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Motion Design Lead
Location
New York
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Motion Design Lead
Nen Creative
• Lead motion design across a range of client projects including launch videos, commercials, product explainers, social content, and brand campaigns • Create high quality motion work from concept through final delivery across 2D, UI, typography, compositing, and edit-driven animation • Help define the visual direction, pacing, transitions, and motion systems for projects • Work closely with producers, editors, designers, and directors to bring ideas to life • Review and provide feedback to other motion designers to maintain a high creative standard across projects • Help guide and mentor the motion team through critiques, collaboration, and workflow support • Build scalable templates, systems, and processes that improve consistency and efficiency across projects • Balance speed and quality while working across multiple projects and deadlines • Push work beyond the obvious. We value people with strong taste, attention to detail, and a desire to refine until the work feels exceptional • Help improve the overall motion pipeline, organization, and creative process as the team scales
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in motion design, ideally across both product/UI motion and brand or marketing work
- Track record of leading or mentoring other motion designers
- A strong reel demonstrating range across launch films, brand work, product motion, and social
- Expert in After Effects and Figma
- Fluency in at least one 3D tool (Cinema 4D, Blender, Spline, or similar)
- Real visual design fundamentals — type, layout, color, composition, timing
- Strong opinions about easing, timing, and restraint, and the ability to defend them in a room of smart people
- Comfortable as both an IC and a leader. Can ship the hardest sequence yourself and unblock a teammate in the same week
- Experience in studio, agency, or fast-moving startup environments
- Self-directed and remote-ready. Can run a critique on Zoom, give clear written feedback in Figma, and keep a team aligned across time zones
- Calm, organized, and dependable under pressure.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- PTO
- Company holidays
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