Motion Designer, Business Marketing

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$223K/yr – $247K/yrSenior Level8+ years expFull time

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Lead and own the end-to-end motion design for OpenAI’s B2B marketing and communications, translating complex technology into clear, business-focused visuals and campaigns. Drive concept-to-delivery, collaborate across brand, product marketing, and sales, and develop story-driven animations, prototypes, and assets across multiple channels.

  • Own motion design workflows and systems across B2B touchpoints.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape creative direction and delivery.
  • Translate technical concepts into compelling business storytelling through motion.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Design and produce motion assets for B2B marketing and communications, including integrated campaigns, product launches, customer stories, films, events, social content, web experiences, and presentations.
  • Translate complex technical concepts and product capabilities into clear, engaging motion for business leaders, technical decision-makers, developers, and enterprise buyers.
  • Develop visual narratives that connect OpenAI’s technology to customer needs, organizational change, and meaningful business outcomes.
  • Collaborate with brand, product marketing, sales, communications, and other partners throughout the creative process—from initial concept through final delivery.
  • Contribute to and apply OpenAI’s motion design principles and systems consistently across B2B channels and touchpoints.
  • Develop storyboards, motion studies, and prototypes to explore ideas and communicate creative direction.
  • Execute high-quality animations with strong attention to detail, pacing, typography, and consistency.
  • Adapt work for multiple audiences, platforms, and formats while maintaining brand standards and the integrity of the underlying technical story.
  • Partner with producers and project managers to scope work, manage timelines, and deliver on deadlines.
  • Participate in reviews and critiques, providing and incorporating clear, constructive feedback.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Design, Animation, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in motion design, with a portfolio demonstrating strong brand, campaign, or B2B marketing work.
  • Proficiency in industry-standard motion design and animation tools.
  • Strong fundamentals in storytelling, timing, composition, typography, and visual systems.
  • Experience translating complex products, technologies, or ideas into accessible and compelling creative work.
  • Experience creating motion across B2B marketing and communications touchpoints.
  • Ability to collaborate across creative and business disciplines and communicate design decisions clearly.
  • Comfort working with evolving briefs, technical subject matter, and multiple stakeholder perspectives.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a high bar for quality.

Preferred

  • Experience creating work for enterprise technology, AI, developer, or B2B audiences.
  • Experience working on global brand, product marketing, or integrated B2B campaigns.
  • Familiarity with motion systems or design systems for global brands.
  • Experience partnering with product marketing, sales, product design, or engineering teams.
  • Experience developing customer stories, event content, executive presentations, or sales-enablement creative.
  • Exposure to emerging motion formats, including interactive, immersive, or real-time experiences.

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance to new employees.
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OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit.To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership.At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Founded in 2015
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$223K/yr – $247K/yr

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    Corporate Round • $110B
  • Dec 2025
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    Secondary Market • $6.6B

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Motion Designer, Business Marketing

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