Instrument is hiring a
Motion Designer

Summary

Join Instrument, a remote-first digital product and brand experience agency, as a Motion Designer to create transformational change through best-in-class digital products and communications. You will work on focused teams with strategists, writers, producers, and developers, collaborating closely to bring experiences to life across screens of all types.

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Motion Designer, Animator, or related
• Outstanding portfolio showing a variety of work with your role clearly defined for each project
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc), and Cinema 4D, as well as interactive design tools such as Sketch and Figma
• Elastic transitions from Sketch/Figma to motion tools
• Efficient workflows
• Consistency in organizing files for collaboration
• A predisposition toward curiosity and a fearless approach to problem-solving
• The ability to work and self-direct in a fluid, collaborative environment
• A willingness to sharing your process and work-in-progress with the team
• Experience working on cross-discipline teams
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Confidence and humility, and an understanding of when/how to apply each

Responsibilities

• Work with a team to create a large variety of content and interactive experiences, from UI animations, to storyboards, to motion graphics, to 3D
• Move from working with others on large-scale projects to owning your own, stand-alone projects from concept to completion
• Think strategically and apply your skills to proactive problem-solving in a collaborative team environment
• Have a strong POV on the art direction of motion and how it manifests within the holistic project creative
• Collaborate closely with design and development partners to create, generate and translate motion across all screens
• Be an industry expert, live and breath motion design and digital culture
• Be nimble and flexible to manage multiple projects at the same time as well as an asset in other agency needs, studio-wide
• Do great work and be great to work with

Benefits

• Flexible, Hybrid Work Environment
• Great Compensation with Annual Reviews (Learn more about our Pay Philosophy )
• Annual Profit Sharing
• 401(k) Matching with Immediate Vesting
• Robust Medical, Vision, and Accident Insurance
• Generous Paid Holidays and unlimited PTO
• Sabbaticals
• Monthly Wellbeing Stipend
• Career Management and Leadership Training