Motion Design Jobs
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Principal/MTS, Analog Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Micron Technology 🇺🇸 Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Design, optimize, and verify block-level analog and mixed-signal circuits for DRAM projects while leveraging AI-assisted design flows. Partner with global teams to provide layout guidance, perform silicon correlation, and mentor junior circuit designers.
Principal Product Designer - Minecraft
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Mojang Studios 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Partner with design leadership, product managers, and developers to take product design from concept through implementation, creating intuitive experiences across mobile and desktop. Develop design artifacts, conduct research and usability testing, champion accessibility, and establish scalable design standards.
Principal Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Harrison Clarke 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Own the end-to-end product design experience, from strategy and early concepts through polished execution, while shaping the design vision and standards. Partner with product and engineering leaders to improve complex AI-native workflows, evolve the design system, and mentor others while remaining hands-on.
Principal Software Development Engineer, Design Systems (Web)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Archer 🇺🇸 United States of America
Set the technical vision and architecture for Constellation Web, guiding its components, styling, upgrades, performance, accessibility, and safe releases across hundreds of codebases. Align and mentor engineering teams, drive adoption and migrations, and evolve the design system to support AI-assisted development and AI-generated or server-driven UI.
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Principal Design Manager
🇬🇧 Altrincham, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Altrincham, Trafford, England, United Kingdom
Lead technical delivery and multidisciplinary design integration for rail civil engineering projects, ensuring solutions are safe, practical, sustainable, and meet client needs. Build client and stakeholder relationships, support project objectives and business development, manage risks, and mentor and develop engineering team members.
Principal Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead the technical delivery and multidisciplinary integration of rail civil engineering projects, providing safe, practical, sustainable design solutions and serving as a technical point of contact for clients and stakeholders. Support project delivery and business development, manage risks and quality, and mentor engineers while promoting technical excellence across the team.
Principal Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Questrade Financial Group 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Rebuild and lead the design system for a decentralized organization, establishing its architecture, governance, contribution model, and technical standards. Partner with Design Engineers to improve the path from Figma to customer-facing products, expand the system beyond UI, and coach product teams to apply systems thinking in their work.
Principal Design Manager
🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Mott Macdonald 🇬🇧 Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Lead the technical delivery and multidisciplinary integration of rail civil engineering projects, ensuring designs are safe, practical, sustainable, and meet client objectives. Build client and stakeholder relationships, support project managers and business development, manage risks, and mentor engineers to strengthen technical excellence across the team.
Principal Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ibotta 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Set the design system’s direction and roadmap, design accessible foundations and components, and establish governance, contribution, versioning, release, and documentation practices. Partner with design and engineering teams to drive adoption, evaluate system quality, conduct user research, and create reusable guidance for people and AI agents.
Principal Designer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Ibotta 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Principal Designer will own the direction, roadmap, and governance of the design system to ensure consistent product experiences across human and AI agent workflows. They will partner with engineering and UI designers to implement components while measuring the system's impact on team efficiency and quality.
Principal Software Development Engineer, Design Systems (Web)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Streeteasy 🇺🇸 United States of America
Own the technical direction, architecture, performance, accessibility, quality, and release safety of Constellation Web, Zillow’s shared design system used across hundreds of codebases. Align and mentor engineering leaders and teams, guide adoption and upgrades, and evolve the system to support AI-assisted development and AI-generated or server-driven UI.
Principal Visual Designer, Merchant
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Set and deliver the visual direction for DoorDash merchant products across DashOS, including software, point-of-sale hardware, handhelds, and agentic experiences. Build and maintain the visual foundation of the design system, create production-ready interfaces and prototypes, align teams around a shared vision, and mentor designers.
Principal Visual Designer, Merchant
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Set and deliver the visual direction for DoorDash merchant products across DashOS, including software, point-of-sale hardware, handhelds, and agentic experiences. Establish and maintain the visual design system, review AI-generated interfaces, ship high-fidelity prototypes and products, and mentor designers across teams.
Principal Visual Designer, Merchant
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Doordash 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Set and lead the visual direction for DoorDash merchant products across DashOS, including software, point-of-sale hardware, handhelds, and agentic experiences. Build and maintain the visual foundation of the design system, ship high-fidelity interfaces and prototypes, review AI-generated UI, and mentor designers.
Principal Visual Designer, Merchant
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Doordash Usa 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
You will define the visual direction and identity for DashOS, ensuring a consistent and high-quality user experience across software and hardware platforms. Additionally, you will build and maintain the visual foundation of the design system to empower both designers and AI-driven tools.
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.