Senior Motion Designer, Google Design Platform

Google; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a Motion Designer in San Francisco to craft motion concepts and high-fidelity mocks that push Google’s AI-era design language. You will partner with designers, PMs, and engineers to evolve bold ideas and respond to feedback quickly.

You will create detailed documentation for developers and ensure animations are technically feasible and cohesive with the UX brand across interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, CS, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with physics, patterns, motion design and visual design elements.
• Include a portfolio or relevant links in resume.

Responsibilities

• Create initial motion concepts and high-fidelity mocks for Google's AI-era design language.
• Collaborate with designers, PMs, and engineers to evolve bold ideas and respond to feedback quickly.
• Create detailed documentation and logic for developers to implement motion designs.
• Provide context for unique animations to ensure technical viability and seamless integration.
• Translate complex ideas into tangible visuals and test UI conventions.

Skills

Product design UX

Animation design

Motion design

Physics-based design

Portfolio link

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

After Effects

Job description

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Munich, Germany; New York, NY, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience related to physics, patterns, motion design and visual design elements.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Experience with using animation tools (e.g., after effects or similar), and understanding of basic principles of animation.
• Experience using motion to reduce perceived latency.
• Ability to fuse creativity and code to deliver interactions, using motion to a narrative effect and understanding the future of interactive motion.
• Ability to utilize AI workflows to scale creative output, from conceptual storyboarding to advanced motion flows.

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 Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry‑leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a Motion Designer, you’ll apply your passion for animation to simplify complex interactions and solve challenging design problems. You’ll help define and implement Google’s motion design language and you’ll think critically about how motion reinforces Google’s UX brand, enhances interactivity, and delights our users.

User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: "Focus on the user and all else will follow."

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

• Germany: €112000 - €114000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
• US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Create initial motion concepts and high-fidelity mocks, radically exploring new approaches for Google’s AI‑era design language.
• Partner with designers, product managers, and engineers to evolve bold ideas. Quickly and precisely respond to feedback, leveraging high‑order teamwork skills to refine motion concepts and specs in real‑time and ensure the collective goal remains cohesive.
• Create detailed documentation and logic for developers to accurately implement motion designs.
• Provide the necessary context for unique animations, ensuring that even the most expressive concepts are technically viable and seamlessly integrated.
• Navigate ambiguity by translating complex ideas into tangible visuals that test UI conventions.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.