Motion Graphics Specialist

Role overview

Skills and tools

• Combine motion graphics with static design principles, including typography, layout, color theory, pacing, and timing.
• Use Adobe Creative Cloud tools including After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, and Photoshop, as well as Figma and Frame.io.
• Translate concepts into storyboards, animatics, style frames, and finished animations.
• Cinema 4D or Blender experience and social-first vertical or square formats are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and animate lower thirds, title cards, kinetic typography, animated logos, transitions, and explainer sequences.
• Adapt graphics and animation for social, web, and event formats and aspect ratios.
• Build and maintain reusable motion templates and design systems aligned with brand guidelines.
• Produce storyboards, animatics, thumbnails, key art, and style frames during early production.
• Manage asset libraries and project files and troubleshoot PC and Mac systems.
• Research motion design trends and recommend software or workflow improvements.

Candidate qualifications

• Provide a curated portfolio or demo reel showing motion design timing, easing, keyframing, and static layout.
• Have experience creating motion assets in an agency, studio, or corporate in-house creative environment.
• Demonstrate proficiency with After Effects, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, and Frame.io.
• Self-manage timelines and project queues and collaborate with video editors and producers.
• Cinema 4D or Blender exposure, or social-first vertical and square design experience, is a plus.

Work arrangement

• The company describes a hybrid model with three office days weekly: Mondays, Thursdays, and one additional day chosen by the organizational leader.