Senior Staff AI Product Designer, GeminiApp iOS Experience

Snapshot

Join Google DeepMind as a Sr. Staff AI Product Designer on the GeminiApp team crafting world-class iOS experiences for Gemini. This is a unique opportunity to be at the cutting edge of AI interface experimentation tackling ambiguous high-impact design challenges. Youll be instrumental in inventing novel interaction patterns and rich multimodal experiences for users to get the most out of AI with carefully considered connection to iOS guidelines & patterns. Your work will push the boundaries of interface design beyond todays chat logs based on messaging apps to create tomorrows natively AI interfaces.

About us

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanitys most useful inventions. At Google DeepMind were a team of scientists engineers machine learning experts and more working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery and collaborate with others on critical challenges ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The role

As the Sr Staff AI Product Designer for Gemini on the iOS platform you will be the architect of first-of-their-kind mobile interactions. We expect you to have 5 or more years designing for widely-respected iOS consumer this role you arent just designing an app; you are designing conversational experiences with agentic behaviors and system-wide intelligence. Your world-class solutions will show care and consideration for established native components and integrations that iOS users expect while proposing novel new patterns that raise the bar for AI experiences on mobile devices. You will operate at the intersection of Googles frontier models and Apples sophisticated hardware ecosystem. Your work will bridge the gap between high-latency LLM processing and the high-frequency instant-on expectations of iPhone users. You will be a strategic partner to PMs engineers and researchers ensuring that Gemini feels like a first-class citizen on iOS intuitive enjoyable and indispensable.

Key responsibilities

This role requires a blend of creative problem-solving strong leadership and a proven ability to translate complex user needs into impactful design solutions on the iOS platform.

• Lead the design of innovative iOS experiences that drive simple fluid conversations & journeys with generative AI.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including product managers engineers UX researchers data scientists and marketers to define and execute IA models and interaction strategies.
• Develop a deep expertise in user needs across various geographies platforms and audience segments leveraging this understanding to inform all design decisions.
• Translate complex user insights into actionable design solutions that deliver measurable value to our customers specifically embracing AI as a tool in your design process not just the end-product for which you are designing.
• Elevate design craft and champion user-centered design principles throughout the product development lifecycle.

About you

You are a pivotal and highly impactful designer with compelling iOS platform expertise and design experience (5 years or more) capable of independently driving major design initiatives for AI product experiences. You thrive in complex rapidly changing environments consistently delivering breakthrough design learning to use emerging tools in your design process (e.g. vibe coding) and effectively aligning diverse stakeholders to achieve significant user value.

In order to set you up for success as a Sr Staff AI Product Designer at Google DeepMind we look for the following skills and experience:

• iOS Expertise: Demonstrable experience designing world-class iOS apps and for OS-level integrations (e.g. Dynamic Island Live Activities Widgets). Direct experience designing features that utilize Apple Intelligence or App Intents.
• Designing with AI Tools: Experience with Vibe Coding to design/test your solutions or using LLMs to build functional UI prototypes.
• Strategic Impact & Product Thinking: Addresses highly complex design challenges for strategic high-impact AI product initiatives prioritizing user goals and business strategy.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment: Leads and influences cross-functional teams ensuring design solutions prioritize user needs and product best interests. Recognized as a key influencer.
• Mastery of Design Craft & Execution: Delivers intuitive system-aware and polished design solutions through exceptional craft. Recognized as a go-to expert sharing knowledge and elevating team skill.
• Adaptability: Thrives in complexity continuously learning and adapting with a growth mindset. Evolves strategies and processes as needed.
• Fluency in AI product design process: Leverages AI expertise data and user insights to craft impactful design solutions and drive product innovation.

• Bonus Points: A background in motion design or sound design (crucial for eyes-busy mobile AI use cases).

The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $224000 USD - 315000 USD bonus equity benefits. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your targeted location during the hiring process.

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