Expedia Group is hiring: Senior Motion Designer in New York

Senior Motion Designer

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Base pay range
$187,000.00/yr - $261,500.00/yr

Why Join Us?
We shape the future of travel with an open culture focused on people, values, and belonging. We provide a full benefits package, travel perks, generous paid time‑off, parental leave, a flexible work model and career development resources.

Team Description
Our Traveler Brands Design team creates simple, human, distinctive experiences across Expedia, Vrbo and Hotels.com. You will bring our products to life through motion, animation and prototyping, driving delight and usability across product interfaces.

In This Role, You Will

• Design and prototype motion for product interfaces, from micro‑interactions to end‑to‑end flows.
• Translate brand identity into dynamic moments across web, mobile and emerging platforms.
• Partner with designers and engineers to ensure motion is feasible, performant and built with care.
• Collaborate with UX research and data teams to test and validate motion’s impact on engagement, comprehension and conversion.
• Define guidelines and principles for motion within our design system, including reusable motion tokens.
• Explore and integrate generative AI tools (e.g., Runway ML, Spline, Adobe Firefly) to accelerate motion ideation, prototyping, and production workflows.
• Design motion experiences that scale across platforms including AR/VR, wearables and voice interfaces.
• Lead motion design workshops and evangelize best practices across design, product and engineering teams.
• Contribute to critiques, mentoring and raising the bar for design craft across the team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field (Design, Human‑Computer Interaction, User Experience or similar) or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of product or motion design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates motion in shipped digital products.
• Expertise in After Effects, Principle, Framer or similar motion/prototyping tools.
• Skilled in Figma and able to integrate motion into design workflows.
• Strong sense of timing, rhythm and visual storytelling.
• Experience working with engineers to deliver production‑quality animations.
• Comfortable balancing creative experimentation with practical constraints.
• Familiarity with emerging AI‑assisted design tools and curiosity for leveraging them to enhance motion storytelling.
• Excited to make motion a core part of how travelers experience our brands.

Preferred Qualifications

• Systems thinker who can scale motion across a multi‑brand platform.
• Advocate for accessible and inclusive motion design.
• Collaborative partner who thrives in cross‑disciplinary teams.
• Detail‑oriented, hands‑on and driven by craft.
• Strategic thinker who connects motion design to business outcomes and user impact.

Accommodation Requests

If you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the Accommodation Request.

EEO Statement

Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status. This employer participates in E‑Verify.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology