Senior Motion Designer - Web & Mobile Apps, Advanced Team

Description
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
Compensation:

• The expected base compensation for this role is: ($125,200-192,700). Actual base compensation within the identified range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
• Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
• Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.

GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)
This role is based remotely, but if the selected candidate lives within a specific mile radius of a GM hub, they will be expected to report to the location three times a week {or other frequency dictated by your manager}.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
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