UI/UX Designer & Animator — Job Description

Summary

Designs intuitive, accessible user interfaces and engaging motion/animation that enhance user experience, communicate brand, and improve usability across web and mobile products.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead user‑centered design: user research, personas, user journeys, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Design high‑fidelity UI visuals, components, and design systems consistent with brand and accessibility guidelines.
• Create motion design and animations (micro‑interactions, transitions, onboarding flows, data visualizations) to improve usability and delight users.
• Produce interactive prototypes for usability testing and stakeholder review using tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Principle, or Framer.
• Conduct usability studies, heuristic evaluations, and A/B tests; synthesize findings into actionable design improvements.
• Collaborate with product managers, developers, researchers, and visual designers to define requirements and ensure design feasibility.
• Translate design into implementation: provide specs, motion assets, Lottie/JSON animations, and CSS/JS guidance; review front‑end implementation for fidelity.
• Maintain and evolve component libraries, motion guidelines, and documentation for cross‑team reuse.
• Advocate for accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices; ensure designs meet performance and responsiveness constraints.
• Stay current with UX trends, interaction patterns, and animation techniques; propose new patterns where beneficial.
• Mentor junior designers and animators; participate in design critiques and cross‑functional reviews.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, HCI, Animation, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years combined experience in UI/UX design and motion/animation for digital products (adjust by level).
• Strong portfolio demonstrating UX process, visual design, and motion/animation work.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, Principle, Framer).
• Experience creating production‑ready animations (Lottie/Bodymovin, JSON exports) and handing off to developers.
• Solid understanding of HTML/CSS/JS basics and how animations are implemented on the web/mobile.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
• Strong user research, information architecture, and interaction design skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with motion design tools (After Effects, Lottie, Rive) and animation systems for mobile (Android, iOS) or web.
• Familiarity with front‑end frameworks (React, Flutter) and animation libraries (Framer Motion, GSAP).
• Experience building or maintaining design systems and component libraries.
• Background in illustration, 3D, or kinetic typography for advanced interaction design.
• Experience with analytics and experimentation (Amplitude, Mixpanel, Optimizely) to measure UX impact.

Competencies & Soft Skills

• Empathy and user advocacy.
• Visual sensibility and attention to motion timing, easing, and choreography.
• Pragmatic approach balancing polish with performance and engineering constraints.
• Strong storytelling and ability to present design rationale to stakeholders.
• Mentorship and collaboration mindset.

Pay: $45.26 – $78.47 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Salary packaging

Work Location: On the road