Motion Designer

1 month ago

San Francisco, California, United States Amazon Music Full time
Motion Designer - Amazon Music, Amazon Music Brand Creative


Do you enjoy and excel at tapping into customers' passions, emotions and cultural connections? Are you interested in bringing the Amazon Music brand to life for our customers? Does playing an integral role in shaping the future of music & podcasts excite you? We are looking for an experienced Motion Designer looking to flex their ability to delight customers with their innovative and engaging motion design concepts and execution while working alongside and learning from other top tier Art Directors, Designers, and Content Creators as well as world-class Marketers, Product Mangers, and Engineers.

Key job responsibilities

  • Creating a vision for bringing the Amazon Music brand to life using motion and storytelling.
  • Crafting motion UX behaviors, systems and animations that orient, guide and add delight for customers
  • Executing motion design deliverables, translating project briefs and balancing against brand book and creative style guides.
  • Producing a high volume of assets that can be used across mediums social, display ads, events/experiential venues, and OOH.
  • Driving the development and communication of design guidelines, patterns, and libraries.
  • Editing provided footage and material, while raising the bar on the final outputs.
  • Work strategically with other design leaders and team members across the organization.
A day in the life


In this role, you will always be steadfastly advocating for our customers, who are music & podcast fans from around the globe, and the Amazon Music brand.

You will be involved in projects from concept through delivery, spanning creative thinking and brainstorming, pitching, concept sketching, creating templates for best practices and scale, submitting final deliverables and taking a leadership role in our design community.

To succeed you will ideate on motion concepts, execute those concepts, and iterate in collaboration with your incredibly talented peers and business partners.

You will work with a team that is filled with top talent, is fun, driven, and that holds itself to a high bar for the customer facing experiences we deliver.

About the team

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators.

From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture.

We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service:

Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices.

Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale. Learn more at


The Amazon Music Brand Creative Team collaborates across all facets of Amazon Music, crafting diverse products, visual experiences, and assets.

Within this team, the Motion Team specializes in designing motion solutions for two critical areas:
product design and creative marketing initiatives.

In product design, our primary focus lies in crafting immersive and user-friendly experiences. We specialize in designing UI animations, transitions, and dynamic elements that elevate branding, usability, and overall user satisfaction.


On the creative marketing front, we specialize in directing and producing motion-based content tailored for diverse promotional channels such as OOH, social media, landing pages, and banner ads.

Our goal here is to create captivating videos and animations that effectively convey a brand's message, resonate with the target audience, and achieve specific marketing objectives.


Because of our unique position and our involvement in projects spanning from product development to marketing execution, we have the opportunity to contribute to our design organization's vision of delivering a cohesive end-to-end customer experience (E2ECX).

By leveraging motion design consistently across both realms, we enhance the overall experience and ensure a seamless and cohesive journey for our customers.

Work/Life Harmony


Our team is focused on balancing life with our work, and we do this via work autonomy and by putting focus on prioritizing solutions and processes that enable us to scale.

While there may be an opportunity to work from an office (location dependent), working remotely is supported, and often times encouraged.

Work hours are flexible and typically self-defined.

Mentorship & Career Growth


One of the most exciting aspects of being on the Amazon Music creative team is the opportunity to partner closely with professionals across the full organization.

The fast-paced, collaborative environment means you'll be working alongside music industry, product design, marketing, and creative rock stars who can help you accelerate your career, stretch your skills, and bring new ideas to market.

Qualifications

  • An exceptional portfolio that demonstrates experience creating innovative usercentered motion design solutions.
  • 5 years' experience in a deadlinedriven environment, preferably in a creative agency or production company.
  • 2 years' experience with wide range of motion design tools such as Figma, Lottie,

Adobe Creative Cloud:
Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other animation tools.

  • 2 years' experience in video editorial using filmmaking principles (story, timing, traditional use of perspective, etc.) and visual design for graphic integration (typography, composition, color, etc.).

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