SARAH JI-WON KIM / Designer & animator based in Brooklyn, NY /
Brooklyn-based product motion designer specializing in motion systems, interaction behavior, and scalable design language across complex digital products. Currently: Senior Motion Designer @ Shopify. Previously: Datadog, Fictive Kin, WSJ, and Hornet.
2025—PRESENTPROJECT 1 / 5
SHOPIFY, SHOP APP
Product Motion Design, UX Animation, Creative Direction, Motion Concepts, Prototyping & QA, Product Integration, Event & Campaign Assets
Product motion work within Shopify’s ecosystem, spanning in-app launches, BFCM, and cross-channel campaigns. Focused on using motion to support clarity, flow, and interaction feedback across product and marketing surfaces.
TEAM; Created at Shopify with many very talented product folks, animators, designers, copywriters, engineers, marketers, and everything in between.
2022—2025PROJECT 2 / 5
DATADOG
2D & 3D Animation, Motion Design, Visual Storytelling, Concept Development, Storyboarding, Project Management
Motion design across product storytelling and large-scale conference experiences, translating complex technical ideas into clear visual and motion systems that made dense information easier to understand.
TEAM; Created at Datadog with many brilliant humans across animation, marketing, and sound, and many more along the way.
2021PROJECT 3 / 5
SWEETGREEN
AGENCY: FICTIVE KIN
UI/UX Design, UX Animation, UI Interactions, Design Systems
Partnered with sweetgreen’s brand studio and COLLINS to bring their evolved identity into the digital experience, designing scalable, accessible modules and motion moments that balanced usability with expressive brand presence.
TEAM; sweetgreen Design, Fictive Kin Design Team: Cameron Koczon, Soundarya Soundararajan, Maria Surawska, Rin Park, Gemma O’Connor, Sarah Kim. Fictive Kin Engineering Team: Bedrich Aquino, Bri Camp, David Cohen, Joey Erskine, Jacob Fentress.
2020—2021PROJECT 4 / 5
PALANTIR
AGENCY: FICTIVE KIN
UI/UX Design, Motion & Interaction Design, UX Animation, Microinteractions, Responsive Systems, Engineering Collaboration
A redesign of Palantir’s digital platform aimed at making complex systems easier to navigate through interface design, motion, and interaction. Motion supported flow, clarified states, and improved usability in data-heavy environments.
This project reflects earlier systems and interaction work and does not represent my personal views or values. More detailed case materials available upon request.
TEAM; Palantir team. Fictive Kin Design Team: Cameron Koczon, Josh Smith, Soundarya Soundararajan, Kim Inthraith, Rin Park, Sarah Kim. Fictive Kin Engineering Team: Jacob Fentress, Bri Camp, Joey Erskine.
2018—2019PROJECT 5 / 5
UNDERGO
SVA SENIOR THESIS
2D Animation, Storyboarding, Art Direction
A surreal, abstract animation I directed, storyboarded, and animated—inspired by a vivid dream under anesthesia and one of my personal favorite projects.
CREDITS; Instructor: Enle Li. Music: On The Clock by Brain & Hunch. RECOGNITION; Adobe Design Achievement Award Top Talent, 2019. SVA Motion Graphics Portfolio Screening, 2019.
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CURRENT OBSESSION: travelers notebook, fountain pens, green onions, farmers market every Saturdays / OTHER HOBBIES: journaling, scrapbooking, collecting stickers & stupid small but cute shit, cleaning the house, yoga /