Web Designer & Frontend Motion Architect

Factory; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office 5 days/week (San Francisco)

Job summary

Factory is seeking a hands-on web designer who owns the website end-to-end—from concept to production code and ongoing iterations. You will shape visual language, layouts, interactions, and motion to tell the Factory story and demonstrate autonomous software engineering capabilities.

You will collaborate with Design, Marketing, and Engineering to ship frequent updates, experiments, and improvements, ensuring responsive, accessible, and fast experiences across devices and browsers.

Qualifications

• Production website design and build experience with a live portfolio.
• Excellent typography, layout, and interaction design; strong identity.
• Proficiency in Figma; ability to move between design and code.
• Strong HTML, CSS, JavaScript; experience with React or Next.js.
• Experience with web animation, timing and easing.
• Understanding responsive design, accessibility, and performance.
• Ability to take open-ended briefs and execute iteratively.
• Experience using AI tools to prototype and build; ability to review outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own Factory's website end to end: concept, design, prototyping, frontend development, testing, launch, and ongoing iteration.
• Design and build product pages, campaign landing pages, launch experiences, and other additions to the site.
• Create motion, animation, and interactions, including page transitions, scroll-driven storytelling, hover states, and interactive product demonstrations.
• Evolve the site's visual language and reusable components so new pages ship quickly without losing their character or craft.
• Partner with Marketing and Product to turn technical capabilities into clear stories that people can explore and understand.
• Ship frequent content updates and design improvements. Take care of the existing site with the same attention you bring to a new launch.
• Make every experience responsive, accessible, and fast. Own the details across screen sizes and browsers, including reduced-motion behavior.
• Use analytics, user feedback, and experimentation to improve navigation, engagement, and conversion.

Skills

Figma

HTML/CSS/JS

React/Next.js

Web animation

Typography & layout

AI prototyping

Tools

GSAP

WebGL

Rive

Job description

Factory is seeking a hands-on web designer who owns the website end-to-end—from concept to production code and ongoing iterations. You will shape visual language, layouts, interactions, and motion to tell the Factory story and demonstrate autonomous software engineering capabilities.

You will collaborate with Design, Marketing, and Engineering to ship frequent updates, experiments, and improvements, ensuring responsive, accessible, and fast experiences across devices and browsers.