Staff UX Designer, Visual and Motion Design

The Staff UX Designer, Visual and Motion Design at Google concentrates on blending visual and motion design to influence platform experiences for 3D and AI products. The position emphasizes prototyping 3D and AI driven narratives and establishing cohesive motion guidelines to unify the user experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and align the long-term product and user experience strategy for the Beam platform, coordinating with cross-functional leaders to maintain a shared vision.
• Advance the cinematic future of the platform by producing concept reels and high-fidelity motion mockups as a hybrid motion and visual specialist.
• Develop a premium motion language and set standards for visual and motion systems within 3D environments to ensure a cohesive brand identity.
• Collaborate with Research to evaluate the emotional resonance and usability of premium motion and visual patterns through high-fidelity simulations.
• Address ambiguous spatial design challenges, including geospatial design and depth-based visual hierarchy, using rapid high-fidelity visualization to scale features.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX, with a focus on hybrid visual and motion design.
• Experience with 3D design tools or motion graphics software.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume.

Technologies

• Rive
• After Effects
• Spline
• Cinema 4D

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 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

About the Job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s Motion Designers collaborate with cross-functional partners to create desirable and relevant product experiences that consistently elevate the Google brand. They help people make sense of their world by choreographing experiences that feel fluid, natural, and informative. Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategis