Motion Design Jobs
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Designer Principal de Produits, Systèmes de Conception / Senior Product Designer, Design Systems
Remote (🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America)
One North Remote (🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America)
Lead the creation, maintenance, and evolution of scalable enterprise design systems, including Figma libraries, components, documentation, and governance. Collaborate with product, engineering, research, and client teams to improve accessibility and consistency, support implementation and adoption, and mentor designers.
Principal Product Designer - Contract - Remote - Ontario
Remote (🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Robert Half Remote (🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Set and uphold design quality standards, guide design direction, build design credibility with product and engineering teams, and contribute to strategic framing and organizational challenges. Advance AI-enabled design practice, develop designers through feedback and critique, and lead case studies that demonstrate design’s value.
Principal Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Smarkets 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own product design from discovery through delivery, defining design direction and creating clear, polished experiences across prediction and betting markets. Research user needs, prototype and test concepts, improve design systems, and raise design quality through collaboration with leadership, product, and engineering teams.
Principal Design Manager (Data Centres) - London, Bicester or Newcastle upon Tyne
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Engie 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Lead design teams and manage complex technology-sector projects from pre-contract through delivery, ensuring quality, schedule, contractual, and financial objectives are met. Manage client and stakeholder relationships, design coordination and approvals, sub-consultants, team performance, and project reporting while supporting business development.
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Principal Design Manager (Data Centres) - London, Bicester or Newcastle upon Tyne
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Engie 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead design teams and manage complex data centre projects from pre-contract through delivery, including schedules, budgets, contracts, quality assurance, and stakeholder approvals. Maintain client and supplier relationships, mentor team members, monitor project performance and profitability, and support business development.
Principal UX Designer, Senior Talent and Transformation (STT)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Define the UX vision and strategic roadmap for AI-native tools that support senior leaders, and own end-to-end product experiences from discovery through launch. Lead executive and cross-functional collaboration, establish design patterns and guidelines, champion human-centered design, and coach designers to raise the organization’s design standards.
Principal Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Smarkets 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will define and drive the product design direction from scratch, working closely with leadership, product, and engineering teams. Your role involves creating simple, elegant interfaces and conducting user research to inform product strategy and enhance the design system.
Principal Product Designer - Design Systems
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Twinkl Educational Publishing 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Set the design system’s direction, scope, governance, and measures of success, while designing and delivering components, tokens, modules, and templates across web and mobile products. Drive adoption and accessibility, collaborate with engineering and research teams, lead high-stakes product design work, and mentor colleagues through influence rather than direct management.
Principal UX Designer, Senior Talent and Transformation (STT)
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America
The Principal UX Designer will set the UX vision and strategic product roadmap while leading the design of end-to-end product experiences. They will also facilitate executive work sessions, mentor junior designers, and drive the adoption of design best practices across the organization.
Principal Product Designer, Spending
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Chime 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead design for spending, savings, and investing experiences from concept through launch and iteration, creating polished mobile products that make complex financial decisions clear and intuitive. Set design direction, prototype and refine ideas using feedback, collaborate across disciplines, and mentor designers while raising the quality and consistency of the app.
Principal Product Designer, Spending
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Chime Financial, Inc 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead design across spending, savings, and investing experiences from early concepts through launch and iteration. Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to deliver intuitive, high-quality mobile experiences.
Freelance Principal UX Researcher
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Red Badger 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The Principal UX Researcher will lead strategic discovery across multi-team client programs and establish research standards and operations. They are responsible for turning customer insights into actionable roadmap decisions while managing and coaching other researchers.
Principal Product Designer, Lending
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Chime 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own end-to-end design for high-priority lending initiatives, from problem framing and discovery through launch and iteration, translating complex financial products into clear, trustworthy member experiences. Shape product direction with cross-functional partners, use research and data to improve outcomes, and strengthen reusable design patterns while applying strong visual and interaction craft.
Principal Design Manager
🇦🇺 Cordelia, Queensland, Australia
Jacobs 🇦🇺 Cordelia, Queensland, Australia
Lead the design delivery of major transport infrastructure projects across bus rapid transit, roads and highways, and rail, coordinating with commercial, project management, and technical teams. Strengthen client relationships, support business development and project wins, represent Jacobs in the market, and mentor teams while promoting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and safety.
Principal Member of Technical Staff RF Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Globalfoundries 🇺🇸 Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
The role involves designing and developing RF front-end solutions, including switches, antenna tuners, and low noise amplifiers using RFSOI technologies. The candidate will also perform pre-silicon verification, characterization, and engage with customers to translate technical requirements into effective reference designs.
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.