Responsibilities

• The Senior Art Director of Motion Design shapes and stewards motion design-driven identities for Apple’s services, products, and events—driving work from ideation to hand-off while elevating craft and inspiring other creatives.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience building brand identities and campaigns with motion design as a core discipline.
• Portfolio demonstrating expertise in design principles, animation principles, motion theory, typography, and visual communication, across 2D and 3D work.
• Industry experience as a lead animator or art director, overseeing the creative development process from concept to final production.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Media Encoder) as well as Cinema 4D with Redshift for camera work, texturing, and lighting.
• Proven ability to develop original motion concepts and prototype them hands-on, balancing strategic thinking and high-level craft.

Nice To Have

• Outstanding conceptual design and problem-solving skills.
• Experience defining scaleable motion behaviors and visual systems for complex, multi-channel campaigns.
• Familiarity with advanced production tools such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke and Resolve, and how design translates into deep CG production environments.
• Experience exploring AR/VR, spatial computing, or generative design tools.
• Proven ability to pitch and articulate complex motion concepts to stakeholders to align creative vision with strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor designers and collaborate across disciplines.
• Fluent in both design and motion craft, combining systems thinking with high-level execution.