Senior Product Designer

About Motion

Project management systems today are great at letting companies record their tasks, but place all of the burden on human project coordinators. These tools don’t know about the team’s time and resources and don’t have any intelligence — someone has to manually match tasks against their assumptions about the team’s capacity. Not only does this process waste precious company resources, it’s also error-prone and leads to overwork, missed deadlines, miscommunication, and micromanagement.

Motion is building the world’s most advanced project management system — one that doesn’t require a project coordinator manually tracking each task, but rather an intelligent system that can make sense of hundreds of tasks across dozens of projects and automatically coordinate them across every person on the team. Motion allows companies to focus on the work they need to do rather than wasting up to 50% of their resources on overhead.

Our users give us data on their workload (e.g. projects and tasks) and resources (employee roles, calendars, and schedules). Based on all this information, Motion makes intelligent decisions about how tasks should be executed — better than any human project coordinator. Teams that use Motion know what people are working on at any given time, when each task will be completed, and whether any tasks will fall behind schedule. The moment something changes, instead of the coordinator having to figure out all the cascading effects, Motion instantly creates a new optimized plan for the team.

Motion is the project management system of the future. We are growing extremely quickly, trusted by thousands of customers, have millions in revenue, near-infinite runway, and an exceptionally talented team.

Location: North America (Remote)

Compensation: $100k-$180k base salary, plus equity compensation

About the Hiring Manager

Hi, I’m Luis, Head of Product at Motion. My passion for design, user experience, and human-computer interaction has been the driving force in my career. I started my journey as a designer over 15 years ago while studying Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Boston University. I then went on to join Microsoft as a software engineer before transitioning into product management. I worked on advertising, stores, and was part of the founding team for Microsoft Teams. Later, I led Skype’s product management team before joining Motion, where I’m tackling the problem I’m most deeply passionate about: time.

I believe life is short, and if we can help every team be just a bit more productive, they can, in turn, leave their unique marks on the world.

My philosophy is simple: let people and companies focus on what they do best and let technology handle the rest.

The challenge we’re taking on—and the one you’ll join me in—is making organizations worldwide 100x more productive. At Motion, we’re pioneering a time and project management solution that truly gives users more time back than it takes. We’re just getting started, and I need someone who can help us design world-class tools that genuinely boost productivity for every organization out there.

What sets our product and design team apart is our commitment to staying small, agile and unafraid of rapid user-led iteration. You’ll have significant responsibility and considerable freedom in design decisions.

Your role as designer at Motion is crucial. You’ll own a large portion of the product and it’s design direction. I’ll share everything I know, with the expectation that within 3-6 months, your ideas and expertise will help us advance our mission.

If you’re driven, ambitious, and ready to make a real impact, let’s build something incredible together!

About The Role

I’m hiring a Product Designer to craft impactful, intuitive, and delightful user experiences for our customers. You’ll own the whole design process—from learning about users and sketching ideas to crafting polished prototypes that are ready to ship. A lot of tools out there are clunky and frustrating, and we’re on a mission to change that by building simple, elegant interfaces that make teams more productive without all the headaches.

In this role, speed of execution and attention to detail are critical. We iterate a lot—usually 7+ times before we even loop in engineering and 10+ times before we launch anything. We course-correct quickly based on real customer feedback and how people actually use the product. It’s not about designing in a vacuum; it’s about making sure what we build really works for our users.

We work hard to ensure Motion’s team is one of the highest talent-density teams in the world. We have accomplished in weeks or months what it would take larger teams years to do. You will be successful in this role if:

• You know your way around Figma and can crank out everything from quick wireframes to polished prototypes. You’re comfortable working fast, keeping files organized, and using components and design systems to keep things clean and consistent

• You are ambitious and always looking for ways to improve. For most employees, this role will give you the most responsibilities you’ve ever had, while holding you to higher standards than other companies you’ve worked at. Don’t rest on your past achievements — expect to work your hardest and do the best work of your career at Motion. You will receive lots of coaching and feedback that you should seek to grow from

• You can take ownership of projects and lead them to completion while dealing with ambiguity and finding the right balance between speed and quality. You don’t need every detail and edge case spelled out for you because you can figure out the goals of the project and fill in the blanks. You are comfortable with the fact that working in a startup means working without abundant resources. You can adopt the mindset that if you don’t do the work, it’s not going to get done

• You are a fast learner and can quickly familiarize yourself with a complex product. You aren’t afraid to tackle any challenge or learn a new unfamiliar technology

• You have a strong understanding of how you can create the most impact, and don’t get lost in the weeds in details that don’t matter. You’re excited to work on whatever solves the biggest customer problems, not just the flashiest designs

• You can collaborate effectively with other talented employees and work well in an environment where the best ideas win. You should expect your ideas to get challenged and to learn a lot from your coworkers and leaders

Read about Motion’s product design philosophy here:

https://motionapp.notion.site/Product-Design-Philosophy-fe8ec9d19caa4b779a53c302ff7ca9a4?pvs=4

Motion is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, race, ancestry, disability, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage all qualified candidates to apply for our job openings. 

Helpful Links:

How Motion Operates: https://motionapp.notion.site/How-Motion-Operates-1331471137eb8011b9d7f4064af7e505

Motion Culture: https://motionapp.notion.site/Motion-Company-Culture-21bd766b1f864764b0db2fa72529b182

Motion in the Press: https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/19/2393012/

https://www.usemotion.com