Motion Designer, YouTube

1 Week ago • 4-6 Years • Motion Design

About the job

Summary

As a Motion Designer at YouTube, you'll leverage your animation skills to simplify complex interactions and resolve design challenges. You'll contribute to defining and implementing Google's motion design language, focusing on how motion enhances UX, interactivity, and user delight. Responsibilities include defining the look and feel of Google products using motion design; establishing animation and transition best practices across devices and platforms; creating high-quality design proposals; and driving projects from concept to implementation. You will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to create engaging and informative experiences for users.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 4+ years in product design or UX
  • Motion design experience (physics, patterns, visual design)
  • High-quality design proposal creation
  • Project execution from concept to implementation
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in related field
  • Experience in complex organizations
  • Project leadership experience
  • Experience using motion to reduce latency
  • Animation principles understanding, After Effects experience
  • Ability to fuse creativity and code
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4 years of experience in product design or UX.
  • Motion design experience related to physics, patterns, and visual design elements.
  • Include a , website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link and/or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
  • 1 year of experience leading design projects.
  • Experience using motion to reduce perceived latency.
  • Understanding of basic principles of animation, and experience with using animation tools (e.g., After Effects or similar).
  • Ability to fuse creativity and code to deliver cutting edge interactions, using motion to a narrative effect and understanding the future of interactive motion.

About the job

At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: "Focus on the user and all else will follow." Google’s Motion Designers collaborate with cross-functional partners to create desirable and relevant product experiences that consistently elevate the Google brand. They help people make sense of their world by choreographing experiences that feel fluid, natural, and informative.

Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

As a Motion Designer, you’ll apply your passion for animation to simplify complex interactions and solve challenging design problems. You’ll help define and implement Google’s motion design language and you’ll think critically about how motion reinforces Google’s UX brand, enhances interactivity, and delights our users.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$178,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the look and feel of Google products through motion design.
  • Provide patterns, best practices and guidance on animation and transitions for different devices (such as TV, tablets, wearables, mobile, etc.) and platforms (such as web, Android, iOS, etc.).
  • Create high quality design proposals and drive projects from concept to iterations and implementation.
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$122.0K - $178.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$150.0K/yr avg.
Worldwide

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