Motion Designer - San Francisco/ Los Angeles

Plaud

$110K — $155K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-5 years of experience in design & animation for brands, with agency and in-house experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in design, visual communication, motion design, or related field with a strong portfolio
  • Proficient in Adobe Suite, AfterEffects, Premiere, Photoshop, and AI video generation
  • Strong collaboration skills across marketing, product, and management teams
  • Detail-oriented and able to thrive in fast-paced environments, comfortable presenting design ideas
  • Firm understanding of brand identity and design workflows
  • Advanced conceptual thinking, with a portfolio showcasing creative work

Responsibilities

  • Showcase products and brand through animation and video across digital and physical channels
  • Create impactful marketing assets for various media including websites, social media, and events
  • Develop compelling visual narratives to clearly convey complex product features
  • Collaborate with cross-department teams to drive awareness and conversion through campaigns
  • Optimize video content for different platforms ensuring high-quality visual effects
  • Stay updated on design trends and apply innovative technologies including AI in visual work

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join the founding team of a new initiative with significant ownership and impact
  • Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including comprehensive coverage
  • 401(k) plan with company matching for retirement planning
  • Unlimited PTO and 13 paid holidays to support work-life balance
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave for new parents
  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring in-office attendance three times per week
  • Provision of high-quality laptops and workstation setups for new hires
  • Access to office perks like free snacks, drinks, and commuter benefits.
Full Job Description
What you will do
  • This role will help showcase how our products and brand are visualized and communicated across digital and real-world touchpoints, through animation and video
  • Creative Workflow: Create sophisticated, high-impact marketing assets across campaign key visuals and media: animations that span website, email, social media, events, ad and digital media channels. Use of AfterEffects and Premiere ideal
  • Visual Narratives: Create compelling visual narratives that convey brand story and complex product features in accessible ways, leveraging storyboard skills
  • Cross-department collaboration: Partner with product, marketing, and sales teams to develop campaigns that drive branding, awareness, and conversion
  • Optimization: Adjust and optimize video content for various platforms (such as websites, social media, and digital media), ensuring clean and captivating visual effects
  • Trend and technologies: Stay current on design trends and technologies to continuously innovate our visual approach. Apply AI video and static image generation where useful


Qualifications
  • Have 4 to 5 years of experience creating iconic design & animation for brands, ideally with design teams and stakeholders at both design agencies and in-house design teams
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in design, visual communication, motion design, Video editing, art or film, with a strong online portfolio showcasing creative concepts
  • Proficient in Adobe Suite, AfterEffects, Premiere, Photoshop, AI video generation
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, able to work with marketing, product, and management teams to ensure timely and high-quality design delivery
  • Are highly hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in fast-moving, high-visibility environments. Ability to present and sell in your design thinking
  • Firm grasp of brand identity, visual systems, templated design workflows
  • Advanced conceptual (visual verbal) thinking, with a strong portfolio to present work
  • Ability to leverage AI to empower creative workflows


Preferred Qualifications
  • 2D motion design: Independently create 2D motion design in Afx, delivering artful design techniques and aesthetics as animations that clarify software features and functionality.
  • Experience with in-house motion design needs, including animations that explain software functionality in clear, clean design thinking
  • Foundation in video capture, gear, lighting, shoot management
  • Quick grasp of new technologies, esp AI video and image generation


What we offer
  • Founding Team: Opportunity to join the founding team of this new initiative, with meaningful ownership and impact on a fast-growing startup.
  • Competitive Compensation: $110K-$155K base salary+performance bonus+Equity.
  • Comprehensive Benefits: Top-tier healthcare for employees and dependents, including dental and vision, and a generous employer subsidy.
  • Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan for full time employees with company matching.
  • Paid Time Off: Unlimited PTO, plus 13 paid holidays.
  • New Parent Leave: 12 weeks of paid time off to spend time with your new family, regardless of gender.
  • Hybrid Office: Minimum of 3x in office per week.
  • Gear: New hires are equipped with their choice of new top-of-the-line laptops and workstation setups.
  • Perks: Best office equipment. Annual offsites. Free office drinks and snacks. Commuter Benefits.

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