Motion Designer

Remote

Important: This role is open to candidates based in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Please note that as this role supports U.S.-based clients, candidates must be available to work during U.S. business hours aligned with the client’s time zone.

Our client is an integrated creative studio based in Columbus, Ohio, with a team of approximately 25 professionals. The studio specializes in brand strategy, visual identity, web design, and development for companies in AI, fintech, developer tools, and defense technology.

Role Overview

The Motion Designer will create motion design work across brand identity, product, web, and campaign projects. Working alongside design, strategy, and development teams, this individual will define how brand identities behave in motion, develop animated web case studies, prototype product interactions, and produce creative assets for campaigns, billboards, conferences, and digital screens.

This is a hands-on creative role with ownership from concept through final delivery. The ideal candidate combines strong motion design skills with systems thinking, collaborating with Design Directors, Creative Directors, developers, and clients to establish motion principles and deliver high-quality work across multiple formats.

Location

Fully Remote | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET/MT/PT

Key Responsibilities

Brand Identity & Motion Systems

Conceptualize, design, and animate motion work across brand identity and visual identity projects.
Define how brand identities behave in motion through logo animations, typography, transitions, and easing curves.
Develop motion principles, guidelines, and toolkits as part of brand system deliverables.
Collaborate with Design Directors and Creative Directors to establish motion principles early in the creative process.
Create motion systems that client teams can extend and apply independently.

Campaign Motion & Asset Production

Produce motion assets for launch films, social media cutdowns, and product announcements.
Develop asset libraries that maintain campaign consistency across formats and channels.
Adapt motion creative for different placements, screen sizes, and technical specifications.
Support motion design production for campaign initiatives from concept through final delivery.

Web Motion & Case Studies

Develop motion-led case studies for the studio's website and client websites.
Create animated hero loops and scroll-driven sequences that bring completed projects to life.
Collaborate with developers to translate motion concepts into web experiences.
Prepare production-ready motion specifications, Lottie files, and web animations.

Product Interaction & Prototyping

Design and prototype interaction and in-app motion for digital products.
Create motion concepts for onboarding flows, micro-interactions, state changes, and other product interactions.
Develop prototypes that communicate intended interactions to clients and engineering teams.
Collaborate with designers and developers to support the implementation of motion concepts.

Large-Format, Event & Out-of-Home Motion

Create motion content for digital billboards, airport takeovers, and other large-format displays.
Produce animations for multi-screen installations and out-of-home advertising.
Develop keynote openers, conference booth content, and stage graphics.
Adapt motion assets to meet the requirements of different display formats and environments.

Creative Collaboration & Project Execution

Present motion concepts and completed work to clients, explaining the creative rationale behind design decisions.
Incorporate client feedback into revisions while maintaining the intended creative direction.
Coordinate with producers to manage timelines across multiple projects.
Collaborate with design, strategy, and development teams throughout the creative process.
Contribute to studio pitches, internal brand initiatives, and The Manifest.

Qualifications

Experience

3+ years of professional motion design experience, ideally within a creative studio or agency.
Demonstrated experience developing motion work for brand identities or identity systems.
Experience producing motion assets across multiple formats and technical specifications, including video and large-format deliverables.
Experience working directly with clients and collaborating with designers and developers.
A portfolio demonstrating both motion systems thinking and finished creative work, including brand or identity motion projects.

Skills

Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects, with strong working knowledge of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite.
Strong understanding of typography, timing, pacing, and how motion supports a brand concept.
Ability to develop motion principles, guidelines, and systems for brand identity projects.
Ability to create motion concepts and animations across identity, product, web, and campaign work.
Ability to develop interaction and UI prototypes that communicate intended motion to clients and engineering teams.
Ability to adapt motion work across multiple formats, screen sizes, and technical specifications.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining creative quality.
Self-directed approach to creative execution, from initial concept through final delivery.

Preferred Experience & Skills

Experience with 3D design and animation using Cinema 4D, Blender, or similar tools.
Experience prototyping interactions using Rive, Lottie, Principle, or ProtoPie.
Working knowledge of web animation technologies such as GSAP, CSS, WebGL, or creative coding.
Experience producing out-of-home advertising, digital out-of-home content, or event and stage graphics.
Sound design or video editing skills.
Familiarity with brands operating in AI, fintech, or developer tools.

What Success Looks Like

Motion design work is delivered across brand identity, product, web, and campaign projects.
Brand identity systems include motion principles, guidelines, and toolkits that clients can apply independently.
Campaign assets maintain consistency across formats and channels.
Web case studies incorporate motion-led storytelling through animated elements and scroll-driven sequences.
Product interaction prototypes clearly communicate motion concepts to clients and engineering teams.
Motion assets are adapted for video, digital billboards, large-format displays, and event environments.
Motion concepts are translated into production-ready specifications, Lottie files, and web animations through collaboration with developers.
Multiple project timelines are managed effectively without compromising creative quality.
Motion work is presented to clients with clear rationale and refined through feedback.

Opportunity

The Motion Designer will have the opportunity to work directly on client projects across brand strategy, visual identity, web design, and development. This role offers hands-on creative ownership, from establishing motion principles alongside creative leadership to delivering finished work across digital products, websites, campaigns, and large-format displays.

Application Process:

To be considered for this role these steps need to be followed:

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