Senior Editor, Creative Lab

Senior Editor, Creative Lab Overview

This role sits within Google’s marketing creative organization and focuses on shaping and delivering editorial and creative work for Google products and services. The position calls for a senior creative professional who can operate in a fast-moving, flexible environment, collaborate across disciplines, and help produce breakthrough work that reflects Google’s marketing standards while keeping the user at the center of the story.

What you will do

• Develop and carry out creative content plans and wider creative strategies that support business priorities and connect with the right audiences.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, building strong relationships that help attract, guide, and grow creative talent.
• Keep the creative direction and the technical execution aligned, and make informed creative and technical changes that strengthen story development.
• Contribute actively in a cross-functional marketing setting by designing, writing, mocking up ideas, and prototyping when needed.
• Help create multiple concepts for major media and content experiences, and support the team by giving clear direction and useful feedback that moves projects ahead.
• Lead by example in a way that encourages strong creative output, supports the Google Marketing brand, and reflects a user-first approach to marketing.

What the role involves

Google describes marketing as starting with technology and ending with the user. In this role, you would help translate that philosophy into creative work that explains how Google products solve real problems, from everyday needs to larger-scale challenges. The work is expected to span major media, content channels, and experiential formats, and to be developed in a collaborative environment where ideas are tested, refined, and pushed forward quickly.

The team expects someone who is comfortable making things directly, whether that means designing, writing, editing, or building rough prototypes. The role also emphasizes the ability to inspire others, provide and receive direct creative feedback, and keep projects moving toward strong, original outcomes.

Minimum qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Nine or more years working in a creative discipline such as writing, filmmaking, video editing, design, art direction, or photography.
• A portfolio that shows creative work in areas such as brand, interactive, conceptual, experiential, or technology-focused design.
• Experience at an advanced level of ownership and decision-making, including solving unclear problems and influencing stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications

• Eleven or more years of experience in a creative discipline.
• Hands-on experience with production equipment such as cameras, microphones, and basic lighting tools.
• Knowledge of film or commercial production workflows from early script development through editorial work and finishing preparation.
• Familiarity with generative AI workflows and Google Workspace for collaboration.
• Ability to quickly prototype stories using editing and animation techniques in a resourceful, practical way.

Additional information from the posting

Google states that English proficiency is required for all roles unless a posting specifically says otherwise. The company also notes that it does not accept agency resumes and asks agencies not to send resumes to job aliases, employees, or other Google locations. The posting includes standard Google privacy, equal opportunity, and accommodation information, including a link to the accommodations form for applicants who need support during the hiring process.

The posting also explains that any equity grants are handled by Alphabet Inc. under the terms of the relevant agreement, stock plan, and board approval process, and that such grants are discretionary and not guaranteed.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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