Technical Motion Designer

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$ Hourly

up to $63.87/hr

Start Date:

May 20, 2026

Aquent is partnering with a leading global technology company to find a Technical Motion Designer for a high-visibility product design team. This role is ideal for someone who sits at the intersection of motion design, product UX, and front-end implementation.

This is not a traditional motion graphics role. The right person will build interactive animation systems for real product experiences, not just create static exports or concept work. You will help shape how motion behaves, responds, and scales across digital product surfaces while partnering closely with design and engineering teams.
What You'll Do

• Build and implement interactive animations across product surfaces using a real-time animation platform
• Translate motion concepts into production-ready assets
• Own animation logic, state machines, and data binding within interactive animation files
• Optimize motion systems for performance, scalability, and reusability
• Partner with visual designers, motion designers, and engineers to bring product experiences to life
• Help define best practices for how motion is built and implemented
• Support tools and workflows that allow designers to modify animation files at runtime

Must-Have Qualifications

• 7 to 10+ years of experience in motion design, UX motion, product design, creative technology, front-end animation, or a related field
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience with Rive or a comparable real-time interactive animation platform, with Rive strongly preferred/required for this role.
• Experience designing and implementing state machines
• Experience using advanced data binding, logic, and complex interactive animation systems
• Strong understanding of animation principles, including timing, easing, choreography, and interaction behavior
• Experience integrating animation into real products, not just prototypes
• Strong front-end engineering skills, preferably with JavaScript or Type Script
• Ability to collaborate effectively across design and engineering teams
• Ability to debug, iterate, and refine motion in a technical product environment
• Portfolio or work examples showing interactive animation, product motion, technical motion, or motion systems

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with React, React Native, or similar front-end frameworks
• Familiarity with traditional motion tools such as After Effects
• Experience building design systems or reusable motion systems
• Interest in real-time, interactive, or generative animation
• Experience creating scalable motion tools, workflows, or runtime modification systems

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Client Description

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