061: How to get into the tech industry as a motion designer w/ Sharon Harris

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tech companies are creating more and more opportunities for motion designers to work in UX design. Instead of the traditional studio work, this means working with one company on a specific product. But what does it mean to do this work and how is it different from other types of motion design?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sharon Harris is a senior motion designer at Google. As part of the Google design team, Sharon works with the</span> <a href="https://design.google/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">editorial design platform</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, conducts interviews and podcasts, and arranges the annual design conference,</span> <a href= "https://design.google/library/span2019/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">SPAN</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Sharon and I speak about how to get into UX motion design and what it’s like working in the tech industry as a motion designer. As tech industries are utilizing motion design as part of the branding, the opportunities for motion designers are growing. As a result, it has become possible to work entirely within the tech industry creating UX/UI products. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sharon has found that working in tech is incredibly exciting. She is able to come up with many of the ideas for products and be more involved throughout the whole creative process. If this is something that you’d like to be a part of, Sharon provides some actionable tips on how to get involved.</span></p> <p><strong>In this episode</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Sharon moved from a career in advertising to tech</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How motion designers can take advantage of the growing use of animations as branding elements</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span