Designer, Prototyping - Apple (Cupertino, CA)

The base pay range for this role is between $130,000 and $242,000,

Prototyping is an exploratory design team. We design software to explore what new hardware might bring to our current and future products. It is our job to invent and propose new features and sometimes entirely new products. Over the past decade we have incubated products like iPad, Pencil, and Apple TV Siri Remote. We pioneered force and haptics for Multi-Touch trackpads, iPhone, and Apple Watch. We were instrumental in the interface design and development of multi-camera systems, LiDAR, TrueDepth, Face ID, Animoji, and depth photography.

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We express our ideas through pictures, animation, video and code. The work we do is on a 3–5-year timescale — if it makes it into a product... We are looking for people with a variety of capabilities and interests. We are not filling a specific role, we are looking for people to add something special to our team. We are open to people with any background and any amount of experience. It does not matter to us what tool you use or what medium you work in. We are interested in your ideas and how you express them.

Key Qualifications

• We don’t expect you to be able to do all of these things. If you have any of these capabilities, we would like to hear from you

• Visual Design 2D or 3D. Create static visual communication artifacts. Important aspects are form, color, alignment, type, and layout. Illustrated or rendered. You will make things with aesthetic breadth beyond the Apple style.

• Animation 2D or 3D. Use motion in a complementary and tasteful way to direct attention and describe interactions. You will create motion that strike a balance between artful — how it feels, and practical — what it communicates.

• Interactive Prototyping 2D or 3D. Make something people can try with taps, swipes, or clicks. Not necessarily an app — whatever communicates an idea.

• Interaction Design. Design new affordances and capabilities that are discoverable, easy to perform, and provide clear feedback. You will pay attention to how everything you make responds before, during, and after interaction.

Description

For everyone on the team, these core values are important to us: • Communication. You can explain your work to people from different disciplines. You provide constructive feedback. You encourage dialogue and inclusion. • Open. You accept feedback on your work and act on it. You are willing to try anything – even things you don’t believe in. “Yes, and...” • Reliable. You do what you say you will do, when you said you would do it. When things change, you tell people. • Invention. Unexpected ideas and solutions. Inspiration and techniques from other fields or disciplines. • Initiative. Ideas and concepts no one asked for. You just jump in and make things. You do not wait for instructions or need permission. • Divergence. You try multiple approaches and learn from them before deciding what to do next. Willing to share concepts that might challenge or displease. Willing to keep unpopular options alive to see where they go.

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $130,000 and $242,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
  
  Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.
  
  Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.