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User experience design roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field. Employers file a Labor Condition Application with DOL before petitioning USCIS, and the 85,000-cap lottery runs each April for an October 1 start date.
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At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Design Manager, you will drive this vision by defining product strategy, mitigating complexity, and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. You are a systems-level thinker and a fierce advocate for both your users and your team.
You will be responsible for guiding the careers of your direct reports, helping them realize their full potential while fostering a culture of forward-thinking design. With a practiced eye for quality, you will transform complex workflows into elegantly simple experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and execution.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $237,000-$329,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
- Lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
- Own an integrated design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
- Own improvements in design based on User Experience (UX) testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance to engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.
- Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources to help with the design project work.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, computer science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
- 5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
- 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience using UX to influence decision making, communicate concepts, and facilitate understanding.
- Experience translating evolving directions into user-centric approaches.
- Experience promoting creative design approaches and developing ideas that can evolve products.
- Ability to drive impact across multiple cross-product initiatives with a group of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions to influence and challenge partners with new design thinking.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
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.
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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
About the job
At Google, we "Focus on the user and all else will follow." As a UX Design Manager, you will drive this vision by defining product strategy, mitigating complexity, and conceptualizing ecosystem-level UX. You are a systems-level thinker and a fierce advocate for both your users and your team.
You will be responsible for guiding the careers of your direct reports, helping them realize their full potential while fostering a culture of forward-thinking design. With a practiced eye for quality, you will transform complex workflows into elegantly simple experiences. You will collaborate closely with Engineering and Product Management leaders to align business goals with design innovation, leveraging your passion for brand, craft, and execution.
Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $237,000-$329,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for design strategies.
- Lead the development of design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
- Own an integrated design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
- Own improvements in design based on User Experience (UX) testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance to engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.
- Own project priorities, including finding and aligning resources to help with the design project work.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, computer science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in product design or UX.
- 5 years of experience leading design projects and managing people or teams.
- 3 years of experience working with executive leaders.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience using UX to influence decision making, communicate concepts, and facilitate understanding.
- Experience translating evolving directions into user-centric approaches.
- Experience promoting creative design approaches and developing ideas that can evolve products.
- Ability to drive impact across multiple cross-product initiatives with a group of stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions to influence and challenge partners with new design thinking.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
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.
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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in User Experience Design
Verify your portfolio meets specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires your role to demand a specific degree, not just any bachelor's. Frame your portfolio around systems-level UX work, not general design tasks. Research briefs, information architecture deliverables, and usability testing documentation reinforce the specialty occupation argument.
Use O*NET to anchor your job description
Pull the official occupation profile from O*NET before negotiations begin. Employers unfamiliar with H-1B filings often write vague job descriptions that invite Requests for Evidence. Aligning your title and duties to the O*NET definition strengthens the LCA and I-129 petition.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter UX roles by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for design-related positions. Past filings indicate the company has internal H-1B infrastructure, reducing the risk of an employer backing out mid-process.
Negotiate the offer before LCA certification begins
Once your employer submits the LCA to DOL, the offered wage is locked in for the certification period. Salary discussions become far harder after that point. Confirm the title, wage level, and work location in writing before your employer initiates the DOL filing.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting a STEM-adjacent offer
If you're transitioning from OPT and targeting roles at companies that hire UX researchers under a STEM designation, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled. Non-enrolled employers can't support a STEM OPT extension, which affects your timeline leading into the H-1B lottery.
Document remote and hybrid work locations in the LCA
DOL requires a separate LCA for each worksite where you'll spend significant time. If your UX role is hybrid across two metro areas, your employer needs to list both. Missing a worksite is a common compliance gap that can trigger DOL audits after filing.
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Does a UX design role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the job posting and employer requirements specify a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field such as human-computer interaction, cognitive psychology, or design. Generalist roles that accept any bachelor's degree are more vulnerable to USCIS Requests for Evidence. Tying the role to a specific academic discipline through the offer letter and job description strengthens the petition significantly.
How do I find UX employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate filters UX design roles by employers with verified Labor Condition Application filing history, so you can see which companies have actually sponsored H-1B workers for design positions rather than relying on self-reported sponsorship claims in job postings. LCA data from DOL is public and updated regularly, making it a reliable indicator of a company's sponsorship track record.
What wage level should I expect an employer to offer on my LCA?
Employers must pay at least the prevailing wage for your occupation, location, and experience level, as determined by the DOL. Most mid-level UX roles fall at wage levels two or three on the OFLC Wage Search scale. Filing at an artificially low wage level increases the risk of a DOL audit and can complicate your ability to switch employers later under H-1B portability rules.
Can I change jobs after my H-1B is approved for a UX role?
Yes, under H-1B portability rules you can start working for a new employer once they file an H-1B transfer petition, without waiting for USCIS approval, provided your original H-1B was approved and your new role is in the same or a substantially similar specialty occupation. For UX professionals, moving between product design, UX research, and UX strategy roles typically satisfies this standard.
Does UX contract or freelance work affect my H-1B eligibility?
H-1B status requires a bona fide employer-employee relationship, which means your sponsoring employer must control your work, not just the end client. UX professionals placed at client sites through staffing firms are common in this category. USCIS scrutinizes third-party placement arrangements closely, so confirm that your employer sets your schedule, reviews your deliverables, and can terminate the engagement directly.
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