Motion Designer - Design Language Menlo Park, CA +1 locations • Design & User Experience • Desi[...]

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Motion Designer to enhance its visual identity through dynamic motion graphics. In this role, you will collaborate with talented teams to create engaging animations and designs that resonate across various digital platforms. Your expertise in motion design will help shape the future of user experiences, making them more expressive and impactful. Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of design and technology, and play a key role in crafting compelling visual narratives that connect with audiences worldwide.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Motion Design with a strong portfolio.
• Experience creating motion-based designs for digital surfaces.

Responsibilities

• Execute on communication design using motion and animation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve design systems.

Skills

Motion Design

Visual Storytelling

Graphic Design

Collaboration

Time Management

Problem Solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Illustrator

Photoshop

Sketch

Lottie Animation Framework

Job description

Facebook is looking for a Motion Designer to join the Design Language team, supporting the Facebook App. We focus on creating, maintaining, and evolving the visual systems that define our brand in the product including icons, emojis, product illustration, photography, and live action creative.This person will be responsible for leveraging motion to shape and lead design communications across several product initiatives. As an experienced designer, you are skilled at collaborating and providing a creative point of view with art directors, illustrators, content strategists, and product designers to grow and evolve work from a design perspective.

Motion Designer - Design Language Responsibilities

Execute on communication design across several surfaces, utilizing motion and animation to improve perceived performance and foster expression

Seek out creative opportunities to improve on existing style(s) and approaches

Create motion-based or animated designs, sketches, storyboards, prototypes, and/or design specs necessary to guide development of useful and consistent experiences based on stakeholder direction and self-driven research

Work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with multidisciplinary teams

Produce conceptual and expressive communication design that is engaging and reflect a cohesive visual style and tone

Inspire your teammates, give and receive feedback, and critique respectfully

Meet multiple deadlines, prioritize work, and keep projects moving forward

Communicate design direction in addition to being a hands-on designer

Minimum Qualifications

4+ years of experience in Motion Design

A link to an online portfolio showcasing your work (include link on your resume)

Experience creating motion-based designs for visual systems as well as creating graphic design elements from illustrations to iconography

Experience with visual storytelling that involve motion or animation

Experience creating work for digital surfaces (mobile, web)

Portfolio exhibits conceptual skills, composition and color

Presentation, interpersonal, and communication experience

Knowledge in motion frameworks such as Lottie animation freamework and Keyframes, and design applications, such as Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Sketch

Experience with time management, task prioritization, and identifying problems and work towards solutions

Demonstrated experience working across many digital platforms with multiple teams, and always be curious and eager to experiment.

Demonstrated multi-faceted and innovative problem-solver that has an eye for great innovational work, talent, and a track record of delivering and launching initiatives on time and on strategy.

Demonstrated focused experience in Communication Design

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About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$94,000/year to $142,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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