Meta is hiring: Motion Designer | MV Creative in Seattle

Meta is committed to accelerating the development of fundamental technologies, social platforms, and creative tools to bring the Metaverse to life. We envision the Metaverse as a platform for unparalleled social experiences, and we are dedicated to realizing its full potential. Our vision is to foster fearless creativity that shapes the future of connection. With some of the industry’s top talent, we create purposeful and beautiful work. We prioritize attracting and nurturing world-class talent, emphasizing diversity, community, and career development.

As a Motion Artist within the HorizonOS Metaverse Pillar, you will be responsible for shaping the motion language of immersive experiences in real-time environments. Your work will bring clarity, humanity, and inspiration to key moments while also infusing delight and magic into our experiences. Motion plays a fundamental role in enhancing spatial interactions, storytelling, and the emotional impact of our products, and you will be at the forefront of defining how it elevates our platform.

Responsibilities

1. Establish and evolve the motion language for immersive experiences, ensuring it enhances clarity, emotion, and engagement in spatial environments.
2. Lead the development of motion systems that scale across real-time platforms, enhancing interaction, environmental storytelling, and expressive moments.
3. Define best practices and guidelines for motion in real-time spatial experiences, ensuring consistency and quality across all applications.
4. Collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Engineers, and other artists to bring motion seamlessly into our real-time platforms.
5. Advocate for motion as a key artistic pillar, ensuring it brings delight, humanity, and a sense of magic to our experiences.
6. Drive cross-functional collaborations to ensure motion is implemented optimally in real-time environments, leveraging Unity and future platforms.
7. Work hands-on in Unity, creating real-time motion assets and animations that enhance interactive and environmental elements.
8. Spearhead exploratory motion research and prototyping to push the boundaries of real-time and generative animation.
9. Utilize scripting and procedural animation techniques to automate, enhance, and optimize motion workflows for real-time applications.
10. Explore emerging motion techniques in spatial computing, including physics-based animation, generative motion, and AI-driven animation systems.
11. Provide thought leadership on motion in immersive spaces, influencing how it enhances presence, expression, and storytelling.
12. Mentor and guide other motion artists, fostering innovation and artistic quality.

Minimum Qualifications

1. 8+ years of experience in motion graphics, animation, or a related field, with a focus on real-time and spatial experiences.
2. Expertise in real-time workflows, particularly Unity, and a willingness to adapt to emerging platforms.
3. Proven understanding of motion in immersive environments, including spatial animation, interaction feedback, and environmental motion.
4. Proven knowledge of timing, weight, and physics-based motion, ensuring fluid and natural interactions in real-time environments.
5. Proven experience in creating scalable motion systems, balancing artistic quality and performance constraints.
6. Cross-functional collaboration experience, working closely with engineers and creative teams to implement motion in complex product ecosystems.
7. Experience to create high-quality motion assets optimized for real-time rendering, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
8. Proven leadership and mentorship experience, helping teams develop best practices for motion in spatial computing.
9. Proven communication skills, experience articulating artistic vision and motion concepts to interdisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience creating motion for VR/MR or immersive platforms, with a proven understanding of spatial interaction principles.
2. Knowledge of procedural animation, physics-driven motion, or AI-assisted animation techniques.
3. Background in cinematography, interactive storytelling, or expressive animation, bringing a unique perspective to motion in immersive experiences.
4. Familiarity with shader programming, generative animation, or adaptive motion systems for real-time environments.

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

$149,000/year to $205,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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