Senior Motion Designer, Devices Brand Studio
Job Description
Own motion design and film craft end-to-end for Amazon Devices product lines and campaigns, from concept through launch-ready delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead motion design and animation execution for assigned campaigns and launch moments, from initial concept to final delivery
- Create styleframes, storyboards, and animation concepts that translate brand strategy into motion experiences
- Edit and finish film and motion assets for keynote, campaign, and social deliverables
- Collaborate with creative directors and art directors to develop, pitch, and evolve motion concepts and creative territories
- Coordinate with editors, sound designers, and production teams to maintain schedule alignment and technical soundness
- Provide feedback and technical guidance to junior motion designers
- Maintain motion craft and technical standards as formats and platforms change over time
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience driving compelling creative strategy and execution in an agency or in-house creative team
- Bachelor’s degree
- Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Keynote
- Experience partnering across product, consumer research, and marketing teams to shape strategy and consumer insights that inform creative execution
- Experience leading creative development from concept through delivery
- Experience managing creative work across an internal team, copywriters, and external agencies and freelancers
- Experience presenting creative concepts effectively to senior executives
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet aggressive deadlines
Key Technologies
- InDesign
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Keynote
Role Scope
- Device Brand Studio: an internal agency within the Devices group at Amazon
- Support new Amazon offerings across the devices portfolio, including product lines, services, and features
- Own motion and film craft from concept to final delivery for new-to-world and new-to-Amazon launches
- Work with creative directors, ACDs, and copywriters to develop motion concepts, storyboard and previs ideas, then execute polished final work
- Iterate based on feedback while factoring timeline and platform requirements
- Deliver motion across campaign film, keynote content, product detail pages, and social
- Manage multiple concurrent motion projects at different stages of production
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance including medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, plus option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave