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.
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.
©Sarah Ji-Won Kim. 2026. All Rights Reserved.
Current obsessions: tennis, watermelon radish, perfecting salad recipes, surfing green waves / Hobbies: journaling, scrapbooking, collecting stickers & stupid small but cute shit, yoga /