Hybrid Staff Product Motion Designer

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About the role

  • Staff UI Motion Designer shaping purposeful motion for AI-native products at Harvey. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience and trust through design standards.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve motion principles, patterns, timing rules, curves, and easing standards that support clarity, trust, and comprehension of AI systems
  • Design, prototype, and ship high-fidelity ui motion that clarifies system state, communicates progress, and reduces cognitive load in complex workflows
  • Collaborate closely with product designers, engineers, and AI researchers to align motion with interaction intent and underlying system behavior
  • Influence product and engineering to prioritize motion design within the roadmap
  • Define and own motion guidelines and rules within the design system, including reusable components, documentation, and implementation guidelines
  • Translate abstract AI behaviors such as inference, reasoning, waiting, confirmation, and error states into intuitive and legible motion
  • Advocate for motion quality during design reviews and product decisions, balancing craft, performance, and scalability

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in UI motion design, interaction design, and animation
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful motion design in complex product environments
  • Deep understanding of motion principles, timing, easing, and how movement affects user perception, cognition, and trust
  • Experience building or contributing to motion systems that scale across products and teams
  • Fluency with modern motion and prototyping tools that translates to UI (ie Lottie and SVG animations)
  • Ability to clearly articulate motion decisions and tradeoffs to designers, engineers, and cross-functional partners, and work closely with engineers on implementation
  • Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and shaping direction through experimentation and iteration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
  • Flexible PTO
  • Offers Equity
  • Offers Bonus

Job title

Staff Product Motion Designer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$192,000 - $259,500 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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