As a Motion Lead within the Design System team, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to support strategic Design initiatives and deliver high-quality experiences across platforms and form factors. 

You help drive the vision of motion at the system level to be distrusted across all of PayPal’s brands. 

Meet our team

The Design System team is a think/make environment, driven to answer the why and how customers experience products and services. 

We use motion design principles and prototyping to guide early product development, bring greater clarity to engineering goals, adding to moments of delight, thoughtful micro interactions for customer confidence and unlock the power of visual storytelling through motion.   

Job Description

How you will add impact

You will be a key member of our diverse Experience Design team, leveraging your motion design expertise and research skills to inspire and influence across the company. 

We advocate for meaningful and engaging experiences for our diverse global customers, supporting each other, learning from challenges, and having fun along the way.   

Your day-to-day roles and responsibilities

• Motion design leadership: Implement best practices in motion design processes and methodologies to meet business and customer needs.   
• Guide motion design efforts: Collaborate with teams on strategy, planning, and removing blockers, while effectively presenting to senior staff and stakeholders.   
• Design system utilization: Leverage and expand the use of design systems, style guides, patterns, and assets in motion design deliverables.   
• Mentorship: Contribute to the wider design community by mentoring others and leveraging your strengths to support their growth.   
• Consistency in output: Ensure all motion design visuals and outputs align with the overall brand and strategic commitments.   
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with other Design team members (Research, Content Design, Design Operations, Branding) and Business and Engineering stakeholders.   
   

Responsibilities

• Composite and render motion graphics to support marketing and product needs.
• Utilize animation, production, live-action footage, editing, and sound design to execute projects.
• Create and revise the design of still frames and storyboards.
• Design visual boards for animation.
• Work with the product design team to craft UI motion behaviors and animations that orient, guide, and add delight for customers.
• Address all necessary feedback and follow up with the manager and our development team.
• Participate constructively in inter-department and cross-service line communications.
• Execute design work to ensure final deliverables meet PayPal standards. 

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6-8+ year years of experience in motion/animation, 3D rendering, and visual design.
• Is a master of Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) and Cinema 4D, Lottie as well as emerging interactive design trends.   
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of layout, typography, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design.
• Understands file compression, viewing specifications, and delivery of all media formats.
• Collaborated with Creative Directors, Art Directors, and Copywriters to develop stories and create storyboards and design elements.
• You have executed original motion graphics, animations, and visual effects for content on all media channels.
• Experience concepting unique ideas for video and motion graphic assignments and advertising campaigns.
• A high level of craft and attention to detail is required.
• Excellent time management with strong organizational, communication, and conceptual thinking skills.
• An ability to explore multiple solutions for complex problems.   
• Team player and self-starter with a hunger for collaboration across all disciplines of design, marketing, product, and engineering.   
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• Solid understanding of HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
• A portfolio of relevant design work is required for consideration. It should demonstrate your contributions to motion and visual design.
• Hard worker with a heavy dose of humility.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary and benefits package
• Excellent opportunities for career growth and development
• Work with a talented and passionate team
• Make a real impact on the world

How to apply

Please submit your resume and portfolio.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply

Additional Job Description:

The U.S. national annual pay range for this role is $107,300 to $259,600

PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more.