Senior Motion Designer

New York City, NY (On-site)

$90K/yr – $103K/yrSenior Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 3 days ago

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end motion design lifecycle for brand campaigns, product launches, and scalable templates, partnering with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced studio.

  • Lead concepting, storyboarding, and final animation for campaigns and launches.
  • Build scalable motion systems and templates for marketing and product use.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Bring Marketing Campaigns to Life: Spearhead motion design and execution for high-impact brand campaigns, regional brokerage promotions, and national marketing initiatives. You will own projects from concept, storyboarding, and style frames through to final animation, rendering, and compositing.
  • Build Tools to Empower Our Agents & Internal Teams: Build scalable motion systems, dynamic video templates, and customizable social assets that empower agents and our brokerages to market themselves and their listings with premium polish.
  • Bring Product Launches to Life: Partner with Creative Director, Producers and product teams to translate new feature releases and software tools into engaging, story-driven product launch videos and animations that clearly communicate value to our network.
  • Elevate Brand & Motion Systems: Maintain visual excellence across all moving assets, pushing the boundaries of typography, timing, transitions, and animation to keep the Compass aesthetic ahead of the industry.
  • Thrive in a Fast-Paced Studio: Excel in a high-volume, collaborative environment where stunning aesthetics, brand consistency, and rapid execution go hand in hand.

Requirements

  • Experience: 4–5+ years in motion design with a portfolio spanning brand campaigns, sizzle reels, and product launches. Proven ability to build clean files, dynamic templates, and scalable motion systems.
  • Technical Toolkit: Advanced proficiency in After Effects (animation, compositing, templates), Premiere Pro (editing), and Figma (UI/UX manipulation).
  • Design & Storytelling: Exceptional editorial pacing, composition, typography, and visual brand execution.
  • Communication: Ability to pitch motion concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with non-technical partners and clients.
  • Agility: Thrives in fast-paced environments: managing multiple active briefs and delivering polished work under tight deadlines.

Preferred

  • Hands-on experience with GenAI tools (e.g., Midjourney, Flora, Higgsfield) for concepting and asset creation is a major plus.

Benefits

  • Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and dedicated recharge leave
  • Comprehensive medical, tele-health, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) plan; FSAs; life & disability insurance
  • Maven (new parent support), Carrot (fertility benefits), and UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
  • Commuter program, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and pet insurance
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Compass

Compass is a real estate technology company with a powerful end-to-end platform that supports the entire buying and selling workflow. We deliver an incomparable experience to both agents and their clients all in service of the Compass mission: to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012 by Ori Allon and Robert Reffkin, Compass operates in 22+ regions across the United States including New York, Los Angeles and Orange County, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Washington D.C., South Florida, The Hamptons, Santa Barbara & Montecito, San Diego, Seattle & Eastside, Philadelphia, Connecticut, Westchester, Aspen, Boulder, Denver, Atlanta, Austin & Central Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Nashville, and Lake Tahoe. Learn more and find your place at www.compass.com and www.compass.com/careers.Compass only reaches out to applicants from a @compass.com domain and does not prompt applicants to download software or files as part of its application process.

Founded in 2009
New York, New York, USA
34K employees (854 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
6.8M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$367.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
36.1%
Direct
59%
Referral
3.5%
Social
1%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~33.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
723 (2% of company)
Median Career Experience
8 years
Median Tenure
4.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
6

Funding

Total Funding
$2.6B
Last Raise
$850M
Post IPO Debt, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Post IPO Debt • $850M
  • Nov 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $250M
  • Jul 2019
    Series G • $370M

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