Visual Designer

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 partner with Product Design, Brand, Content Design, Engineering, and Product Marketing to create expressive, accessible, and scalable experiences across affirm’s ecosystem Our role is to elevate the quality of execution, build visual systems that help teams move with consistency, and use craft to guide attention, explain value, and create moments of confidence and delight We ensure affirm does not simply work well
- it communicates clearly, feels unmistakably our own, and earns customer trust at every touchpoint 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 This role sits at the intersection of product and brand. Your work will range from in-product interactions and animated illustrations to web, email communications, lifecycle journeys, and product launches. You’ll pair deep motion and visual-design craft with UX thinking and an understanding of design systems to create experiences that are cohesive, accessible, scalable, and purposeful You think holistically about end-to-end customer journeys, care deeply about craft, and understand how thoughtful motion and visual systems can make experiences both functional and emotionally engaging 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 Benefits

Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens Health

Benefits:
Get a plan that fits your needs Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay Away Days:

We offer
20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth A portfolio demonstrating strong motion and visual-design craft, including animation, interaction, illustration, and storytelling across digital product experiencesUX and product-design experience, including an understanding of user flows, interaction design, information hierarchy, and how motion can support an end-to-end experience3+ years of professional experience in motion, animation, visual, communication, or product design within a product-driven environmentFamiliarity with HTML/CSS and the technical constraints of production environments (especially in email and mobile)Mastery of tools including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, After Effects, LottieFiles, and relevant 2D/3D animation toolsAbility to storyboard, prototype, and articulate design decisions to technical and non-technical audiences alikeStrong knowledge of animation principles, including timing, pacing, easing, transitions, and choreography, and proficiency with tools such as After Effects, LottieFiles, Rive, or comparable softwareAbility to independently deliver defined projects, communicate design ration