Sarah Ji-Won Kim / Product motion designer based in Brooklyn, NY /
Product motion designer based in Brooklyn, NY, leading motion strategy for apps, from motion systems and UI animation to how a brand moves across marketing. Currently: Staff Motion Designer @ Shopify, Shop app. Previously: Datadog, Fictive Kin, WSJ, and Hornet.
2025—PRESENTPROJECT 1 / 4
Shopify, Shop app
Motion Direction, Product Motion, Motion Systems
Leading motion for the Shop app, used by millions of shoppers, across in-app launches, BFCM, and cross-channel campaigns. I set the motion direction and systems that teams build on, from product to marketing.
TEAM; Created at Shopify alongside product, design, engineering, copy, and marketing partners.
2022—2025PROJECT 2 / 4
Datadog
Motion Design, 3D, Visual Storytelling
Led motion for product storytelling and large-scale conference experiences, turning complex technical ideas into clear visual and motion systems.
TEAM; Created at Datadog with many brilliant humans across animation, marketing, and sound, and many more along the way.
2020—2021PROJECT 3 / 4
Palantir
Agency: Fictive Kin
Motion Lead, Interaction Design, UX Animation, Microinteractions, Responsive SystemsLed all motion for the redesign of Palantir's platform, defining the motion language that made complex, data-heavy systems easier to navigate.
Disclaimer: Earlier agency work; doesn't represent my personal views. More detail on request.
TEAM; Palantir, Fictive Kin design + engineering.
2021PROJECT 4 / 4
sweetgreen
Agency: Fictive Kin
Product Design, UX Motion, Design Systems
Partnered with sweetgreen's brand studio and COLLINS to bring their new identity into the product, designing scalable, accessible modules and motion moments that balance usability with brand expression.
TEAM; sweetgreen Design, Fictive Kin design + engineering.
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Current obsessions: tennis, watermelon radish, perfecting salad recipes, surfing green waves / Hobbies: journaling, scrapbooking, collecting stickers & stupid small but cute shit, yoga /