Senior Motion Designer, Wear OS

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 6 years of motion design experience in product design, UX design, or UX/UI animation.
  
• 2 years of experience building or contributing to a motion design system that ensures platform-wide consistency and quality.
• 2 years of experience in high-fidelity prototyping to demonstrate how motion defines look, feel, and behavior.
• Experience with motion design 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 or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 3 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects.
  
• Experience in designing for Wearables.

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.

Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $151,000-$222,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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 benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Drive motion design for Wear OS SysUI and Pixel Watch features, from initial concepts to implementation.
• Define and contribute to the Wear OS motion design system, creating principles and scalable patterns that ensure a positive user experience.
• Collaborate with and influence product managers, visual and interaction designers, guiding the product roadmap.
• Partner with engineers to ensure the implementation of motion designs meets the teams standards.
• Create and deliver presentations to stakeholders, articulating design rationale and advocating for motion design excellence.