Senior Visual Systems Designer, Geo Makers

Senior Visual Systems Designer, Geo Makers Share Senior Visual Systems Designer, Geo Makers corporate_fare Google place New York, NY, USA ; Mountain View, CA, USA ; +1 more X In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks Holidays: 13 paid days per year Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA . Bachelor's degreein Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. 6 years of visual design experience in product design or UX/UI design. Experience creating, implementing, defining, or working with design systems. Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions). Preferred qualifications: Experience shipping visual interfaces, brand expressions, and design systems for digital products, developer platforms, or enterprise tools. Experience in visual design across typography, color systems, spatial hierarchy, layout, and iconography. Experience building, scaling, and governing design systems and component libraries across multiple products or surfaces. Experience with AI-driven design workflows, AI-assisted rapid prototyping, or connecting design system tokens directly to front-end development environments. Experience leading visual design for geospatial tools, mapping software, or developer platforms like APIs, SDKs, or cloud consoles. Experience in data visualization, cartographic or geospatial styling, 3D immersive environments, or multi-dimensional information design. About the job At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Our Visual Designers weave space, typography, color, and iconography to help people successfully navigate our products, ensuring they are beautiful and accessible. You will join our multi-disciplinary UX team, collaborating with Engineering and Product Management, to leverage user insights and create industry-leading products. As a Visual Designer, you will rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences from concept to execution. You will collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use. As a Senior Visual Systems Designer on the Geo Makers team, you will lead visual design direction, brand expression, and system coherence across a varied, technically sophisticated geospatial portfolio. You will bring deep visual craft to ensure our developer web experiences, customizable Software Development Kit (SDK) components, conversational AI kits, and geospatial analytics tools are intuitive, legible, and built for technical problem solvers. Operating across high-density spatial data streams, developer interfaces, and partner ecosystems, you will transform complex mapping challenges into cohesive visual frameworks, customizable UI components, and scalable design systems. The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives. The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world. 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 about benefits at Google . Lead and deliver high-fidelity visual design and brand expression across the Geo Makers portfolio, spanning developer web experiences, customizable SDK UI kits, conversational AI surfaces, and rich 2D/3D spatial workflows. Translate dense datasets, multi-layered geospatial information, routing algorithms, and environmental metrics into legible visual frameworks, basemap styling, and data visualization components. Define, evolve, and scale visual design and brand systems, including typography, color, spatial hierarchy, iconography, and reusable component libraries. Articulate and defend visual design direction with clear, evidence-based rationale grounded in user needs, developer workflows, brand standards, and technical constraints. Partner closely with engineers, product managers, interaction designers, and UX researchers to navigate technical trade-offs, connect design tokens to production code, and maintain visual fidelity through launch. 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 . 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. Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. 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