Motion Designer, Google Home

Google•Mountain View, CA

4d•$129,000 - $185,000

About The Position

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. As a Motion Designer on the Google Home UX Studio team, you will be responsible for creating the motion language for the entire Google Home ecosystem, including apps, smart hubs, and Nest devices. You will work separately on motion design for new features, create high-fidelity prototypes, and contribute to the evolution of the Google Home motion design system to ensure a cohesive user experience. The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of motion design experience in product design, UX design, or UX/UI animation.
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 or access instructions).

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
1 year of experience leading design projects.

Responsibilities

Define and implement the look and feel of Google products through motion design.
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.