Staff Motion Designer: AI-Forward Motion Systems

Pinterest; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Motion Designer to define and evolve the company’s motion design language on the Design Innovation team. This hands-on role works across product and engineering to scale motion systems, prototype concepts, and elevate the quality of shipped experiences across surfaces and flagship features.

The Staff Motion Designer will shape a coherent motion foundation, guide interaction patterns, and support AI-forward experiences by clarifying state, hierarchy, and feedback

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in motion design or related fields with a strong portfolio.
• Staff or principal-level track record across teams influencing direction.
• Strong command of motion principles, timing, and transitions.
• Experience evolving scalable motion systems across products and platforms.
• Proven collaboration with engineers for complex motion and QA.
• Design technologist mindset using prototyping tools, AI, and code.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve Pinterest’s motion design language, including principles and patterns.
• Lead motion direction for flagship and AI-forward experiences to improve clarity and responsiveness.
• Partner across design, engineering, PM, research, and content to align motion strategy.
• Translate high-craft motion into scalable contributions for design systems.
• Prototype and validate motion ideas using various mediums to accelerate decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering to address animation challenges while balancing performance and accessibility.
• Develop tools, templates, and workflows to aid designers and engineers in motion work.
• Stay current with AI-enabled motion tools and apply them to ideation and production.
• Conduct motion reviews, provide feedback, and mentor designers on motion principles.
• Communicate rationale and tradeoffs of motion decisions to stakeholders.

Skills

Motion design

Design systems

Collaboration

Communication

Mentoring

Systems thinking

Inclusive design

Prototyping tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design, animation, HCI, or related field

Tools

Prototyping tools

Code

AI tools

Job description

Pinterest is seeking a Staff Motion Designer to define and evolve the company’s motion design language on the Design Innovation team. This hands-on role works across product and engineering to scale motion systems, prototype concepts, and elevate the quality of shipped experiences across surfaces and flagship features.

The Staff Motion Designer will shape a coherent motion foundation, guide interaction patterns, and support AI-forward experiences by clarifying state, hierarchy, and feedback