Motion Design Jobs
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Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and creating standards to improve design quality across the organization. You will consult for engineers, write specification documents, and build a best-in-class design system from the ground up.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve navigation and UI patterns.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Ashby Remote (🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America)
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and designing complex SaaS workflows from first principles. You will also build and refine the design system while consulting for engineers to improve overall product quality.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America)
Ashby Remote (🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America)
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve information architecture and UI patterns.
Staff Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Ashby Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve information architecture and UI patterns.
Product Designer (Design Systems, Internal Tools)
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Solomon Page 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves auditing and evolving a design system for a complex back-end tool to improve consistency, scalability, and usability. A key focus is structuring documentation to support AI-enabled workflows and augmented models for faster prototyping.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve information architecture and UI patterns.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult for engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Ashby 🇺🇸 United States of America
The role involves taking ownership of large product features and building a best-in-class design system from the ground up. You will consult with engineers, write detailed specification documents, and use heuristics to improve the overall user experience.
Staff Product Designer
You will own the end-to-end product experience for Walrus, leading discovery and design processes to create intuitive developer tools. You will partner with engineering and product teams to define complex technical workflows, establish design systems, and ensure high-quality implementation.
Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Develop and evolve shared design patterns and components across Figma's suite of products to ensure a consistent user experience. Collaborate with product management and engineering to drive the adoption and continuous improvement of the design system.
Product Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The role focuses on building and evolving shared patterns and components for Figma's Design Systems team to ensure a consistent experience across multiple products. Key duties include defining the vision for shared patterns and collaborating with engineering and product management to drive system adoption.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead and grow the team responsible for Figma's internal design systems, foundations, and infrastructure. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to evolve the operating model and ensure quality and coherence across the product suite.
Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
🇺🇸 United States of America
Figma 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead and grow the team responsible for Figma's internal design systems, foundations, and infrastructure. Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to evolve the operating model and ensure coherence across the product suite.
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.