Senior Motion Designer

TL;DR

Senior Motion Designer: Defining and delivering motion across a product ecosystem for global travel brands with an accent on translating brand identity into dynamic interactions and setting motion guidelines within a design system. Focus on exploring and integrating generative AI tools, designing scalable motion experiences across platforms like AR/VR, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure feasibility and impact.

Location: San Francisco, New York, or Virtual (US)

Salary: $187,000.00–$261,500.00

Company

hirify.global brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere, designing cutting-edge tech and groundbreaking solutions for travelers and partners.

What you will do

• Design and prototype motion for product interfaces, from micro-interactions to end-to-end flows.
• Translate brand identity into dynamic moments that feel cohesive across web, mobile, and emerging platforms.
• Partner with designers and engineers to ensure motion is feasible, performant, and built with care.
• Collaborate with UX research and data teams to test and validate motion’s impact on user engagement, comprehension, and conversion.
• Define guidelines and principles for motion within our design system, including reusable motion tokens.
• Explore and integrate generative AI tools to accelerate motion ideation, prototyping, and production workflows.
• Design motion experiences that scale across platforms including AR/VR, wearables, and voice interfaces.
• Lead motion design workshops and evangelize best practices across design, product, and engineering teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product or motion design with a portfolio that demonstrates motion as part of shipped digital products.
• Expert in After Effects, Principle, Framer, or similar motion/prototyping tools.
• Skilled in Figma and able to integrate motion into design workflows.
• Strong sense of timing, rhythm, and visual storytelling.
• Experience working with engineers to deliver animations at production quality.
• Familiarity with emerging AI-assisted design tools and a curiosity for leveraging them to enhance motion storytelling.
• English: B2 required

Nice to have

• Systems thinker who can scale motion across a multi-brand platform.
• Advocate for accessible and inclusive motion design.
• Collaborative partner who thrives in cross-disciplinary teams.
• Strategic thinker who connects motion design to business outcomes and user impact.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work model and cool offices.
• Full benefits package including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, and parental leave.
• Career development resources to fuel employees' passion for travel.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.
• Open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated.