SARAH JI-WON KIM  /  Designer & animator based in Brooklyn, NY  /  

Email: sarahjiwonkim@gmail.com
Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/sarahjiwonkim/

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.












2021
PROJECT 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. 

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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  /