Senior Motion Designer

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Marketing team as a Motion Designer, where you will bring motion to life across various deliverables, collaborating with creative leads to concept and animate content. Execute high-quality motion design that strengthens the brand and meets business goals. As a creative partner, you'll contribute strong ideation and solutions across video, presentation, UI, and web. The ideal candidate is an expert in motion design with formal visual design training and a strong portfolio demonstrating both craft and strategic thinking. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment, navigating ambiguity and finding creative solutions. Growth opportunities are abundant, with clear milestones outlined for the first year.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in motion design and animation
• Motion design portfolio required
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma
• Proficiency in Canva motion programs and exporting for JSON/Lottie
• Strong product storytelling experience working within SaaS

Responsibilities

• Bring motion to life across a variety of deliverables including video, presentation, UI, and web to support product, customer, content, and brand marketing initiatives
• Collaborate closely with creative leads to concept, animate, and occasionally build storyboards from styleframes for video and motion content
• Execute high-quality motion design that strengthens the brand, pushes creative boundaries, and meets strategic business goals across multiple channels

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong aptitude for formal visual design with storyboard and design execution skills
• Proficiency or developing proficiency in 3D motion and design
• Expert in best practices for social video distribution channels
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays