Senior Motion Designer – Web & Mobile Apps, Advanced Team
Work Arrangement
This role is categorized as remote or hybrid to Warren, MI or
Sunnyvale, CA or Mountain View, CA. Remote candidates will be
considered.
· If you live within 50 miles of a GM hub location (San Francisco Bay
Area, CA or Warren, MI), you are expected to report to the office
three times per week, or other frequency dictated by the business.
· If you live outside a 50-mile radius of these locations, please still
apply.
The Role
As a Senior Motion Designer within the HID Advanced Team, you will
define how motion brings GM’s digital experiences to life across web,
app, and emerging platforms. This is a senior individual contributor role
where craft is strategy — your motion systems, interaction behaviors,
and visual language will shape how customers perceive and experience
GM products.
You will operate at the intersection of design, technology, and
storytelling — creating motion frameworks that scale across platforms
while pushing the boundaries of visual innovation. From real-time
rendering to procedural systems and physics-based simulations, your
work will elevate the emotional resonance and performance of GM’s
digital ecosystem.
Beyond execution, you will act as a craft leader — setting standards for
motion excellence, mentoring designers, and influencing product
direction through the clarity and sophistication of your work.
What You’ll Do
· Design and produce advanced motion graphics, procedural
animations, particle systems, and simulations.
· Build dynamic, data-driven visuals using tools such as Houdini,
Maya, Cinema 4D, or similar.
· Prototype and deliver motion optimized for real-time deployment
and performance constraints.
· Explore emerging technologies including GPU-driven visuals, AI-
generated motion, custom shaders, and novel rendering
techniques.
· Experiment with new visual languages that differentiate GM’s
digital presence.
· Balance expressive ambition with accessibility, inclusivity, and
usability standards.
· Elevate the overall bar for visual quality, interaction refinement,
and brand expression across the organization.
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
· 7+ years experience in node-based animation, motion graphics, VFX,
compositing and 3D.
· Strong fundamentals in physics-based animation and simulation
theory.
· Experience in building sophisticated particles, fluid and dynamic
data-driven simulations using Houdini, Maya or similar
software/tools.
· Experience with Python or similar scripting
· Proficiency in After Effects, Maya, Cinema 4D, or other 3D software.
· Proficiency in one of the rendering engines like Octane, Arnold,
RedShift.
· Ability to translate creative intent into robust procedural systems.
· Good foundation and understanding of animation principles.
· Excellent collaborative skills.
· Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight
schedules and work independently with little directions.
· Effective time management with an ability to spearhead multiple
projects and work independently.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
· Passionate and curious about pushing graphical boundaries and
experimenting with new visual languages and AI generative tools
· Knowledge of GPU-driven visuals, custom rendering pipelines, and/or
novel graphical techniques
· Experience in building VFX which are optimized for real-time engine
deployment.
· Understanding of shader programming and real-time rendering
pipelines a plus.
· Experience with Design in web, mobile UI and prototyping is a plus.
GM Values & Behaviors
This role models GM’s values — Customers, Excellence, Relationships,
Truth — and demonstrates GM Behaviors:
· Win with integrity
· Innovate & embrace change
· Move with urgency
· Lead as one team
· Commit to customers
· Speak fearlessly
· Be inclusive
· Own the outcome
