Senior Motion Designer

Summary

Join Engine, Code and Theory’s creative production studio as a Senior Motion Designer, bringing concepts to life through sophisticated motion design across various campaigns, brands, and products. Collaborate with art directors, visual designers, UX teams, and technologists to create beautiful, purposeful, functional, and scalable content. You will be responsible for developing storyboards, styleframes, and motion studies, designing and animating on-brand content across various formats, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role requires advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma, along with experience in motion design at a creative agency or studio. You will contribute to motion design systems and toolkits, maintain organized project files, and explore generative and automation-assisted design tools. The ideal candidate will also offer guidance and feedback to junior designers and stay current with new tools and formats.

Requirements

• Professional experience in motion design at a creative agency, production studio, or content-forward brand
• Strong portfolio showcasing motion work across brand, campaign, and product storytelling—including both polished final pieces and process artifacts
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Figma
• Comfortable collaborating with designers, copywriters, and developers to create integrated, cross-disciplinary work
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present work clearly and constructively to internal and external stakeholders
• Experience with Rive or designing interactive UI animations
• Background in editing, 3D animation, or sound design
• Familiarity with post-production workflows and deliverable optimization for various formats

Responsibilities

• Develop storyboards, styleframes, and motion studies that clearly communicate animation intent and bring creative concepts to life
• Design and animate on-brand content across a variety of formats—campaign films, product animations, social videos, modular templates, and digital experiences
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including art directors, UX designers, developers, and strategists—to ensure motion aligns with broader creative and product goals
• Contribute to the development of motion design systems and toolkits—building scalable frameworks that support consistency and efficiency across high-volume output
• Maintain organized project files and workflows that allow for repeatability, quick iteration, and collaboration across teams
• Explore generative and automation-assisted design tools to improve creative workflows and outputs
• Provide creative input and animation expertise throughout all phases of production—from concepting to QA
• Offer guidance and feedback to junior designers, helping foster a culture of continuous learning and elevated craft
• Stay current with new tools, formats, and platform standards in motion design—and bring new techniques back to the team

Preferred Qualifications

A reasonable knowledge with 3D design tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender, and/or real-time engines like Unreal or Unity is a plus