Web Designer & Frontend Motion Specialist

AI Chopping Block; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Factory in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on web designer who will own the website end-to-end—from concept to production code and all updates that follow.

You will shape visual language, page layouts, interactions, motion, and animation, ensuring a fast, accessible, and responsive experience across devices and browsers.

Collaborate with Design, Marketing, and Engineering to ship frequent launches, experiments, and improvements that clearly tell the story of autonomous software engineering.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building production websites, with a portfolio of live work showing strong visual craft and hands‑on implementation.
• Excellent typography, layout, composition, and interaction design skills; capable of giving a site a distinct identity and carrying it through.
• Proficiency in Figma and a workflow between design, prototyping, and code.
• Strong HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills, with experience shipping in React or Next.js.
• Experience implementing web animation and motion with a sense of timing and easing.
• Understanding of responsive design, accessibility, browser behavior, and web performance.
• Ability to take an open-ended brief and carry it through implementation with iterative updates.
• Experience using AI tools to prototype and build; bonus for WebGL/3D or animation tools like GSAP or Motion.
• Please include links to shipped websites and note what you personally designed and built.

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 site additions.
• Create and implement motion, animation, and interactions, including transitions, scroll storytelling, hover states, and interactive demos.
• Evolve the site's visual language and reusable components for rapid new page delivery without losing character.
• Partner with Marketing and Product to turn technical capabilities into clear, explorable stories.
• Ship frequent content updates and design improvements; maintain existing site with the same care as new launches.
• Ensure responsive, accessible, and fast experiences across screen sizes and browsers.
• Use analytics and user feedback to improve navigation, engagement, and conversion.

Skills

Visual design

Frontend development

Typography

Layout & composition

Interaction design

Prototyping

Animation timing

Responsive design

Accessibility

AI prototyping

React

Next.js

Tools

Figma

React

Next.js

GSAP

WebGL

Job description

Factory in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on web designer who will own the website end-to-end—from concept to production code and all updates that follow.

You will shape visual language, page layouts, interactions, motion, and animation, ensuring a fast, accessible, and responsive experience across devices and browsers.

Collaborate with Design, Marketing, and Engineering to ship frequent launches, experiments, and improvements that clearly tell the story of autonomous software engineering.