About the Role
As a Staff Product Designer specializing in visual and motion design, you will lead the creation and implementation of design systems that define the look, feel, and interactive behaviors of complex software products. You will own the visual and motion standards, ensuring they are precise, scalable, and seamlessly integrated into engineering workflows. This role offers the opportunity to influence how thousands of screens communicate hierarchy, feedback, and brand personality through deliberate design. Ideal candidates have a keen eye for detail, a deep understanding of motion and visual principles, and the ability to translate design craft into a robust system used across diverse product experiences. You will mentor other designers, collaborate with engineering teams, and set benchmarks that elevate overall product quality.
Accountabilities
- Define and maintain the visual specifications of the design system, including typography, color, grids, spacing, iconography, and data visualization standards.
- Establish motion and interaction frameworks, including timing, easing, transitions, and animation behaviors, ensuring consistency across all product interfaces.
- Translate brand direction into component-ready specifications with clear rationale and measurable quality criteria.
- Collaborate with engineering to ensure technical feasibility, performance, and fidelity of visual and motion implementations.
- Set quality benchmarks, conduct polish reviews, and enforce guardrails for visual and motion consistency.
- Mentor and guide design teams on visual rigor, motion fundamentals, and system thinking.
- Create patterns for dynamic, AI-aware product behaviors, ensuring visual and motion clarity in adaptive workflows.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product design with deep expertise in visual systems, motion design, and UI craft for complex software.
- Proven ability to define design standards that are technically detailed, implementation-ready, and scalable across large product ecosystems.
- Proficiency in Figma (tokens, component architecture, variables) and advanced prototyping tools (After Effects, Principle, Framer, Lottie).
- Strong understanding of dynamic, automated, or AI-driven product behaviors and how visual/motion cues communicate system state.
- Exceptional attention to detail, visual precision, and motion clarity, demonstrated through a portfolio focused on product interfaces.
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and mentorship skills.
- Bonus: Experience with enterprise, cybersecurity, DevOps, or data platforms; familiarity with code-based motion frameworks; understanding of accessibility and performance considerations.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off and 3 global self-care days annually.
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage from day one.
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support; paid volunteer time.
- 24/7 virtual veterinary care via AirVet.
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental insurance options.
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting.
- Professional training and education through courses, workshops, and mentorship programs.
- Fully remote work in eligible U.S. states.
- Competitive base salary: $174,200—$248,900 USD OTE.
