Motion Designer

Motion Designer

Scale Army Careers

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Job Overview

Location

Remote

Salary

USD 1,500 - 2,000 monthly

Employment Type CONTRACTOR

Work Arrangement Remote

Sector Design Arts & Creative

Experience Level Mid-level (3-5 years)

Application Deadline October 31, 2026

About the Company

Scale Army Careers is a platform dedicated to connecting talent with opportunities, particularly within the dynamic tech and creative industries. They focus on providing a streamlined application process for candidates seeking roles that demand specialized skills and creative flair.

This role is part of a broader initiative to support U.S.-based clients through a network of professionals located in LATAM, Africa, and Eastern Europe. The client is an integrated creative studio specializing in brand strategy, visual identity, web design, and development for companies in AI, fintech, and defense technology. They pride themselves on a collaborative approach, working with a team of approximately 25 professionals to deliver high-impact creative solutions.

Job Description

We are seeking a talented Motion Designer to join our dynamic team and contribute to creating compelling visual narratives.

In this role, you will be instrumental in crafting animated brand identities, engaging web experiences, intuitive product interactions, and impactful campaign assets. Your work will span across both digital platforms and large-format displays, ensuring a consistent and captivating brand presence.

This is a fully remote position, offering flexibility while requiring availability during U.S. business hours to collaborate effectively with clients. You will have the opportunity to define how brand identities behave in motion, develop animated case studies, prototype product interactions, and produce creative assets for various media.

Required Skills

• Adobe After EffectsFigmaAdobe Creative SuiteTypographyTimingPacingBrand IdentityMotion SystemsCampaign MotionWeb MotionProduct InteractionLarge-Format MotionOut-of-Home AdvertisingEvent GraphicsVideo EditingSound Design

Key Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, design, and animate motion work across brand identity and visual identity projects.
• Define how brand identities behave in motion through logo animations, typography, transitions, and easing curves.
• Develop motion principles, guidelines, and toolkits as part of brand system deliverables.
• Collaborate with Design Directors and Creative Directors to establish motion principles early in the creative process.
• Create motion systems that client teams can extend and apply independently.
• Produce motion assets for launch films, social media cutdowns, and product announcements.
• Develop asset libraries that maintain campaign consistency across formats and channels.
• Adapt motion creative for different placements, screen sizes, and technical specifications.
• Support motion design production for campaign initiatives from concept through final delivery.
• Develop motion-led case studies for the studio's website and client websites.
• Create animated hero loops and scroll-driven sequences that bring completed projects to life.
• Collaborate with developers to translate motion concepts into web experiences.
• Prepare production-ready motion specifications, Lottie files, and web animations.
• Design and prototype interaction and in-app motion for digital products.
• Create motion concepts for onboarding flows, micro-interactions, state changes, and other product interactions.
• Develop prototypes that communicate intended interactions to clients and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with designers and developers to support the implementation of motion concepts.
• Create motion content for digital billboards, airport takeovers, and other large-format displays.
• Produce animations for multi-screen installations and out-of-home advertising.
• Develop keynote openers, conference booth content, and stage graphics.
• Adapt motion assets to meet the requirements of different display formats and environments.
• Present motion concepts and completed work to clients, explaining the creative rationale behind design decisions.
• Incorporate client feedback into revisions while maintaining the intended creative direction.
• Coordinate with producers to manage timelines across multiple projects.
• Collaborate with design, strategy, and development teams throughout the creative process.
• Contribute to studio pitches, internal brand initiatives, and The Manifest.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional motion design experience, ideally within a creative studio or agency.
• Demonstrated experience developing motion work for brand identities or identity systems.
• Experience producing motion assets across multiple formats and technical specifications, including video and large-format deliverables.
• Experience working directly with clients and collaborating with designers and developers.
• A portfolio demonstrating both motion systems thinking and finished creative work, including brand or identity motion projects.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe After Effects, with strong working knowledge of Figma and the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong understanding of typography, timing, pacing, and how motion supports a brand concept.
• Ability to develop motion principles, guidelines, and systems for brand identity projects.
• Ability to create motion concepts and animations across identity, product, web, and campaign work.
• Ability to develop interaction and UI prototypes that communicate intended motion to clients and engineering teams.
• Ability to adapt motion work across multiple formats, screen sizes, and technical specifications.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining creative quality.
• Self-directed approach to creative execution, from initial concept through final delivery.