Staff Product Motion Designer
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 192 - 259
Posted on:
19 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Why Harvey
At Harvey were transforming how legal and professional services operate not incrementally but end-to-end. By combining frontier agentic AI an enterprise-grade platform and deep domain expertise were reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1000 customers in 58 countries strong product-market fit and world-class investor support were scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious the bar is high and the opportunity for growth personal professional and financial is unmatched.
Our team is sharp motivated and deeply committed to the mission. We move fast operate with intensity and take real ownership of the problems we tackle from early thinking to long-term outcomes. We stay close to our customers from leadership to engineers and work together to solve real problems with urgency and care. If you thrive in ambiguity push for excellence and want to help shape the future of work alongside others who raise the bar we invite you to build with us.
At Harvey the future of professional services is being written today and were just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Staff UI Motion Designer you will define how motion shapes the experience of Harvey. Motion is not an afterthought. It is a core layer of the interface that guides users clarifies AI behavior expresses system state and reinforces confidence in complex flows. You will partner with product designers engineers AI researchers and brand to craft motion that is purposeful scalable and contextual across the platform.
In this role you will operate as both a strategic thinker and hands-on maker. You will establish motion standards that scale with product complexity advocate for motions role in user understanding and trust and deliver polished animations embedded throughout interactions where language AI reasoning and user control converge.
What Youll Do
Define and evolve motion principles patterns timing rules curves and easing standards that support clarity trust and comprehension of AI systems
Design prototype and ship high-fidelity ui motion that clarifies system state communicates progress and reduces cognitive load in complex workflows
Collaborate closely with product designers engineers and AI researchers to align motion with interaction intent and underlying system behavior
Influence product and engineering to prioritize motion design within the roadmap
Define and own motion guidelines and rules within the design system including reusable components documentation and implementation guidelines
Translate abstract AI behaviors such as inference reasoning waiting confirmation and error states into intuitive and legible motion
Advocate for motion quality during design reviews and product decisions balancing craft performance and scalability
What You Have
8 years of experience in UI motion design interaction design and animation
A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful motion design in complex product environments
Deep understanding of motion principles timing easing and how movement affects user perception cognition and trust
Experience building or contributing to motion systems that scale across products and teams
Fluency with modern motion and prototyping tools that translates to UI (ie Lottie and SVG animations)
Ability to clearly articulate motion decisions and tradeoffs to designers engineers and cross-functional partners and work closely with engineers on implementation
Comfort working in ambiguous problem spaces and shaping direction through experimentation and iteration
Why Motion Matters Here
In an AI-native product motion is a primary communication layer. it helps users understand what the system is doing what it is thinking and what will happen next. Well-designed motion conveys progress intention and confidence in moments where static UI falls short. It reduces friction increases trust and makes complex AI interactions feel understandable and controllable.
Compensation
$192000 - $259500 USD
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Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or related condition or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities and requests can be made by emailing
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- InVision
- Interaction Design
- Ux
- Usability
- Visual Design
- Design Thinking
- Zeplin
- User Research
- UI
- IOS
- Figma
- Sketch
About Company
Professional Class AI – Harvey is the platform built to meet the standards of the world’s leading professional service firms.
