Staff Motion Designer — Design Systems for Web3 UX

MetaMask; United States; Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

MetaMask is seeking a Staff Motion Designer to join our Design Systems team. You’ll shape motion across the product, from micro-interactions to larger expressions, building a shared motion language and scalable patterns that empower teams.

You’ll prototype, collaborate with designers and engineers, and contribute hands-on to craft, ensuring motion feels natural, performant, and accessible across surfaces in a remote-first, global environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of motion design in digital products.
• Strong illustration skills to create original visual assets.
• Define motion languages and patterns across screens and platforms.
• Build scalable motion systems: guidelines, reusable assets, or components.
• Collaborate with engineers to bring motion into production.
• Prototyping to explore and communicate ideas.
• Provide feedback and contribute hands-on to craft.

Responsibilities

• Use motion to make the product easier to understand—helping people see what’s happening, what changed, and what to do next.
• Define a clear, shared motion language for MetaMask—how things move, respond, and feel across surfaces.
• Build patterns, guidelines, and reusable assets that allow motion to scale across teams and platforms.
• Introduce moments of delight where they add value, without getting in the way.
• Partner with product designers and engineers to bring motion into the product in a way that feels natural and performs well.
• Use prototypes to explore and communicate interaction ideas.
• Contribute to the overall level of craft across the team through feedback and collaboration.

Skills

Motion design

Illustration

Prototyping

Collaboration

Job description

MetaMask is seeking a Staff Motion Designer to join our Design Systems team. You’ll shape motion across the product, from micro-interactions to larger expressions, building a shared motion language and scalable patterns that empower teams.

You’ll prototype, collaborate with designers and engineers, and contribute hands-on to craft, ensuring motion feels natural, performant, and accessible across surfaces in a remote-first, global environment.