Motion Designer

Fanatics Betting & Gaming is seeking a Motion Designer to build culturally relevant, attention-grabbing motion work for social content and creative storytelling across Fanatics Sports & Casino and FanApp. This onsite role in New York, NY focuses on motion-driven ideas for always-on publishing, real-time sports moments, programming, content franchises, and brand campaigns.

What you’ll do

• Conceptualize, design, and deliver engaging motion graphics and animated content across Fanatics Betting & Gaming social platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, YouTube Shorts, and X.
• Partner with Social Programmers, Creatives, and Producers to provide motion design support for daily social, real-time sports coverage, serialized content, and larger marketing initiatives.
• Pitch original concepts, motion treatments, and storytelling formats that help differentiate the brand on social.
• Move quickly when sports news breaks, trends shift, or cultural conversations evolve, creating timely, platform-native work.
• Experiment with emerging creative tools, technologies, and motion techniques to push creative boundaries and improve performance.
• Stay closely connected to sports, entertainment, internet culture, and evolving social platform trends to spot new opportunities and bring fresh ideas.
• Maintain a go-getter mindset: identify what’s trending and create, rather than waiting for direction.
• Balance speed, creativity, and execution while delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, always-on environment.

What you bring

• 1–3 years of experience in motion design, animation, video editing, social content creation, or a related creative discipline.
• Strong proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro (and similar tools), plus experience with AI-assisted creative workflows.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional motion design, video editing, and social-first storytelling.
• Proactive curiosity and a willingness to experiment with emerging creative technologies and techniques.
• Passion for sports and experience creating entertaining, culturally relevant, platform-native social content.
• Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling skills, including taking ideas from concept through execution.
• Deep understanding of social platforms, emerging trends, audience behaviors, and the ability to react quickly to real-time moments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects independently and incorporate feedback.

Compensation: USD 87,500 to 106,000 per year.

Benefits: For information about our benefits, visit https://benefitsatfanatics.com/.