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General Motors · 1 day ago

Motion Systems Group Manager

Home, KS

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

General Motors is redefining automotive experiences through its Human Interface Design Team, and they are seeking a Motion Systems Group Manager. This role leads the team responsible for the full motion language of GM’s in-vehicle ecosystem, ensuring that motion is cohesive and technically achievable while shaping how GM’s brands express themselves through motion.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleInformation ServicesManufacturingTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Build and Curate the Motion Team

Motion Design

UX Motion Strategy

High-quality animation for product, vision, and storytelling use

Micro-interactions, transitions, gestures, system behaviors

Rules for timing, easing, behavior, and system dynamics

The conceptual foundation for how motion behaves across GM brands

Scalable, reusable structures for motion across platforms

Exportable, documented solutions across brand, platform, and feature sets

Motion overlays, animation sequences, transitions, UI kinetic treatments for marketing or leadership storytelling

Qualification

Motion DesignUX DesignHuman Interface DesignAnimation PrinciplesDesign SystemsTeam LeadershipCollaborationCommunicationProblem SolvingCreativity

Required

10+ years of professional experience in Motion Design and or UX Design

A portfolio of work that showcases your ability to tell stories through your visual craft. You must be able to create in addition to leading the team, lead by example

Self-starter with strong autonomy. You're comfortable identifying problem areas, tackling them independently, and sharing your findings. You create clarity rather than waiting for it to be provided

Deep understanding of human interface design best practices

You can iterate quickly, form a clear design point of view, and navigate cross-functional feedback

You can sell motion, you can craft a narrative, you are highly descriptive to communicate and convey why one motion execution works over another. You are willed to champion a design and can back it up with clear discernible examples, not opinions

Strong design sensibility, passion for brand, love for cars. You love the process of design but understand the best brand and UX results utilize restraint and balance

High comfort level with technical complexity. You pick up new terminology quickly and have experience working with engineers, product managers, and other partners to understand requirements and functionality