Motion Designer

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.

Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We re focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way.Chrome is available across all major platforms iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the look and feel of Google products through motion design.
• Upgrading the motion design system for Chrome OS.
• Conceptualize, prototype and produce UX motion design experiences in product.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with designers and engineers to develop and implement the new motion design system.
• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product design or UX.
• Motion design experience related to physics, patterns, and visual design elements.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link and/or access instructions).

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 3 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.