Expedia Group
Expedia Group
Expedia Group is a global travel technology company operating across the hospitality, logistics, and travel sectors. Through brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Travelocity, Egencia, Hotwire, Orbitz, eBookers, CheapTickets, CarRentals, Expedia Cruises, Wotif, and Trivago, it helps travelers discover and book flights, stays, car rentals, cruises, and other travel experiences. Its technology supports more than 200 websites across over 70 countries, combining data, artificial intelligence, and digital customer conversations to improve trip planning and booking. Expedia Group also provides partners with the tools, insights, and infrastructure they need to develop and manage their travel businesses.

Director, Principal Motion Designer

Lead motion design across Expedia’s travel products and brand campaigns, shaping a consistent motion language. Partner with product design, engineering, marketing, and storytelling teams to bring motion into customer experiences.

Description

  • Shape and evolve Expedia Design’s motion language.
  • Set motion principles, patterns, and guidance for Expedia products.
  • Integrate motion into the design system for consistent, scalable use.
  • Create interface animations, from transitions and micro-interactions to state changes, loading and success states, and moments of delight.
  • Prototype motion concepts and champion animation that improves usability.
  • Write implementation-ready specifications for timing, easing, springs, choreography, and triggers across iOS, Android, and web.
  • Work with engineers on implementation and review builds against the design intent.
  • Guide teams on implementation options, including native animation frameworks, Lottie, Rive, and CSS or JavaScript animation.
  • Design, produce, or direct sizzle reels, product launch videos, promotional work, and storytelling content.
  • Develop concepts, storyboards, and narratives, guiding them through production with internal teams and external partners.
  • Act as Expedia Design’s motion specialist and advocate for quality.
  • Mentor designers and partners while growing motion design skills across the organization.
  • Shape product leadership, brand, and marketing teams’ understanding of motion’s role.
  • Set and advance customer experience strategy across the organization.
  • Lead as a player-coach, staying hands-on in design.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in design, motion, HCI, user experience, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5–10 years of experience in product design or a related discipline, including leadership of large-scale teams.
  • Ability to create engineering-ready motion specifications and hand them off across iOS, Android, and web.
  • Deep expertise in UI motion design, demonstrated through a portfolio of polished, purposeful product animation.
  • Strong working knowledge of implementing motion in code across different technology stacks.
  • Advanced skills with industry-standard motion and prototyping tools, such as After Effects, Figma, Principle, Rive, and Lottie workflows, or equivalent tools.
  • Experience designing, producing, or directing editorial motion work, including brand films, sizzle videos, and promotional content.
  • Strong storytelling, art direction, timing, rhythm, and craft skills.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing senior cross-functional partners.
  • Experience raising a team’s or organization’s craft through mentorship, standards, or leadership.
  • Ability to define and advance customer experience strategy across an organization.
  • Ability to work as a player-coach.
  • Experience incorporating customer insights, data, and AI-driven systems into design solutions.
  • Preferred: 3D design skills using Cinema 4D or Blender.
  • Preferred: experience building or contributing to a motion system within a design system.
  • Preferred: experience in travel, consumer marketplaces, or high-volume consumer products.
  • Preferred: hands-on familiarity with front-end or native animation code.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Paid time off.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Wellness and travel reimbursement.
  • Travel discounts.
  • International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN) membership.
  • Accommodation or adjustment support during the recruiting process for disabilities.

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