Whatnot's creative team is seeking a Lead Motion Designer who can guide 2D and 3D motion work across campaigns, launches, events, and brand moments. This senior role collaborates with marketing, product, and communications to drive campaigns and strengthen the brand experience.
Location: New York, NY (remote) • Salary: USD 155,000 - 200,000 per year • Experience: Minimum 5 years
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with marketing, product, and communications to shape motion assets that support campaign strategies and business goals.
- Concept and produce high-quality 2D and 3D motion graphics for campaigns, events, product launches, and brand activations, managing projects from concept to delivery.
- Animate 3D models and scenes with strong timing, pacing, camera work, and storytelling.
- Contribute to visual direction, layout thinking, and design exploration to ensure motion drives brand presence across digital and physical touchpoints.
- Work across Cinema 4D, Adobe Creative Suite, and Figma to bring ideas to life.
- Help evolve Whatnot’s motion language by experimenting with trends, emerging tools, and best practices to keep motion work fresh and culturally resonant.
- Deliver polished, production-ready work under tight timelines while maintaining a high standard of craft.
Requirements
- A portfolio showcasing polished motion design across brand, campaigns, and digital experiences.
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects.
- Strong working knowledge of Cinema 4D/Redshift.
- Ability to produce refined, detail-oriented work under tight timelines.
- Confidence collaborating with designers, marketers, and creative leads to bring ideas to life.
- A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset in a fast-moving environment.
Technologies
- Cinema 4D
- Redshift
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Figma
Benefits
- Generous holiday and time off policy
- Health insurance options including medical, dental, and vision
- Work from home support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Care benefits
- Monthly wellness allowance
- Annual childcare allowance
- Lifetime family planning benefit, including adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement options including 401k (Traditional and Roth) with employer match up to 4% of base salary in the US, plus pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- Dogfooding expectation to use Whatnot as both a buyer and a seller as part of daily work
- Parental leave of 16 weeks paid, plus one month gradual return to work (company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements)
Equal Opportunity Employer
Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law. We believe that our work is better and our culture is stronger when we encourage, support, and respect the varied skills and experiences of our workforce.
