Motion Designer

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut, and Pico, as well as platforms specific to the China market, such as Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover, and connect. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity, and enrich life. As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people, leading with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make an impact in a rapidly growing tech company.

Responsibilities

• Define the dynamic design language for the ecosystem, covering state changes, transitions, feedback, and AI behavioral expressions.
• Design motion solutions for AI products and system-level experiences, making motion an integral part of the product interaction.
• Create natural and semantic feedback for AI Assistants, Agent workflows, and multimodal interaction scenarios.
• Build system motion specifications, including principles, rhythm, easing, and implementation standards.
• Collaborate with UX, UI, and Engineering to ensure motion concepts are accurately implemented in live products.
• Lead motion explorations for future concepts and high-impact product demonstrations.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in motion design, interaction animation, or related fields.
• Exceptional sense of rhythm, timing, and physics-based motion with the ability to explain the rationale behind motion designs.
• Proficiency in motion tools such as After Effects, Figma, ProtoPie, Rive, Lottie, or Blender.
• Ability to work with engineers to define motion parameters and performance boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Animation, Graphic Design, Digital Media, or a related field.
• Experience in mobile OS motion, AI product feedback systems, or real-time graphics.
• Strong prototyping skills to quickly validate dynamic experiences.

Benefits

• Day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year, and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
• Eligibility for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives and restricted stock units.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $121,600 - $208,800 annually. Compensation may vary depending on qualifications, skills, competencies, experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package, which may also include bonuses, incentives, and restricted stock units.