Motion Designer

We are looking for a highly skilled and imaginative Motion Designer to join the UX Design team at MakeMyTrip in a full-time role. As part of our cross-functional product and design organisation, you will play a key role in shaping how millions of travellers experience our platform. Your work will focus on bringing interfaces to life through motioncrafting delightful micro-interactions, product animations, transitions, icon motions, explainer videos, and prototypes that help define the future of travel experiences at MakeMyTrip. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of design, storytelling, product thinking, and animation craft.

Responsibilities:

• Produce nuanced UI animations, micro-interactions, transitions, and prototypes that elevate usability and visual storytelling.
• Develop motion guidelines and reusable patterns aligned with our design system.
• Conceptualise, storyboard, design, and execute motion graphics, illustrations, and product videos.
• Deliver optimised assets such as Lottie JSONs, GIFs, MP4s, and motion specs for engineering handoff.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, engineers, and brand teams to understand requirements and translate ideas into compelling motion narratives.
• Participate in brainstorming, design reviews, and prototype workshops.
• Communicate complex product concepts through simple, elegant animation.
• Enhance product tutorials, onboarding flows, and marketing moments using motion-led storytelling.
• Ensure all motion design work aligns with MakeMyTrip's design language, tone, and brand system.
• Contribute to evolving our motion guidelines for consistency across platforms.

Requirements:

• 3-6 years of professional experience in motion design, animation, or product-focused interaction animation.
• Strong portfolio showcasing UI animations, motion graphics, transitions, prototypes, and storytelling work.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and motion plugins.
• Experience delivering assets for digital products: Lottie (Bodymovin), Rive, GIFs, SVG animations, etc.
• Good understanding of principles of animation, easing, timing, and interaction design.
• Strong visual sense: layout, colour theory, typography, composition, and rhythm.
• Ability to design not just beautiful animation but functional animation that supports UX.
• Creative thinker with the ability to generate new ideas and elevate design directions.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced product environment with quick turnarounds.
• Strong communication skills for presenting concepts and rationales.

Bonus Skills:

• Experience working with product design teams or in tech/startup ecosystems.
• Knowledge of Figma, prototyping tools, and design systems.
• Exposure to 3D motion tools (Blender, Cinema4D) or Rive.