Brand & Motion Designer for Proactive AI Product

Sonder; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Relocation support

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Sonder in New York is seeking a designer to shape how Sonder looks, moves, and feels across its visual identity, website, and the Twin product. You will collaborate with founders, researchers, and engineers from first sketches to finished experiences, delivering motion-driven explanations of new capabilities and intuitive interfaces.

Join a team that values depth in brand and motion, with hands-on craft across identity, moving imagery, and digital interfaces, influencing how users understand

Qualifications

• A portfolio with a distinctive point of view and exceptional command of typography, layout, composition, and visual hierarchy.
• Depth in brand or motion design, with finished work showing you can extend an idea across identity, moving image, and digital interfaces.
• Hands-on ability to make and finish motion pieces or video, including thoughtful pacing, editing, and sound.
• Strong interaction judgment. You can simplify an unfamiliar capability and explain why a particular flow or behavior helps someone use it.
• The ability to move quickly through prototypes, give and receive precise critique, and hold a high standard through implementation.
• Curiosity about the models and systems behind the product, and the ability to turn that understanding into clear design.

Responsibilities

• Define Sonder's visual identity. Develop typography, composition, imagery, and visual language that connect the company, website, and product.
• Make the product understandable through film. Concept, storyboard, edit, and finish product demos and launch films.
• Shape the experience of Twin. Design onboarding, navigation, feedback, and uncertainty with engineers.
• Use motion to explain behavior. Establish transitions and animation that communicate state and cause and effect.
• Carry work through production. Partner with engineers on implementation and refine it through use.

Skills

Typography

Layout

Visual hierarchy

Brand design

Motion design

Interaction design

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Premiere

Job description

Sonder in New York is seeking a designer to shape how Sonder looks, moves, and feels across its visual identity, website, and the Twin product. You will collaborate with founders, researchers, and engineers from first sketches to finished experiences, delivering motion-driven explanations of new capabilities and intuitive interfaces.

Join a team that values depth in brand and motion, with hands-on craft across identity, moving imagery, and digital interfaces, influencing how users understand