Director / Principal Motion Designer, Expedia Design

Location: United States — Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Austin, or Beverly Hills

Salary: $224,000–$313,500 total cash annually in Seattle, Austin, and Beverly Hills; $242,000–$338,500 in San Francisco and New York, with performance-based potential up to $387,000 or $358,500 depending on location.

Company

hirify.global is a global travel company connecting travelers, partners, and advertisers through consumer brands, a B2B network, and travel advertising offerings.

What you will do

• Define motion principles, patterns, guidelines, and scalable motion capabilities within the design system.
• Design UI transitions, micro-interactions, state changes, loading moments, and product animations that support usability.
• Create engineering-ready motion specifications and partner with engineers across iOS, Android, and web to review implementation.
• Design, build, or direct sizzle reels, product launches, brand films, promotional content, and storytelling pieces.
• Set the quality bar for motion design, provide critique, mentor designers, and build motion capability across the organization.
• Influence product leadership, brand, marketing, engineering, and other cross-functional partners on motion strategy.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in UI motion design with a portfolio demonstrating polished, purposeful product animation.
• Ability to create implementation-ready motion specifications and hand off work across iOS, Android, and web.
• Strong knowledge of motion implementation across native animation frameworks, Lottie, Rive, and CSS/JavaScript animation.
• Mastery of tools such as After Effects, Figma, Principle, Rive, and Lottie workflows or equivalent.
• Strong storytelling, art direction, communication, collaboration, and senior-level stakeholder influence skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Motion, HCI, User Experience, or a related field, or equivalent experience, plus 5–10+ years in product design or related disciplines.

Nice to have

• 3D design skills with Cinema 4D or Blender.
• Experience contributing to motion systems and design systems.
• Experience in travel, consumer marketplaces, or other high-volume consumer products.
• Hands-on familiarity with front-end or native animation code.
• Experience leading AI/ML-enabled product design efforts.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across design, research, content strategy, product, engineering, brand, and marketing.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Wellness and travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and IATAN membership.
• Inclusive and accessible recruiting and employment environment.