In-Product Motion Design Lead, Dropbox
$156.6-180.1k
OTE
$133.1-156.6k
BASE
Smart workspace company
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Smart workspace company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$156.6-180.1k
OTE
$133.1-156.6k
BASE
1001+ employees
Company mission
Dropbox's mission is to design a more enlightened way of working.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience in a motion role (at least 2+ years in an product environment)
- A strong working knowledge of visual design, motion design and technical knowledge
- Recognized expertise in motion for interaction across desktop, mobile, and web
- Comprehensive awareness and interest in new platforms and technologies for motion design and related mediums
- Proven track record for delivering in-product motion at high level of craft
- Excellent presentation skills and communication abilities at all levels
- Strong ability to prioritize work and resources across engagements based on short and long-term needs
What the job involves
- Continue to define and develop the motion design system at Dropbox; primary focus on in-product motion
- Proficient in working with illustrators and design directors on delivering animated brand assets in 2D/3D, ideation and concept development, working with engineering for implementation across desktop, mobile, and web surfaces – understands constraints of working within product
- Familiar with systems level thinking and building out scalable motion tokens to be reused within Dropbox. Also should have the ability to leverage and connect motion design with haptic feedback, accelerometer/gyroscope, as well as sound
- Contribute creative solutions and innovations
- Articulate and defend conceptual and directional choices
- Conceive and create experience-oriented design solutions that fulfill strategic business objectives
- Cultivate creative motion design strategies
- Lead motion efforts across multiple functions inside Dropbox, and help to partner with additional motion design talent outside the company
Our take
Dropbox started by helping people bring together their files in one central place. The contents of these folders are synchronised to Dropbox's servers along with other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date across all devices.
Nowadays, there are lots of competing companies in cloud storage, and some with better distribution (e.g. Google and Apple). This explains why Dropbox is making a big push to reinvent itself after a fairly disappointing run since its IPO in 2018. The new Dropbox turns folders into "Spaces", which are collaboration hubs for teams, complete with comment streams, artificial intelligence tools and integrations into services such as Slack.
The company continues to build out its offerings through acquisitions, such as that of Formswift, bolstering its end-to-end agreement workflow capabilities. Indeed, It's very clear that Dropbox is trying to make a big move from being just a storage company. This seems to be a necessary move given the competitive nature of the industry it is operating within.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2014
$350m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $607.4m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer a generous company contribution toward individual medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including contributions toward dependent premiums
- Keep sharing and collaborating with friends and family even when you’re not at work with free Dropbox space for your whole crew
- Take the vacation you’ve always dreamed of with up to four consecutive weeks of paid time off
- Celebrate common holidays without your paycheck taking the hit with 11 company paid holidays
- Each Dropboxer has access to 32 hours of paid volunteer time off each year that they can use to support the causes close to their hearts
- We regularly offer panels and seminars featuring the best minds in tech, talent, diversity, and beyond that any Dropboxer can attend from the comfort of their home
- No two Dropboxers are the same, and their benefits shouldn’t be either. Our Perks allowance empowers employees to customize their benefits in line with what really matters to them
- Start building a successful 401K retirement plan with our dollar for dollar contribution match, up to $1,500 per quarter to a maximum of $6,000 per calendar year
Company HQ
Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Arash Ferdowsi
(Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
Drew Houston
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Computer Science at MIT before founding Dropbox straight out of university
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