion Design

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience6 Years Interaction Design ExperiencePortfolio or Relevant Work LinkMaster's in Design, HCI, CS or EquivalentEnglish Proficiency

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 6 years of interaction design experience in product design or UX design.

  • Experience building and launching products.

  • Experience with visual design.

  • Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • Experience designing for interactive TV, media, or streaming products.

  • Experience creating user flows, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes using Figma.

  • Experience designing and launching with Generative AI or LLMs.

  • Experience with motion design.

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.

As a Senior Interaction Designer, you will live and breathe entertainment experiences–from movies and shows to live sports. You will lead consumer-facing UX programs to drive core entertainment experiences across YouTube on TV, Mobile, and Web. Your ability to collaborate effectively across YouTube’s UX teams will be key to building the future of premium entertainment for our growing global audience.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Identify high-value opportunities and explore net-new product innovations that expand the ecosystem by identifying emerging user needs.

  • Develop a long-term user experience strategy, lead cross-functional stakeholders to land practical solutions that drive measurable product impact, and partner with various product teams to align on product solutions that consider consistency across the YouTube ecosystem.

  • Raise the bar for design by utilizing deep craft knowledge to deliver dynamic, interactive, visually refined interfaces, and utilize excellent storytelling skills to articulate design positions and test partners with new product design thinking.

  • Navigate and define a scalable, sustainable approach to solve difficult problems, ensuring high design quality and longevity across the product path.

  • Prioritize team success by fostering a welcoming environment, proactively helping teammates, and coaching other designers to shape and push their thinking.

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.

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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 592 open UX Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$159–230K/yr
  • California median$158–215K/yr120 salary ranges
  • US median$138–192K/yr417 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $195K, is 5% above the California median midpoint ($185K) — in the middle half of UX Designer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 158 open UX Designer jobs in California and 592 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; UX Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (509 postings).
Education
121 of the 592 open UX Designer jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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