Principal Motion Designer

As a Principal Motion Designer within the Venmo Experience Design (XD) team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how millions of users use the Venmo product. You will partner with your cross-functional peer group to influence strategic Design – from concept to decisions – to ultimately deliver stellar end-to-end experiences across platforms and form factors. Your motion design expertise and prototyping skills will guide early product development, bring greater clarity to engineering goals, adding to moments of delight, thoughtful micro interactions for customer confidence and unlock the power of visual storytelling.

Must Have

• Establish overall business or technical strategy for user experience initiatives.
• Negotiate with and influence decision-making reaching the senior executive level.
• Identify and resolve unique situations of substantial significance in user interface or interaction design.
• Allocate resources, responsibly and apply creativity to enhancing user and customer experiences.
• Lead the development of user experience strategies that resonate with target audiences.
• Support and mentor less-experienced roles to provide an example of innovation, excellence, and day-to-day learning.
• 10-12+ years in a digital design role.
• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in motion design, user experience, product design, visual design, research, or related fields, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in concepting and delivering unique ideas for motion/animation, 3D rendering, and visual design for digital product/app contexts.
• Master of Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and Cinema 4D or Blender, Figma or comparable prototyping tools, Lottie.
• Understands file compression, viewing specifications, and delivery of all media formats.
• Thorough command of the product design lifecycle.
• Mastery in designing and building flexible motion artifacts and guidelines.
• Comprehensive expertise in motion, hierarchy, and interaction design, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Extensive experience in creating visual user interfaces for web or mobile applications.
• Profound understanding of usability principles and their application in designing sophisticated systems.
• A portfolio of exemplary design work is required for consideration, showcasing significant contributions to motion design for design systems and/or brand purposes.
• Proven capability to manage multiple projects and navigate ambiguity with confidence.
• Motion Design leadership - implementing best practices in process and methodology.
• Guide motion design efforts across teams, including strategy, planning, working with cross-functional partners to remove blockers and presenting effectively to senior staff and stakeholders.
• Leverage and extend the use of Design system, style guides, patterns and assets in the creation of design deliverables.
• Composite and render motion graphics to support product needs.
• Work with the product design team to craft UI motion behaviors and animations that orient, guide, and add delight for customers.
• Ensure that all the organization’s output/visuals are consistent with the overall brand and strategic commitments.
• Make design decisions based on research and insights, as well as advocate for continuous learning and inclusive design best practices.
• Collaborate with other cross-functional Design team members (Research, Content Design, Design Operations, Branding) and Business and Engineering stakeholders.

Perks & Benefits

• flexible work environment
• employee shares options
• health insurance
• life insurance
• medical benefits
• dental benefits
• vision benefits

The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

As a Principal Motion Designer within the Venmo Experience Design (XD) team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how millions of users use the Venmo product. You will partner with your cross-functional peer group to influence strategic Design – from concept to decisions – to ultimately deliver stellar end-to-end experiences across platforms and form factors.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Establish overall business or technical strategy for user experience initiatives.
• Negotiate with and influence decision-making reaching the senior executive level
• Identify and resolve unique situations of substantial significance in user interface or interaction design
• Allocate resources, responsibly and apply creativity to enhancing user and customer experiences across digital and physical products and services
• Lead the development of user experience strategies that resonate with target audiences.
• Support and mentor less-experienced roles to provide an example of innovation, excellence, and day-to-day learning

Expected Qualifications:

• 10+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:

As a Principal Motion Designer within the Venmo Experience Design (XD) team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how millions of users use the Venmo product. You will partner with your cross-functional peer group to influence strategic Design – from concept to decisions – to ultimately deliver stellar end-to-end experiences across platforms and form factors.

Meet our team

The Venmo XD team is a think/make environment, driven to answer the why and how customers experience products and services. We use motion design principles and prototyping to guide early product development, bring greater clarity to engineering goals, adding to moments of delight, thoughtful micro interactions for customer confidence and unlock the power of visual storytelling through motion. We use product design methodologies and prototyping to guide early product development, bring greater clarity to engineering goals, and develop an experience-grounded point of view.

Job Description

How you will add impact

As a Principal Motion Designer, you will be a key member of our diverse Experience Design team, leveraging your motion design expertise to inspire and influence across the company. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to help drive the vision of motion at the system level to be distributed across the Venmo app. Your motion design expertise and prototyping skills will guide early product development, bring greater clarity to engineering goals, adding to moments of delight, thoughtful micro interactions for customer confidence and unlock the power of visual storytelling.

Your day-to-day roles and responsibilities

• Motion Design leadership - implementing best practices in process and methodology and deliver against business and customer needs.
• Guide motion design efforts across teams, including strategy, planning, working with cross-functional partners to remove blockers and presenting effectively to senior staff and stakeholders.
• Leverage and extend the use of Design system, style guides, patterns and assets in the creation of design deliverables.
• Design system utilization: Leverage and expand the use of motion design systems, style guides, patterns, and assets in motion design deliverables.
• Contribute to the wider design community, mentoring others, leveraging your strengths to help others grow.
• Composite and render motion graphics to support product needs.
• Work with the product design team to cra" UI motion behaviors and animations that orient, guide, and add delight for customers.
• Ensure that all the organization’s output/visuals are consistent with the overall brand and strategic commitments.
• Make design decisions based on research and insights, as well as advocate for continuous learning and inclusive design best practices.
• Collaborate with other cross-functional Design team members (Research, Content Design, Design Operations, Branding) and Business and Engineering stakeholders.

Your qualifications

• 10-12+ years in a digital design role, with a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in motion design, user experience, product design, visual design, research, or related fields, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in concepting and delivering unique ideas for motion/animation, 3D rendering, and visual design – specifically for digital product/app contexts
• Is a master of Adobe Creative Suite (A"er E!ects, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and Cinema 4D or Blender, Figma or comparable prototyping tools, Lottie as well as emerging interactive design trends.
• Understands file compression, viewing specifications, and delivery of all media formats.
• Exceptional level of craft, taste, and product intuition, with an acute awareness of future trends, emerging technologies, and shifting customer expectations.
• Thorough command of the product design lifecycle with deep, direct experience in all skill areas and tools, including the facilitation of workshops and other collaboration techniques to drive momentum and credibility within the organization.
• Mastery in designing and building flexible motion artifacts and guidelines.
• Demonstrates comprehensive expertise in motion, hierarchy, and interaction design, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Extensive experience in creating visual user interfaces for web or mobile applications.
• Profound understanding of usability principles and their application in designing sophisticated systems.
• Outstanding time management skills with exceptional organizational, communication, and conceptual thinking abilities.
• Ability to innovate and explore multiple solutions for complex design challenges.
• Proven leader and team player with a strong drive for collaboration across all design, product, and engineering disciplines.
• Demonstrated ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Solid understanding of After Effects, Figma, prototyping tools, and presentation software.
• A portfolio of exemplary design work is required for consideration, showcasing significant contributions to motion design for design systems and/or brand purposes
• Proven capability to manage multiple projects and navigate ambiguity with confidence.
• Superior communication skills, capable of educating and engaging diverse audiences.
• Compelling storyteller who can educate as well as entertain.
• Demonstrated commitment to hard work, with a humble and approachable demeanor.
• We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

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The US national annual pay range for this role is $188,000 to $323,950

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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com

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Belonging at PayPal:

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

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