Daniel Young

Experience

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  EMC Corporation

  Aug 2001 - Nov 2002

  Solutions Architect
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  Cisco Systems

  Nov 2002 - Oct 2007

  Network Consulting Engineer
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  NEC Corporation of America

  Oct 2008 - May 2010

  Sr Solutions Engineer
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  Art Center College of Design

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Instructor · Interaction Design
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  Google via Adecco

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  UX Designer • Creative Lab

  Selected from 500+ applicants for a one-year externship as a ‘Fiver’. Designed concepts for the future of collaborative productivity. Invented UI patterns for Jamboard (Google Patent D788788).

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  School of Visual Arts

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Faculty
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  Google

  Jun 2014 - Apr 2022

  Advised incubation teams on creative and collaborative strategies for navigating zero-to-one innovation. Oversaw work and guided 9 designers to identify the highest value and riskiest product choices, uncover hidden constraints, leading to two internal acquisitions into Google One and Real Estate & Workplace Services. Managed and grew a globally distributed team of UX designers (from 3 to 11) to support web creators, developers, and publishers. Created strategic vision to bring human voice and curation to the open web, resulting in “long-term bet” sponsorship from Product VP. Oversaw: Core Web Vitals, AMP, Search Console, Site Kit, Stories Editor, Subscribe with Google, Journalist Studio, and Monetization. Spearheaded strategic vision to evolve Google Shopping into a platform for evidence-based brand growth. Drove cross-organizational alignment toward initial feature launch. Influenced stakeholders to invest in data partnership with brand manufacturers, spurring formation of Brand UX team in Munich. Led evolution of Search’s UI framework and delivered end-to-end designs for Featured Snippets, People Also Ask, Media Ratings & Reviews, Improved Sitelinks, Interactive Questions. Led UX to pioneer Search’s first content verticals with native, app-like functionality: Weather and Podcasts.

  • Staff UX Design Advisor • Area 120 Core

    Aug 2021 - Apr 2022

  • UX Design Manager • Google Search

    Apr 2019 - Jul 2021

  • UX Strategy Lead • Google Shopping

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2019

  • UX Design Lead • Google Search

    Jun 2014 - Mar 2018