Sr. Motion Designer

As a Senior Motion Designer in the Brand Studio, you will help shape SpaceXSI’s brand motion language and deliver high-quality motion across campaigns and product touchpoints. This is a hands-on role with ownership from early concept through final delivery, in collaboration with designers, engineers, and agency partners.

Location and Work Setup

• Onsite in New York, NY or San Francisco, CA
• Must be able to work in person at the San Francisco or New York office

Compensation

• Annual salary: USD 172,000 - 250,000
• Actual level and base salary determined case-by-case based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience

Responsibilities

• Define and document the brand’s motion language, including timing, easing, transitions, logo animation, typography in motion, and graphic behaviors, so other teams can apply it correctly
• Convert recurring motion needs into repeatable, AI-assisted templates, tools, and generators to enable marketing, product, and other teams to create on-brand motion without constant oversight
• Concept and produce motion end to end, from storyboards through final delivery, across launch films, product videos, social, paid, web, and out-of-home
• Collaborate with product designers and engineers to integrate brand motion into product surfaces, covering interactions, transitions, onboarding, and launch moments
• Direct agencies, animators, and freelancers using clear briefs and candid feedback to ensure the work meets the standard expected
• Partner across marketing, product, engineering, and leadership; present thinking clearly to senior stakeholders and move between projects quickly while maintaining quality and improving the process

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of motion design experience, in-house or at an agency or studio
• Professional experience with After Effects and at least one 3D tool: Cinema 4D or Blender
• Reel demonstrating shipped motion design work

Technologies

• After Effects
• Cinema 4D
• Blender
• Cursor
• Figma
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Rive
• Lottie
• WebGL

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Fluency in AI coding tools, especially Cursor, with the ability to build tools, scripts, prototypes, and simple web pages instead of waiting on engineering
• Hands-on experience applying AI video and image generation tools within a real production workflow
• Portfolio and reel that demonstrate both motion system work and shipped campaigns, with bonus consideration for tools or workflows you built
• Strong instincts for timing, rhythm, typography in motion, and storytelling from concept and storyboard through execution
• A systems mindset that turns one-off tasks into reusable processes and considers how creative work scales
• Confidence in design decisions and the ability to explain their impact to designers, marketers, and leadership
• Fluency in Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud
• Self-directed approach with speed and energy, including working comfortably in ambiguity and variety
• Experience building or relaunching a brand’s motion identity at a fast-growing tech company
• Experience with real-time or code-based motion such as Rive, Lottie, or WebGL
• 3D modeling, lighting, and rendering skills
• Sound design sensibility to work closely with audio partners
• Experience leading agencies on large, multi-channel campaigns

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Various other discounts and perks