We’re seeking a Staff Motion Designer with a passion for storytelling who will push the Brilliant brand expression forward across our marketing and product. This is a hands-on role for a doer and maker who will develop creative concepts and strategies, taste-make, and ship magic that resonates with our audience. This role will collaborate with our creative team of illustrators, motion designers, writers, marketers, and product teams, creating engaging, delightful, and high-quality motion design for marketing messages and in-product moments. The ideal candidate has a strong graphic design sensibility and experience working with a character-driven brand.

Specifically, you'll:

• Work from the creative concept stage, through storyboards and animatics, to polished motion deliverables for specific marketing channels and short-form animation product needs
• Help develop the motion design standards and system for our in-house team of artists and animators
• Work independently as well as collaborate closely with creative teams to ensure a coherent and convincing brand expression across product and marketing
• Clearly articulate strategic thinking and creative decisions to a variety of cross-functional partners through well-crafted visual and motion artifacts
• Work on projects at a high level of execution and craft, keeping project timelines on track and demonstrating progress along the way
• Contribute to a culture of excellence with a focus on craft and quality on the work
• Uphold the quality of the Brilliant brand across every touchpoint with our audience

You:

• Have 6+ years of relevant design, art direction, motion, and/or animation experience, in an agency or in-house capacity working on games or consumer apps
• Have strong foundational graphic design and layout skills
• Love to draw and sketch early stage concepts
• Have experience advancing and evolving a character-driven brand
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma
• Experience working in interactive environments (Rive, Lottie) a big plus
• Nice-to-haves: 3D, or cel animation
• Have a strong interest in Brilliant’s content areas and how people learn
• Have a great sense of humor and play

Please include in your application:

• A link to your online portfolio and reel
• Your resume and/or LinkedIn profile

$170,000 - $205,000 a year