Staff Motion Designer, Product Creative

About the team:

Robinhood is looking for a Motion Designer to join our Product Creative team and focus on crafting sophisticated motion experiences and animations for consumer-facing in-app experiences. Ideally, you have an incredible eye for detail and proficiency in Lottie, Rive, Cinema 4D, After Effects, and more. Involvement is essential in all phases of the design process, including product thinking, concept development, storyboarding, animation, implementation planning and quality assurance. Working across Robinhood's growing suite of consumer products means your work will span across data visualizations, illustrations, 3D renders, component behaviors, micro-interactions and transitions. You will act as both a hands-on motion designer and conceptual leader on each project. You are a curious person and a strategic problem solver, quickly understanding the user and the Robinhood brand, as well as identifying potential creative opportunities.

The preferred location for this position is in or around Robinhood's offices in Menlo Park/CA or New York/NY, with in-office work capabilities, as may be required by management.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

• Help drive and maintain Robinhood’s visual language and product experience across iOS, Android, and Web
• Working with the design team to complete compelling, high-quality motion designs and animations.
• Assisting the product design and engineering team on a range of outputs, ensuring all motion implementations are on brand and follow RH design standards.
• Contributing to the creative direction of new product launches and improvements.
• Crafting and editing animated pieces that strongly communicate product goals and concept.
• Conceptualizing visual concepts/themes/directions and refining design work
• Acting upon critique and design feedback while maintaining project timelines on track and showing progress
• QA and reviewing of final output and source files
• Define thoughtful interaction patterns that exemplify the Robinhood brand
• Craft detailed yet approachable documentation such as usage guidelines or implementation details
• Think holistically about the user experience and product ecosystem
• Understand user needs via research and testing
• Think in terms of scalability, consistency, and accessibility

About you:

• 7+ years of experience building excellent consumer products as a Motion Designer
• A reel/portfolio of product work demonstrating an outstanding design craft and narrative clarity.
• Proficient in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Octane, Lottie, and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Outstanding portfolio, showcasing sophisticated animation, concept, strong visual design, color, layout, and typography.
• Ability to generate a diverse array of designs and animations in response to a design brief.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work creatively under pressure with careful attention to detail.
• Portfolio with a strong body of work that demonstrates passion for their craft
• Experience building design systems or libraries for consumer facing products
• Experience using prototyping and user testing to make design decisions
• Enjoy working with cross-functional partners — particularly engineering
• Thoughtful about inclusive design and accessibility
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Expert level skills in Figma

Bonus points:

• Experience collaborating closely with Marketing or Creative teams
• Experience developing, maintaining or contributing to product Design Systems.
• Front-end development skills
• UX prototyping skills
• Keeps up with the latest/greatest from the design systems community
• Experience working both in-house and at creative studios
• Experience working alongside a product team with engineers and product managers