Visual & Motion Design Intern (Hybrid) at Homebase in Denver, CO

Summary: Homebase is an innovative company dedicated to helping small businesses thrive through their everything app for hourly teams. They are seeking a Visual & Motion Design Intern to enhance product experiences by creating motion studies, UI animations, and visual refinements across various platforms. The role involves collaboration with designers and engineers to ensure the animations are effective and align with the design system. Responsibilities: - Design and prototype motion patterns for key product interactions across mobile and web, including transitions, feedback states, loading indicators, component behaviors, and celebratory moments - Partner with product designers to add polish and refinement to shipped features - Create high-fidelity visual assets and ensure pixel-perfect implementation across platforms - Work across data visualizations, illustrations, micro-interactions, and UI transitions - Help establish motion principles, timing curves, and animation patterns that scale across our design system - Document motion guidelines and contribute reusable assets to our component library - Drive consistency in how motion is applied across iOS, Android, and web surfaces - Work closely with engineers to ensure animations are performant and implementable across platforms - Participate in design critiques and contribute to raising the bar for visual quality across the team - Act as both a hands-on motion designer and a conceptual contributor on projects - Create interactive prototypes to communicate complex interactions and validate design directions - Explore new visual directions and push creative boundaries on select projects - Consider every part of the experience, from motion to visual polish to implementation - Contribute motion and visual assets to the design system - Help define and standardize motion patterns that scale across teams - Assist in maintaining consistency across iOS, Android, and web surfaces - Experiment with AI tools (e.g., generative design, motion exploration, workflow automation) to accelerate design output and iteration speed - Identify opportunities to improve design workflows using AI and measure the impact on speed or quality Required Qualifications: - Strong portfolio demonstrating motion design, UI animation, and visual craft in product contexts across mobile and web - Proficiency in Figma and motion tools such as After Effects, Principle, Rive, Lottie, or similar - Understanding of animation principles, including timing, easing, spatial relationships, and choreography - Experience designing for both mobile (iOS and Android) and web platforms - Ability to translate static designs into fluid, purposeful motion - Attention to detail and a high bar for visual polish - Clear communication skills to articulate design decisions - Currently pursuing or recently completed a Master's degree in Design, Motion Graphics, Animation, or a related field - Candidates with strong formal training in visual/motion design are prioritized - Portfolio demonstrating foundational motion and visual design skills (academic work welcome) - Eagerness to learn Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with product design (not just marketing or brand motion) - Familiarity with platform-specific motion patterns for iOS and Android - Understanding of implementation constraints (CSS animations, Lottie, React Native, native animations) - Experience contributing to or working within a design system - Proficiency in Cinema 4D, Blender, or other 3D tools - Background in data visualization or information design - Experience using AI tools to improve design workflows or output Required Skills: Motion design, UI animation, Visual design, Figma, After Effects, Principle, Rive, Lottie, Animation principles, Mobile design - iOS, Mobile design - Android, Web design