Social Graphic/Motion Designer (Contract)
San Jose, CA (Hybrid)
$45/hr – $85/hrMid Level4+ years expPart time
Posted 5 days ago
Job Summary
Own the end-to-end social creative process for Nex across platforms, delivering social-first design, motion assets, and scalable templates to support launches and ongoing campaigns.
- Lead asset production from storyboard to final execution
- Develop flexible templates and systems to speed content production
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Design and produce best-in-class social creative across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn, including carousels, static graphics, Stories, motion assets and campaign support.
- Create motion graphics, animations and graphic treatments that elevate short-form video content and improve overall creative quality.
- Support game launches, IP partnerships, seasonal campaigns and always-on content with polished, social-first design assets.
- Develop and maintain editable templates and scalable creative systems that enable faster, more efficient content production.
- Partner closely with the internal creative and social team to evolve and uphold Nex's social visual identity, templates and creative toolkit.
- Optimize creative specifically for social platforms, ensuring assets are designed for engagement, readability and mobile-first consumption.
- Adapt campaign creative into platform-specific social assets while maintaining consistency across channels.
- Collaborate with the Social Lead, content creator and agency partners to bring creative concepts to life from storyboard through final execution.
- Stay current on evolving social design trends, motion styles and platform creative best practices to continuously elevate the brand's visual presence.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing quick-turn reactive requests alongside larger campaign deliverables.
Requirements
- 2–4+ years of experience in social graphic design and motion design, ideally for a consumer, gaming, or entertainment brand.
- Strong portfolio of social-first creative (carousels, Stories, static graphics, motion assets) across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) or equivalent design and motion tools.
- Experience building and maintaining editable templates and scalable creative systems.
- Strong understanding of mobile-first, platform-specific design best practices.
Preferred
- Experience in gaming, family, or consumer tech brands.
- Experience supporting game launches, IP partnerships, or seasonal campaigns.
- Familiarity with short-form video editing or motion graphics for social.
- Experience collaborating with agency partners and cross-functional creative teams.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
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Salaries
Posted range
$45/hr – $85/hr
Taken straight from the job posting.
Marketing Team
Marketing Team Size
8 (2% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
2
Traffic Signals
Monthly Visitors
6M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
61.6%
Referral
3.9%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.3%
Headcount Trend
Current headcount: ~369







