Description
At Affirm, we exist for the moments that matter,giving people a clear, predictable way to pay over time, with no hidden fees, no surprises, and no tradeoffs on what matters most.
Visual Design turns complex financial products into experiences customers can understand, trust, and remember. Through motion, illustration, and visual storytelling, we connect brand promise to product reality, bringing clarity and cohesion to every moment, from discovery and onboarding to everyday use.
We’re looking for a motion-forward Visual Designer who brings strong craft in animation, visual storytelling, and illustration. You’ll help elevate the quality and consistency of customer experiences across Affirm’s product ecosystem, using motion to guide attention, explain product behavior, improve comprehension, and create moments of clarity and delight.
Responsibilities
- Design motion-forward experiences across in-app surfaces, web, email, lifecycle comms, and product marketing, with a focus on clarity, accessibility, performance, and storytelling.
- Create animations, motion studies, animated illustrations, iconography, and interaction patterns that explain product behavior, guide attention, and improve customer comprehension.
- Own defined visual and motion-design projects from concept and storyboarding through production and implementation, maintaining a consistently high level of craft.
- Contribute to product-design initiatives by mapping user flows, developing interaction concepts, and carrying solutions through high-fidelity design and prototyping.
- Create and extend reusable visual assets, motion patterns, guidelines, and components that strengthen Affirm’s product and communication systems.
- Collaborate with Product Design, Design Systems, Product, Engineering, Brand, Content Design, Lifecycle, and Growth partners to deliver cohesive end-to-end experiences.
- Prepare production-ready assets and specifications, partnering with engineers to ensure motion and visual details are accessible, performant, and implemented as intended.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional experience in motion, animation, visual, communication, or product design within a product-driven environment.
- A portfolio demonstrating strong motion and visual-design craft, including animation, interaction, illustration, and storytelling across digital product experiences.
- Strong knowledge of animation principles, including timing, pacing, easing, transitions, and choreography, and proficiency with tools such as After Effects, LottieFiles, Rive, or comparable software.
- Mastery of tools including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, LottieFiles, and relevant 2D/3D animation tools.
- Familiarity with HTML/CSS and the technical constraints of production environments (especially in email and mobile).
- UX and product-design experience, including an understanding of user flows, interaction design, information hierarchy, and how motion can support an end-to-end experience.
- Ability to storyboard, prototype, and articulate design decisions to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
- Ability to independently deliver defined projects, communicate design rationale, incorporate feedback, and collaborate effectively with designers, engineers, marketers, and other cross-functional partners.
Benefits
- Health coverage at no cost: We cover 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents.
- Spending stipends: Monthly stipends support your tech setup, and the ability to choose health and wellness options that are right for you.
- Time off to recharge: Flexible time off and generous holiday calendars help you rest when you need to.
- Own a piece of what you build: Our employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) lets you buy Affirm stock at a discount.
Pay Information
- CAN base pay range per year: $101,000 - $151,000