Senior Motion Designer

Google's Senior Motion Designer role invites an experienced designer to shape how motion communicates Google's product ideas. Based in San Francisco and onsite, this position centers on building a cohesive motion language for the company's AI era experiences and collaborating across design, product, and engineering to deliver animated product interactions that feel natural and informative.

Location

San Francisco, CA (onsite)

Compensation

USD 112,000 - 230,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize early motion ideas and produce high fidelity mockups, boldly exploring new directions for Google's AI inspired design language.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to evolve bold ideas; respond to feedback quickly and precisely, using strong cross functional teamwork to refine motion concepts and specs in real time while keeping the overall objective cohesive.
• Draft detailed documentation and implementation guidance so developers can accurately translate motion designs into code.
• Provide the necessary context for unique animations to ensure expressive concepts are technically viable and seamlessly integrated.
• Translate complex ideas into tangible visuals that test user interface conventions amid ambiguity.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least six years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience related to physics, motion design patterns, and visual design elements.
• Include a portfolio or accessible links to your work with your application.
• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Eight years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience using animation tools such as After Effects or equivalents, with knowledge of basic animation principles.
• Experience using motion to reduce perceived latency.
• Ability to fuse creativity and code to deliver interactions, using motion to tell a narrative and understanding the future of interactive motion.
• Ability to apply AI workflows to scale creative output from storyboard concepts to advanced motion flows.

Technologies

• After Effects

Benefits

• Bonus target of 15%
• Equity
• Benefits

About the job

Google's focus on the user guides its motion designers as they collaborate with cross-functional partners to create desirable and relevant product experiences that elevate the Google brand. They choreograph experiences that feel fluid, natural, and informative, helping people make sense of the world through thoughtful motion.