Manager, Motion Design - Brand Creative Studio

Netflix's Brand Creative Studio is seeking a Manager of Motion Design to lead hands-on motion work and scalable motion systems across brand and marketing programs. The role partners with cross-functional teams and external agencies to uphold craft, clarity, and consistency, bridging concept development with high-volume execution across diverse channels, formats, and markets.

The Role

As part of Core Design and Production Design, this position translates brand strategy, creative direction, and design systems into scalable motion outputs across multiple formats and touchpoints. You will contribute to both concept development and large-scale execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams and external agencies to ensure motion work aligns with brand standards and production frameworks. A strong portfolio showing excellence in motion design across campaigns, systems thinking, and multi-format execution is required.

The Team

The Netflix Brand Creative Studio (BCS) is our in-house team of Strategists, Creatives, Designers, Producers, and Program Managers. We are the creative collective behind Netflix’s most high-profile brand initiatives, developing work that builds passionate fandoms and shapes how the world connects with our brand. As Netflix grows into new business units, formats, and physical experiences, BCS is expanding its operating model to include a dedicated production design team focused on speed, systems, and consistency while maintaining craft.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of motion concepts and creative direction across campaigns, helping define how motion enhances storytelling and brand expression
• Partner with designers and creative leads to integrate motion into early-stage concept development
• Ensure motion solutions are aligned with brand strategy and creative intent across all touchpoints
• Translate creative direction and brand systems into scalable motion frameworks, templates, and toolkits
• Develop motion systems that can be applied across formats including social, digital, video, DOOH, and experiential environments
• Support high-volume production needs, including lower-funnel assets such as banners, cutdowns, and performance-driven creative
• Serve as a motion design partner to teams across Brand, Netflix House, Product Marketing, Ads, and Corporate Communications
• Ensure motion work is fit-for-purpose across different audiences, channels, and business needs
• Collaborate with and provide direction to external motion vendors and agency partners
• Ensure external work aligns with Netflix brand standards, motion systems, and production frameworks
• Support decisions on when work should be executed internally versus externally
• Maintain a high bar for motion design quality across all outputs
• Help define workflows, file structures, and best practices for motion production at scale
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through templates, systems, and tooling
• Stay current on motion design trends, tools, and emerging technologies

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in motion design within a creative agency, design studio, or scaled in-house brand team
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating motion design across brand, campaign, and digital work
• Strong foundation in design, with the ability to contribute to broader visual systems beyond motion
• Experience working across a wide range of formats, including social, digital, video, OOH, and experiential
• Proven experience building motion templates, toolkits, or systems that support high-volume production
• Experience managing and directing external vendors and agency partners
• Proficiency in After Effects, Premiere, Cinema 4D, Figma, and Adobe Creative Suite; familiarity with scalable production workflows
• Strong collaboration skills with experience working across cross-functional teams
• Ability to move fluidly between concept development and hands-on execution
• Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and evolving workflows in a fast-paced environment
• A hands-on designer who can contribute directly to the work while helping shape how motion is executed at scale

Technologies

• After Effects
• Premiere
• Cinema 4D
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Paid time off (35 days annually for hourly employees for vacation, holidays, and sick time)
• Flexible time off (for salaried employees)

Salary

Salary: USD 198,000 - 310,000 per yearly