Motion and Visual Designer, YouTube — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
4 years of motion design experience in product design, UX design, or UX/UI animation.
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Define and implement the look and feel of Google products through motion design.
- Provide patterns, best practices and guidance on animation and transitions for different devices (such as TV, tablets, wearables, mobile, etc.) and platforms (such as web, Android, iOS, etc.).
- 4 years of motion design experience in product design, UX design, or UX/UI animation.
Main responsibilities
- Define and implement the look and feel of Google products through motion design.
- Provide patterns, best practices and guidance on animation and transitions for different devices (such as TV, tablets, wearables, mobile, etc.) and platforms (such as web, Android, iOS, etc.).
- Create high quality design proposals and drive projects from concept to iterations and implementation.
Key requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of motion design experience in product design, UX design, or UX/UI animation.
- Experience in motion design related to physics, patterns, and visual design elements.
- Experience with Lottie or Bodymovin export workflows, JSON data structures, and the rendering limits of mobile and web frameworks (CSS/SVG/Canvas).
- Experience documenting motion values (e.g., easing, duration, choreography) into design tokens and component libraries.
- Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).
Application process
- As a Motion Designer, you’ll apply your passion for animation to simplify complex interactions and solve challenging design problems.
Company and context
- 2 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization.
- 1 year of experience leading design projects.
- Experience designing motion for conversational AI, generative AI, or agentic workflows (shimmers, stateful transitions, contextual prompts).
- Proficiency with modern prototyping tools (Claude code, ProtoPie, Rive, Framer, or basic code/shaders).
- Working familiarity with 3D tools (Cinema 4D, Blender) for generating dimensional assets and ambient lighting effects. 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.
Additional details
- Working familiarity with 3D tools (Cinema 4D, Blender) for generating dimensional assets and ambient lighting effects.
Notes and original content
- About the job
- Responsibilities
Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 73'500 - 111'500 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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