Motion Designer

San Francisco, CA (Remote)

$66K/yr – $87K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 4 days ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end motion graphics workstreams across 2D and light 3D, from concept and storyboards to final animation, collaborating with art directors, designers, producers, and strategists to translate complex ideas into brand-aligned narratives.

  • Lead animation pipelines and ensure consistency across touchpoints
  • Push creative boundaries with current trends and tools

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design and animate 2d (and maybe some 3d) motion graphics for a wide variety of deliverables through video, social content, UI animations, email, banners, and more.
  • Develop storyboards, style frames, and visual concepts in collaboration with art directors, designers, producers, and strategists.
  • Lead 2D and 3D animation pipelines as needed, working closely with post-production leadership.
  • Translate complex ideas into compelling visual narratives that align with brand tone, voice, and messaging.
  • Use motion design to enhance UX, communicate value propositions, and create memorable branded experiences.
  • Stay current on industry trends and technologies, pushing creative boundaries and integrating emerging tools like AI where appropriate.
  • Solve creative and technical challenges with a proactive, solutions-first mindset.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistency across all touchpoints while adapting design style for different clients and media types.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in a post-production studio, ad agency, or in-house creative team with a strong digital focus.
  • Mastery of Adobe Creative Suite and After Effects.
  • Experience with additional 2D/3D tools (Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Nuke, Flame, etc.) is a plus.
  • Extensive experience conceptualizing and creating a variety of visual assets including web/site animations, animated logos/product images, supers, snips, paid media, banner ads, storyboards, explainer videos, reels, shortform social, splash videos, and similar assets.
  • Experience building soundtracks and audio for video/animations is a plus.
  • Solid understanding of design systems, layout, typography, color theory, design composition, and motion principles including timing, easing, acceleration curves, etc.
  • Strong conceptual and storytelling abilities—able to think visually and translate strategy into design.
  • Experience with consumer tech brands is a plus.
  • Highly collaborative but independently capable.
  • Meticulous attention to detail.

Preferred

  • Experience with additional 2D/3D tools (Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Nuke, Flame, etc.) is a plus.
  • Experience building soundtracks and audio for video/animations is a plus.
  • Experience with consumer tech brands is a plus.

Benefits

  • Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
  • Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
  • Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
  • Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
  • Matching Gifts programs
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • ‘Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
  • Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
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LEVEL

We imagine tomorrow’s interaction.Established in 1995, our mission is to bring human depth to emerging technology by designing with empathy and building with precision, to elevate the user experience through clarity and accessibility.Our team delivers across the full design-to-code spectrum: UX research, content strategy, AI application design, creative technology, full-stack development, and animation.LEVEL is a proud pillar of the Publicis Digital Experience Groupe. We offer the focus and agility of a boutique agency with the scalability of a global network. We bring deep expertise across multiple disciplines but show up as one team—aligned, ego-free, and always in service of our client.Interested in learning more? Email stephen.miller@level-studios.com to explore how we can elevate your brand.

Founded in 1995
USA
105 employees (32 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
449
Traffic Source Mix
Search
32.7%
Direct
44.8%
Referral
5.4%
Social
15.9%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~105

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (10% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
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