UX Motion Designer, Pixel

At Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information. **Minimum qualifications**: - Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 6 years of experience in product design or UX. - Experience in Motion design related to physics, patterns, and visual design elements. - Portfolio highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions. **Preferred qualifications**: - 3 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization. - 2 years of experience leading design projects or 1 year of experience working with executive leaders. - Experience using motion to reduce perceived latency. - Experience using animation tools (e.g., After Effects). - Knowledge of basic principles of animation. - Ability to fuse creativity and code to deliver interactions, using motion to a narrative effect and understanding the future of interactive motion. **About the job**: 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. The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world. **Responsibilities**: - Define and implement the Google products through motion design. - Collaborate with the Material Design Motion team and Android Motion team to make sure motion design style and quality are aligned. - Create high quality design proposals and drive projects from concept to iterations and implementation. - Provide patterns, exceptional practices and guidance on animation and transitions for different devices (e.g., TV, tablets, wearable, mobile) and platforms (e.g., web, Android, iOS). Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.