Motion Design Jobs

Find your next Motion Design role at companies that value creative talent

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Principal Product Designer

🌍 Remote

Own the end-to-end design process for new product features from concept to shipment, collaborating with product and engineering teams. Lead the qualitative research practice and integrate AI tools to accelerate design iterations and product direction.

Remote$200,000 - $240,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Product Designer, Customer Design Lead

🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lead the end-to-end customer experience across native and web platforms to ensure product coherence and consistency. Drive strategic product direction by identifying systemic gaps and mentoring senior and mid-level designers.

$221,000 - $286,000Full-timePrincipal
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Principal Product Designer, Customer Design Lead

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end customer experience across native and web platforms to ensure product coherence and consistency. Drive strategic product direction by identifying systemic gaps and mentoring senior and mid-level designers.

$249,100 - $379,500Full-timeLead
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Principal, IO Design Engineering

🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America

The role involves designing, optimizing, and verifying high-speed IO and clocking circuits for DRAM memory products. Responsibilities include developing simulation methodologies and collaborating with process integration teams to enhance circuit performance on new process nodes.

Onsite$140,000 - $170,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal UX Designer

Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)

Set the UX vision and strategy for complex industrial analytics and AI capabilities within the Seeq platform. Lead the design of AI-powered workflows and ensure a unified, coherent user experience across all product areas.

Remote$170,000 - $170,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Engineer, Analog Design Engineering

🇸🇬 Singapore

Lead the architectural development and transistor-level design of high-performance mixed-signal ICs for optical controller products. Manage the full design cycle from specification and simulation to layout support and product qualification.

Onsite$120,000 - $180,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Electrical Design Engineer, APAC Data Center Design Engineering

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lead the electrical design of data centers across the APAC region, focusing on MV infrastructure, generators, and UPS systems. Collaborate with internal teams and local utilities to ensure compliance with regional codes and quality standards.

Onsite$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Engineer, Analog Design Engineering

100010 China, Dongcheng District, Donghuashi Subdistrict, 崇文门东大街, Beijing

Lead the architectural development and transistor-level design of high-performance mixed-signal ICs for optical controller products. Manage the full design cycle from product specifications and simulation to layout support and lab evaluation.

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Principal Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the strategic design vision for Gallup's product ecosystem, ensuring a cohesive customer journey across web, mobile, and marketing. Partner with scientists and engineers to translate complex data into intuitive, actionable user experiences.

Hybrid$200,000 - $240,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Product Designer

🇺🇸 Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Lead the strategic design vision for Gallup's product ecosystem, ensuring a cohesive customer journey across web, mobile, and marketing. Partner with scientists and engineers to translate complex data into intuitive, actionable user experiences.

Hybrid$155,000 - $185,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal, Design Engineering (Thermal)

🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America

Lead the complete thermal design process for electronic products, from modeling and simulation to testing and manufacturing transfer. Develop high-end cooling solutions for AI servers and accelerators using both air and liquid cooling technologies.

Onsite$150,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal, Analog Design Engineering

🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America

Design, optimize, and verify block-level analog and mixed-signal circuits for DRAM projects to enhance performance and yield. Collaborate with global teams to bring innovative circuit designs from concept to silicon and provide layout guidance.

Onsite$120,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Principal Product Designer, Vrbo

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design of Vrbo traveler experiences, focusing on shopping, discovery, and booking journeys. Translate brand strategy into high-quality product experiences while integrating AI-enabled workflows and maintaining scalable design systems.

Hybrid$208,000 - $387,000Full-timePrincipal
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Principal Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the design of core AI-native product experiences, including prototyping workflows and shared workspaces. Partner with founders and engineering to turn complex systems into intuitive interaction models.

Onsite$200,000 - $300,000Full-timePrincipal
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Principal UX Researcher

🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Lead the quantitative research strategy and execution to measure and predict user behavior at scale across core product surfaces. Establish methodological standards, build UX measurement frameworks, and integrate AI/ML techniques into the research pipeline.

Onsite$120,000 - $160,000Full-timePrincipal
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About Motion Design careers

Motion is no longer just flair; it is functional feedback in modern interfaces.

Motion designers create the kinetic language that guides users through complex AI workflows and spatial environments. Using tools like After Effects, Rive, and Lottie, they design transitions that reduce cognitive load and bring digital products to life.

Companies like Apple and TikTok invest heavily in motion design to create distinct, high-energy brand experiences that thrive on high-refresh-rate screens and AR/VR platforms.

We feature motion designers, animators, motion graphics artists, and 3D designers working across UI animation, AI-generated content, brand motion, and interactive experiences. Opportunities span tech companies like Apple, Google, and Spotify, AI companies like Midjourney and OpenAI, and streaming platforms like Netflix and TikTok.

Absolutely! Many companies hire remote motion designers, especially AI and tech companies like Discord, Canva, and Framer. Studios and agencies also offer remote freelance work with hybrid flexibility for in-house positions.

After Effects is industry standard, with growing use of Cinema 4D, Blender, Principle, Rive, and Lottie for web animation. AI tools like Midjourney and Runway are increasingly used for concept work. Many roles also require strong graphic design fundamentals. Browse exceptional motion design portfolios for inspiration.

Junior motion designers earn $55k–$75k, mid-level $80k–$120k, and senior/lead positions $130k–$180k+. Companies like Apple, Netflix, and Spotify pay at the top of market. Freelance rates range from $60–$250/hour depending on specialization. See our salary guide for detailed data.

While craftsmanship in After Effects remains vital, the industry has shifted toward functional motion. This means understanding how animation affects user cognitive load and using tools like Rive or Lottie to deliver high-performance, interactive motion for web and mobile apps. Browse Motion Design roles to see these skills in demand.

Don't just show a showreel. Break down your process for specific UI transitions or brand motion systems. Show the "before and after" of a user flow to demonstrate how your motion solved a specific UX problem. Browse our top motion design portfolios for inspiration from designers at Apple and Netflix.