Technical Motion Designer (Rive / Front-End Focus)

Our client, a Top Fortune Tech Company, is looking to hire a (Technical Motion Designer) in (Seattle, WA).

Pay Rate Range
$50-$60/hr on W2, depending on experience

Responsibilities
We’re looking for someone who lives at the intersection of motion design and front-end engineering. This isn’t a traditional motion role. It’s closer to a front-end engineer who deeply understands motion—someone who can build, structure, and ship interactive animations using Rive in real products. You’ll work on expressive, real-time motion systems—not just exporting animations, but designing how motion behaves, responds, and scales in code.

Build and implement interactive animations using Rive across product surfaces

Translate motion concepts into production-ready assets

Own animation logic, state machines, and databinds inside Rive

Optimize for performance, scalability, and reusability

Help define best practices for how motion is built and implemented with Rive

Build tools that can be used by designers to modify Rive files at runtime

Requirements

Strong front-end engineering skills (JavaScript/TypeScript preferred)

Experience with Rive, including: State machines, Advanced databinds and logic, Complex, interactive animation systems

Solid understanding of animation principles (timing, easing, choreography)

Experience integrating animation into real products—not just prototypes

Comfortable working between design and engineering teams

Ability to debug, iterate, and refine motion directly in code

Nice to Have

Experience with React, React Native, or similar frameworks

Familiarity with animation tools like After Effects (but not required)

Experience building design systems or reusable motion systems

Interest in real-time, interactive, or generative animation

Benefits
Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment
Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates
Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.

#J-18808-Ljbffr