Staff Motion Designer, Design Innovation

📋 Description

• Define and evolve Pinterest’s motion design language – principles, interaction and transition
• Lead motion direction for flagship and AI-forward experiences, using motion to clarify state, cause
• Partner horizontally with product designers, engineers, product managers, researchers, and content
• Turn high-craft explorations into scalable design system contributions that reduce ad hoc
• Rapidly prototype and validate motion ideas using the right medium – motion studies, design tools
• Work closely with engineering throughout implementation to solve technically ambitious animation

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in motion design, product design, interaction design, or a closely related
• A staff/principal-level track record of influencing horizontally across teams, shaping a product or
• Deep command of motion and interaction design principles, including timing, choreography, easing
• Experience creating or materially evolving scalable motion systems, such as principles, token sets
• Demonstrated experience partnering closely with engineers to implement complex motion; practical
• A design technologist mindset: comfortable using prototyping tools, AI, and code or technical

🎁 Benefits

• In-office requirements support: occasional in-person collaboration 1-2 times every 6 months, with
• PinFlex work model and flexible environment to do your best work.
• Opportunities to work with AI-enabled tools and cutting-edge motion tech to accelerate ideation and
• Inclusive, collaborative culture with a strong commitment to design quality and system-level impact.