Motion Specialist
Motion Specialist
Metalab
Remote
Level
Midweight
Salary
Not Specified
Closing Date
11th July 2026
Contract
Full Time
ABOUT
Metalab is a world-renowned digital product design agency that helps ambitious startups and global brands create products people love. Since 2006, they've partnered with companies like Slack, Google, Uber, Headspace, and Coinbase to design, build, and launch category-defining digital experiences. With expertise spanning product strategy, UX/UI design, branding, and engineering, Metalab is known for turning complex ideas into intuitive, beautifully crafted products.
ROLE OVERVIEW
Metalab are open to remote candidates for this role.
Folks who specialize in motion design at Metalab are called Motion Designers. Regardless of the title, these individuals play a critical role in elevating the quality, feel and clarity of the products Metalab creates.
Motion Designers bring interfaces to life through animation, interaction design, and motion systems thinking. They create experiences that guide users, communicate intent, reinforce brand personality, and make complex interactions feel intuitive and seamless.
From early concepting and storyboarding to polished animations and interaction flows, you’re able to craft inspirational work that helps teams align around how a product should feel in motion. Whether creating production-ready assets or defining motion direction for engineering teams, you bring clarity to interaction behavior, pacing, transitions, and overall product feel throughout the design and development process.
You approach motion through the lens of user experience first by balancing timing, movement, delight, and interaction design with usability, accessibility, and product goals. You help define motion principles, interaction patterns, and scalable motion systems across key product experiences.
ROLE RESPONSBILITIES
Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, producers, and stakeholders to identify opportunities where motion can improve usability, communication, and overall product experience.
Create high-quality animations, interaction flows, transition concepts, and motion studies that elevate the overall product experience.
Partner closely with engineers to communicate motion intent clearly and ensure thoughtful, high-quality implementation in production.
Translate business goals and product strategy into motion concepts and interaction systems that improve clarity, usability, and flow.
Communicate nuanced motion decisions clearly across disciplines, advocating for thoughtful interaction design throughout the product development process.
Bring client brands to life within digital products while expanding and extending existing visual systems through motion.
Help improve internal motion workflows, tooling, and processes that accelerate quality and collaboration.
Help promote an inspiring, collaborative and inclusive environment for the team.
Mentor and support other Motion Designers through feedback, collaboration and craft leadership.
REQUIREMENTS
3+ years of motion design experience at a studio, product company, digital agency, or as a freelancer
Strong portfolio demonstrating motion craft, interaction thinking, and product sensibility
Strong understanding of UX, interaction design, and user-centered thinking
Ability to translate complex ideas into intuitive, polished motion experiences
Experience communicating motion intent and interaction behavior clearly to engineering teams
Strong visual design instincts with sensitivity to timing, pacing, composition, and movement
Ability to give and receive thoughtful feedback in collaborative environments
Proficiency with Figma, Lottie/Bodymovin, and motion design workflows
Experience with tools such as Rive, Spline, After Effects, or Cinema 4D is a plus
Familiarity with front-end implementation or creative development is a strong bonus
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Research shows that women and other marginalized groups tend to only apply for a job when they meet every single criteria. Does this role sound like it was made for you, yet you don’t check every box? Reach out anyway! Metalab are an equal opportunity employer and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for employees from all walks of life. They hire based on talent, and are proud of their global perspective.
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