Motion Designer

Who we are

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Through its subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably.

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About the role:

As a Motion Designer on our central design team, you’ll define, prototype, and scale our product’s motion language. Embedded within the design systems team, you’ll develop reusable motion patterns, shape motion principles, and ensure our products feel intuitive, responsive, and emotionally intelligent across every surface.

This role requires deep animation craft, a systems mindset, and strong cross-functional collaboration with design, engineering, and accessibility partners. You’ll contribute to a growing system that supports thousands of interactions at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Define and evolve the product-wide motion language - easing, duration, and behavioural standards that guide animations across platforms.
• Create scalable motion patterns for components and flows within our design system (e.g. loaders, modals, navigation, toggles, tooltips).
• Embed motion into component specs and Figma libraries in partnership with system designers, ensuring consistency and reusability.
• Collaborate with engineers to implement motion across platforms and ensure performance and fidelity.
• Develop documentation and guidelines to help designers and developers use motion effectively and appropriately.
• Advocate for accessibility in motion - designing for prefers-reduced-motion and ensuring respectful, user-controlled behaviours.
• Run small-scale research (usability tests, A/B tests, heuristics) to validate motion usage and optimise for clarity and performance.
• Coach product teams on using motion to communicate status, hierarchy, and change - not just aesthetics.
• Contribute to a culture of design excellence through motion critiques, demos, and documentation sprints.
• Design emotionally resonant animations that celebrate user milestones and drive engagement.
• Explore how motion can support gamification, motivation, and a sense of progress across user journeys.

What you need to succeed

• 4+ years designing UI animations, micro-interactions, or motion systems across web and mobile.
• Strong portfolio showcasing applied motion design in product environments, ideally at scale.
• Expertise in tools like After Effects, Lottie, Rive, Principle, Framer, and Figma’s prototyping features - plus working knowledge of CSS for implementation and accessibility.
• Deep understanding of timing, easing, anticipation, and hierarchy - grounded in UX principles.
• Experience working in or with design systems - building reusable, documented motion assets and patterns.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and speak fluently about timing specs, frame rates, and performance trade-offs.
• Strong grasp of accessibility in motion (e.g. WCAG, reduce motion preferences, vestibular impact).
• Excellent communication skills - able to clearly articulate the rationale and impact of animation to diverse audiences.
• A strong sense of emotional design - using motion to guide, celebrate, and reward in a way that feels on-brand and human.
• Experience designing motion to support engagement through gamification or milestone feedback.
• Experience in fintech, SaaS, or other design-critical product teams is a plus.

What you’ll get

• The opportunity to work on cutting-edge fintech products that impact millions of users.
• A collaborative and design-driven culture that values creativity and innovation.
• Exposure to a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a talented cross-functional team.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Remote-friendly work culture, with access to learning resources.

What to expect in the hiring process

• Application & portfolio review - we’re looking for strong motion case studies with context, rationale, and real-world application.
• Recruiter call - a short conversation about your background, goals, and motion experience.
• Design interview - a deep dive into your motion process, toolkits, decision-making, and collaboration approach.
• Motion design challenge - a brief, open-ended scenario to assess motion craft, systems thinking, and communication.
• Final conversation - with design leadership to assess your systems alignment, vision, and culture fit.

How to apply:

If this role speaks to you, we’d love to see your work. Please apply with your CV and a portfolio that showcases motion design in real product environments - not just what you made, but why you made it. We’re especially interested in examples that balance system thinking with emotional design, delight, and usability.