Senior Product Illustration & Motion Art Director

Expedia Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 161,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Wellness & travel reimbursement

IATAN membership

Job summary

Expedia Group seeks a Senior Art Director, Illustration & Motion to own the craft across products. Lead iconography, illustrations, and motion, partnering with product design, engineering, and the design system team to scale quality and consistency across platforms.

You’ll direct and sometimes execute work, build scalable asset systems in Figma, and drive AI-enabled workflows while maintaining brand integrity and design excellence.

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing illustration and motion work in a product context (icons, pictograms, UI animation).
• Hands-on expertise in illustration and motion tools (Illustrator, Figma, After Effects, Rive).
• High AI fluency with examples of using AI tools to scale creative work while preserving brand quality.

Responsibilities

• Design product illustration and iconography for iOS, Android, and web.
• Create UI motion, animations, and micro-interactions with assets for engineers (Lottie, code handoff).
• Build scalable asset systems in Figma, maintain libraries, and collaborate with design system and engineering teams.

Skills

Illustration

Motion design

Icon design

UI animation

Art direction

Design systems

Cross-functional

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design

Tools

Illustrator

Figma

After Effects

Rive

Job description

Expedia Group seeks a Senior Art Director, Illustration & Motion to own the craft across products. Lead iconography, illustrations, and motion, partnering with product design, engineering, and the design system team to scale quality and consistency across platforms.

You’ll direct and sometimes execute work, build scalable asset systems in Figma, and drive AI-enabled workflows while maintaining brand integrity and design excellence.