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UX Designer, YouTube Ads Living Room

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San Bruno, CAJob$132–189K/yrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$132–189K/yr
Location
San Bruno, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The UX Designer will shape ad experiences for YouTube’s Connected TV and Living Room surfaces, balancing interactive commerce with the long-term viewer experience. The role applies user-centered design from concept to execution and works with UX, product, engineering, and other partners. The designer will help viewers discover brands and interact with ads through TV remote controls or companion devices, including during live broadcasts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

User Experience Design (UX), nice to haveInteraction Design, nice to haveUser-Centered Design, nice to havePrototyping, nice to haveWireframing, nice to haveCollaboration, nice to haveUser Analysis, nice to haveProduct Design, requiredUX Design, requiredPortfolio Presentation, requiredComplex Organization Experience, nice to haveDesign Project Leadership, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience, required4 Years Interaction Design Experience, requiredMaster's in Design, HCI, CS or Related, nice to have2 Years Cross-Functional Organization Experience, nice to have1 Year Design Project Leadership Experience, nice to have

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

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

  • 2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.

  • 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 tackle 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 about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand requirements, and provide creative, thoughtful solutions.

  • Communicate the user experience at various stages of the design process with wireframes, flow diagrams, storyboards, mockups, or high fidelity prototypes.

  • Integrate user feedback and business requirements into ongoing product experience updates.

  • 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's Applicant and Candidate 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 also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. 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.

How this job compares

Set against the 700 open UX Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$132–189K/yr
  • California median$159–230K/yr139 salary ranges
  • US median$139–199K/yr472 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $161K, is 17% below the California median midpoint ($195K) — in the lowest quarter of UX Designer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 168 open UX Designer jobs in California and 700 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
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 (622 postings).
Education
116 of the 700 open UX Designer jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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