Senior Remote Motion Graphics Jobs in San Ramon, CA

The application window is expected to close on: 08/30/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Note: This role is Remote, US, with a strong preference for candidates from the San Francisco or San Jose areas.
Meet the Team
Cisco's Platform Experience Group is redefining how users interact with Cisco's products by building the foundation for AI-powered, agentic experiences and generative UI that scale across the portfolio.
You'll be a core member of the design team for Cisco Cloud Control - a high-visibility, next-generation enterprise platform connecting Cisco's security, networking, and AI product lines. It's also the home of AI Canvas, one of Cisco's top priorities.
The team is small, dynamic, and deeply collaborative. Designers here work closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to deliver platform experiences that feel unified across the Cisco ecosystem, combining systems thinking with strong visual craft and execution.
Your Impact
As a Senior Product Designer, you'll help bring Cisco's platform vision to life through high-quality product design execution. You'll own the refinement, specification, and delivery of experiences, partnering closely with Research, Product, and Engineering to ensure designs are thoughtfully executed and successfully implemented.
What You'll Do

• Transform conceptual designs into production-ready experiences.

• Produce detailed interaction designs, specifications, and developer handoff documentation.

• Design edge cases, empty states, loading states, and error handling.

• Refine existing platform experiences as requirements evolve.

• Maintain consistency with established platform principles and design standards.

• Partner closely with Engineering throughout implementation, answering implementation questions and providing rapid design support during development.

• Monitor engineering channels, proactively resolve UX issues, and validate implemented experiences against design intent.

• Produce polished visual design, interaction design, and motion specifications.

• Contribute to the evolution of shared patterns and reusable assets while helping maintain quality across shipped experiences.

• Use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools to transform ideas into interactive prototypes, rapidly iterate on concepts, and accelerate discovery, experimentation, and validation of complex platform experiences.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of related experience, Master's degree with 4+ years of related experience, or PhD with 1+ year of related experience.

• Prior experience in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex enterprise environments.

• Experience in visual design, including layout systems, typography, hierarchy, color, grid usage, and graphic composition.

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research teams from concept through delivery.

• Experience using AI-assisted design and/or prototyping tools as part of the product design workflow.

Preferred Qualifications

• Outstanding craft in visual and interaction design, with strong prototyping skills.

• Advanced proficiency with AI-assisted design and prototyping workflows, including using emerging AI tools to accelerate ideation, experimentation, iteration, and validation.

• Diligent and highly organized, with the ability to work effectively in fast paced delivery environments.

• Excellent collaborator with engineers and cross-functional partners.

• Ability to execute within an established vision while identifying practical improvements.

• Enjoys solving implementation details and polishing experiences through delivery.

Why Cisco?
At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:
The starting salary range posted for this position is $154,900.00 to $225,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.
Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.
U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco's policies:

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee's birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees
• Exempt employees participate in Cisco's flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco's policies.
Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

• .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;
• 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;
• 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and
• Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:
New York City Metro Area:
$154,900.00 - $259,100.00
Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:
$136,500.00 - $228,300.00
* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco's sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.
** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.