Senior Motion Designer

Summary

Join Fantasy, a digital product and innovation company, as a Senior Motion Designer and contribute your digital design skills to automotive and consumer experiences. You will create next-level in-vehicle digital experiences, collaborating with talented teams to produce work that delights users. This fully remote freelance role, based in the US or Canada, involves working with world-leading organizations across diverse industries. You will craft experiences people love, using your passion for user-focused technology and keen eye for design. You will be a key member of a forward-looking team, collaborating with coders and designers to create sophisticated systems. The role requires a strong portfolio showcasing UI interaction design and animation, along with extensive experience in design tools and motion design principles.

Requirements

• A strong portfolio must have live examples of web UI interaction design and UI animation
• 7+ years of design experience
• 2+ years professional experience as a UI motion designer
• Experience in a variety of design tools such as After Effects, Sketch, and other animation prototyping tools (Lottie, Flinto, Framer, ProtopPie, Proto.io , and Trapcode)
• Impeccable sense of timing and a deep understanding of motion curves
• Experience working with or creating a motion design language
• Experience working on a collaborative team and partnering directly with developers for design implementation
• Ability to organize projects and project files efficiently
• Knows how to give and receive constructive feedback, and how and when to defend design decisions

Responsibilities

• Bring digital design skills to both automotive and consumer experiences
• Create next-level in-vehicle digital experiences
• Think beyond ordinary to ship world-class products to world-leading organizations
• Collaborate with talented teams to create experiences that millions of people not only use — but love
• Launch digital products and services with world-leading organizations
• Work with the world’s most forward-thinking companies, including the likes of Netflix, Spotify, Ford, Asana, Tesla, The Academy of Motion Pictures, Dolby, Ancestry, Salesforce, and many others
• Work across diverse industries and across varying form factors, ranging from automotive, luxury, travel, operating systems, website ecosystems, design for voice, and artificial intelligence
• Craft experiences that people love
• Be a key member of the forward-looking team that is creating next-level in-vehicle digital experiences
• Work with outstanding coders and designers (2D, 3D, UX/UI) to conceive the sophisticated systems that infuse our entire vehicle ecosystems
• Engage, iterate, and innovate in a new and growing department that is at the forefront of revolutionizing the auto industry
• Inspire and elevate the team by producing work that constantly raises the bar and takes a people-first approach to solve problems
• Your work will allow our customers to feel delighted every time they use our products and services
• Create immersive pieces that celebrate and inform the beauty of our product and inspire engagement
• Craft motion behaviors, systems, and animations that orient, guide, and add delight for customers
• Produce motion studies for user flows, leadership presentations, and quickly iterate on multiple design solutions
• Lead the definition and communication of motion design best practices across various features
• Help shape the product vision by giving it life and tangible responsiveness
• Look for opportunities to solve problems in unique and innovative ways
• Help maintain visual and brand consistency between all products and outlets
• Present design work to multiple teams and senior leadership for review and feedback

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with 3D tools is a plus