Video & Motion Designer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

$85K/yr – $105K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

Job Summary

Own end-to-end video production for Lessen, shaping brand storytelling across campaigns, product launches, demos, testimonials, and executive communications while partnering with cross-functional teams and integrating generative AI workflows.

  • Lead concepting, scripting, and animation for SaaS/video content
  • Apply AI-driven workflows to streamline production and asset creation

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Concept, design, edit, and produce video content across the Lessen brand, including:
  • Brand and corporate storytelling
  • Integrated marketing campaigns
  • Product launches and promotional videos
  • Product demos and feature walkthroughs
  • Social and paid media content
  • Customer testimonials and case studies
  • Event and sales content
  • Commercial and digital advertising
  • Internal and executive communications

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional experience in video editing, motion design, video production, multimedia design, or a related creative discipline.
  • A strong portfolio or reel demonstrating sophisticated motion graphics, editing, visual storytelling, and digital video work.
  • B2B technology, SaaS, or enterprise technology experience required.
  • Strong motion-design capabilities and a solid understanding of animation principles, pacing, transitions, typography, hierarchy, and composition.
  • Advanced proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro.
  • Strong working knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator.
  • Proficiency with Figma , including the ability to independently navigate product design files, pull assets, modify UI elements, prepare screens for animation, and recreate or adapt interface elements when needed.
  • Demonstrated experience creating software/product animations, product demos, or UI-driven videos.
  • Hands-on experience using generative AI for video production required. You should be comfortable experimenting, prompting, iterating, troubleshooting outputs, and incorporating AI-generated assets into professional creative work.
  • Experience with current generative video and creative AI platforms such as Runway, Kling, Veo, Sora, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, or comparable tools.

Preferred

  • Experience filming and directing interviews, testimonials, events, or lightweight live-action productions.
  • Experience with cameras, lighting, audio, and basic on-location production.
  • Experience working with product marketing teams on software launches and feature storytelling.
  • Familiarity with 3D, compositing, or tools such as Cinema 4D or Blender.
  • Experience creating reusable motion-design systems or branded video toolkits.
  • Familiarity with property technology, field service management, facilities management, real estate technology, or related industries.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability options
  • 401K retirement savings plan
  • Paid vacation, federal and floating holidays
  • Maternity/Paternity Pay
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • All the tools you'll need to be successful
  • Lessen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
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Lessen

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Lessen makes caring for, and improving real estate properties simpler, faster, and better through best-in-class, fully outsourced, and on-demand property services. For commercial and residential properties, we deliver faster renovations and turns, hassle-free maintenance, reduced issues through preventive maintenance, and capital projects that are on time and on budget, all while improving the experience of tenants/residents. Who we serveOur customers include distributed real-estate portfolio owners and managers in both commercial and residential markets. In commercial markets, we serve distributed properties such as commercial banks, healthcare, retail, grocery, REITs, telecommunications, logistics, and industrial businesses. Our residential customers include owners/operators of single-family home portfolios, multi-family units, home builders, and warranty providers.Powered by tech -- perfected by peopleLessen's technology suite, One by LessenTM connects clients with property owners and our network of over 30,000 vendors in over 55 trades. One by Lessen helps clients manage work orders, streamline processes, and control costs. It enables improved communications through user-friendly mobile apps for operations, tenants/residents, and vendors that shorten repair times, and optimize projects. Lessen's professional field project managers offer boots-on-the-ground services and streamlined processes that leverage Lessen’s network of service professionals in over 100 markets nationally. We help our customers overcome labor shortages, reduce headcount and overhead, and grow and scale their businesses. Both clients and vendor affiliates also benefit from our supply chain and buying power to secure project materials at lower costs. Lessen LLC is a venture-backed, privately held company with offices in Scottsdale and Chicago. To learn more, please visit http://www.lessen.com.

Founded in 2019
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
1K employees (17 in marketing)
28% recommend to a friend
31% CEO approval

Salaries

Posted range

$85K/yr – $105K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Video Production median pay in the United States

$82K/yr

Most pay falls between $69K and $102K. Based on 690 salaries.

See all Lessen salaries

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
17 (2% of company)
Median Tenure
0.6 years

Funding

Total Funding
$735M
Last Raise
$500M
Series Unknown, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2023
    Series Unknown • $500M
  • Jan 2023
    Debt Financing
  • May 2022
    Series B • $30M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
111.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$458
Traffic Source Mix
Search
25.5%
Direct
66.4%
Referral
6.4%
Social
0.8%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~1K
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Video & Motion Designer

Lessen · Chicago, IL · Hybrid