UI Motion Designer

• An extremely strong portfolio showing your skillset in motion design for UX and UI across different experiences (App and Web) and emotional registers.

• Experience working with UI Kits and Design Systems.

• Examples of working with brand guidelines to develop aligned motion and interaction

• Collaborative and experienced in working with product, brand and engineering teams through standard setting, prototyping and project delivery.

• Fluency in interactive motion design tools including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc).

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to articulate motion concepts.

• Understanding the importance of accessibility needs and requirements of our users.

We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre – we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at !

We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces.

If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife

We’re looking for a UI Motion Designer to join our growing design team. As the first Motion Designer within the Experience Design team at Zopa, you’ll have the opportunity to help us define the standard for best practice motion and interaction at Zopa, while having an immediate impact in some of our key product experiences. We’re looking for a proactive, collaborative designer who is excited to join a team that’s breaking new ground.

A day in the life:

• Defining principles, guidelines and documentation for motion and interaction design, as part of our UI Kit.

• Exploring new concepts for animation through sketches, storyboards, prototypes etc.

• Delivering motion and/or interaction that is intuitive and delightful within specific experiences.

• Contributing to our UI Kit on an ongoing basis.

• Working as part of the wider Experience Design team to continually raise the bar for how we deliver experiences at Zopa.

• Attending product and design team rituals.

• Working collaboratively across multiple product and engineering teams to quality check the translation between motion design and production experiences.

• Collaborating with the Brand team to translate the brand into compelling UI motion experiences., At Zopa we value flexible ways of working. We understand the benefits of face-to-face collaboration and the importance of a good work-life balance. Our teams work in a hybrid manner, from our vibrant UK offices and the comfort of their own homes, at a frequency that suits the team and the work they do.

Not only that – you’ll also have the option of working from abroad for up to 120 days a year!* But no matter where you are, we’ll make sure you’ve got everything you need to thrive, both in your work and home life, from day one.

*Subject to having the right to work in the country of choice

Diversity Statement

Zopa is proud to offer a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to better products for our customers and a unique company culture for our people. We are made up of nearly 50 nationalities, have a DE&I forum made up of Zopians wanting to make a difference and we are proud of our culture where everyone can bring their full self to work. Our approach to DE&I is reflected in our hiring process so please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.