Senior UX Motion Designer, Android

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in motion design, animation, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in product design or UX, with 3 years of experience in UX motion design.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link and/or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
• 2 years of experience leading design projects.
• Experience with 3D and vector animation (e.g., Lottie).
• Experience with motion graphics software (e.g., Adobe After Effects, Figma, etc.).
• Solid understanding of motion design principles and techniques.

About the job

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.

The Android Motion Team is a core UX discipline group inside Android that works cross-functionally across many features and programs. In this role, you will partner with interaction and visual designers, UX researchers, UX writers and engineers to concept, animate and implement motion experiences on a device.

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.

Responsibilities

• Work with product managers, UX designers, and engineers to create high quality motion flows and define system patterns that enhance the Android user experience.
• Develop and execute motion artifacts from start to finish, including concepting, animating, presenting and spec'ing.
• Collaborate with other designers and UXers to create cohesive, intuitive user journeys.
• Work independently and as part of a team to meet deadlines and deliver high-fidelity work.
• Audit quality, submit bugs and triage motion issues in prototypes and pre-release builds.