Staff Motion Designer: AI-Driven Design Systems Lead

Pinterest, Inc.; New York (NY); Presencial; USD 159.000 - 327.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Pinterest is expanding the Design Innovation team to hire a Staff Motion Designer who will define and evolve the motion design language across surfaces and flagship features. This hands-on role blends craft with systems thinking to help teams ship motion that feels intentional, accessible, and scalable.

You will lead motion for flagship and AI-forward experiences, collaborating with product designers, engineers, PMs, researchers, and content designers to connect feature work to a shared motion

Formación

• 8+ years in motion design or related field with shipped products.
• Staff/principal-level influence across teams and design-system direction.
• Experience evolving scalable motion systems and governance.
• Collaboration with engineers to implement complex motion and ensure performance.

Responsabilidades

• Define and evolve Pinterest’s motion design language, including principles and patterns.
• Lead motion direction for flagship and AI-forward experiences.
• Collaborate across disciplines to connect feature work to motion strategy and quality.
• Transform high-craft explorations into scalable contributions for a design system.
• Rapidly prototype and validate motion ideas using the right tools and mediums.
• Partner with engineering during implementation to address ambitious animation challenges.
• Develop lightweight tools, templates, and workflows for designers and engineers.
• Stay current with AI-enabled motion and visual-creation tools and apply strategically.
• Run motion quality reviews and mentor designers in motion principles and systems thinking.
• Articulate rationale, tradeoffs, and user impact behind motion decisions.

Conocimientos

Motion design leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Systems thinking

Prototyping

Storytelling

User-centered design

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in design or related field

Herramientas

Figma

After Effects

Prototyping tools

Descripción del empleo

Pinterest is expanding the Design Innovation team to hire a Staff Motion Designer who will define and evolve the motion design language across surfaces and flagship features. This hands-on role blends craft with systems thinking to help teams ship motion that feels intentional, accessible, and scalable.

You will lead motion for flagship and AI-forward experiences, collaborating with product designers, engineers, PMs, researchers, and content designers to connect feature work to a shared motion