UX Motion Designer - AI Ecosystem Job at Lenovo, Chicago, IL

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  • Lenovo
  • Chicago, IL

Job Description

UX Motion Designer - AI Ecosystem

General Information

Req #

WD00088388

Career area:

Hardware Engineering

Country/Region:

United States of America

State:

Illinois

City:

Chicago

Date:

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Working time:

Full-time

Additional Locations :

  • United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

Why Work at Lenovo

We are Lenovo. We do what we say. We own what we do. We WOW our customers.

Lenovo is a US$69 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit , and read about the latest news via ourStoryHub ( .

Description and Requirements

About Our Team

Lenovo’s AI Ecosystems team is seeking a UX Motion Designer to lead the development of motion design systems that bring clarity, delight, and cohesion to our AI-driven experiences. This role will operate at the intersection of interaction design, prototyping, and guiding development cycles through final implementation. You are an expert in translating product vision into scalable motion principles and technical specifications.

You will work in close partnership with UX/UI designers, researchers, engineers, senior leadership, and product teammates to define Lenovo’s motion language across devices and a variety of platforms. Your focus will be to formalize motion behaviors that enhance usability, bring delight, communicate system feedback, and contribute to a unified design system. This is a unique opportunity to shape the role of motion within Lenovo’s growing AI design practice.

Location : This role will join us at our downtown Chicago, IL office location on a hybrid schedule; 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

What You'll Do

  • Define and evolve UX motion design systems that align with AI-driven product experiences.

  • Translate complex interactions into motion prototypes, specs, and handoff documentation.

  • Collaborate closely with the Design Systems team to integrate motion into Figma libraries and guidelines.

  • Partner with technical partners and engineers to ensure motion intent is preserved through implementation across devices.

  • Develop motion principles that enhance clarity, usability, and brand identity across multimodal interfaces.

  • Lead motion critiques and reviews, providing mentorship and direction to peers and cross-functional teams.

  • Create high-fidelity prototypes using tools like After Effects, Figma, Framer, Principle, or emerging prototyping tools to test and communicate motion behaviors.

  • Contribute to documentation that supports consistency, scalability, and developer alignment.

  • Stay current with emerging prototyping tools, technologies, and best practices in motion and AI design.

Basic Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in UX or product design with a strong focus on UX specific motion design.

  • Demonstrated experience working within or contributing to a design system.

  • Experience with developing motion systems for shipped products that are in the marketplace.

  • Expertise in After Effects, Figma, and emerging prototyping tools (e.g., Lottie, Framer, Principle).

  • Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Animation, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience designing motion systems for AI or multimodal interfaces.

  • Familiarity with implementation constraints and handoff workflows across Android, Windows, and web platforms.

  • Comfort leading motion design workstreams and mentoring others..

  • Knowledge of emerging tools in motion prototyping or generative design.

  • Strong understanding of motion for usability, accessibility, and scaling performance across multiple platforms.

  • Ability to translate conceptual design into technical specs for development teams.

  • Excellent collaboration, communication, and presentation skills.

The base salary range budgeted for this position is $125,000 - $160,000. Individuals may also be considered for bonus and/or commission. ​​

Lenovo’s various benefits can be found at

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class.

Additional Locations :

  • United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

  • United States of America

  • United States of America - Illinois

  • United States of America - Illinois - Chicago

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Local area, Remote work,

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